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Shota Imanaga (13-3) kept Chicago in the game,
allowing three runs on seven hits over seven innings. He struck
out four without issuing a walk.
As in Imanaga's previous start, a combined no-hitter against the
Pittsburgh Pirates last Wednesday, Nate Pearson and Porter Hodge
followed the left-hander with one scoreless inning apiece. Hodge
registered his fifth save of the season with the help of a
clutch catch by Crow-Armstrong.
Nico Hoerner and Seiya Suzuki each had three hits and an RBI for
the Cubs (75-70), who are four games behind the Atlanta Braves
and the New York Mets in the race for the final National League
wild-card spot.
Edman hit two home runs and right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto had
eight strikeouts in his return from a shoulder injury as the NL
West-leading Dodgers lost for the fourth time in their past six
games.
Max Muncy also hit a home run for the Dodgers, whose lead over
the second-place San Diego Padres fell to 4 1/2 games.
Leading 3-1 in the eighth inning, the Dodgers lost their way on
defense. Barnes' throwing error on a Dansby Swanson ball in
front of the plate put a second runner aboard with no outs.
Suzuki singled to center for a run, and Swanson scored on the
play as well on Edman's errant throw back to the infield, tying
the score 3-all.
Chicago took a 4-3 lead on a Michael Busch fielder's choice,
with Hernandez making an error on the play. Hoerner then hit an
RBI double, and Crow-Armstrong's groundout drove in the final
run.
Edman hit home runs in the second and fourth innings to give the
Dodgers a 2-1 lead. They were Edman's first home runs in a Los
Angeles uniform after a trade from the St. Louis Cardinals in
late July.
Muncy gave the Dodgers a 3-1 lead in the fifth inning with his
13th long ball of the season.
The Dodgers had a runner on third with two outs in the ninth
when Crow-Armstrong ended the game by taking a home run away
from Muncy. Crow-Armstrong made two other sliding catches in
right-center.
Evan Phillips (3-1) gave up four runs, all unearned, in the
eighth inning to take the loss.
Yamamoto, in his first major league start since June 15, allowed
one run on four hits and no walks in four innings.
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