Crow-Armstrong homers again as the Cubs top the Dodgers 7-6
[April 24, 2025]
By JAY COHEN
CHICAGO (AP) — Pete Crow-Armstrong homered and drove in four runs, and
the Chicago Cubs topped the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6 for another wild
victory Wednesday night.
Dansby Swanson had two hits and two RBIs as NL Central-leading Chicago
improved to 4-1 on an eight-game homestand. |

Chicago Cubs' Michael Busch (29) slides by Los Angeles Dodgers catcher
Austin Barnes (15) to score on a sacrifice fly from Nic Hoerner during
the fifth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in
Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley) |
The Cubs beat the Dodgers 11-10 on Tuesday
night when Miguel Amaya homered with two out in the ninth inning
and Ian Happ hit a game-ending RBI single in the 10th. They went
4-3 in their season series against the World Series champions.
Crow-Armstrong went 6 for 9 with two homers and seven RBIs in
the two-game set. The speedy center fielder is batting .396 (21
for 53) with five homers and 14 RBIs in his last 13 games.
Teoscar Hernández homered and drove in four runs for Los
Angeles, which lost for the third time in four games. Andy Pages
hit a solo drive for the second straight night.
The Dodgers played without catcher Will Smith, who experienced
some left wrist soreness after making a tag at the plate on
Tuesday night.
Helped by a throwing error on Matthew Boyd (2-2), Los Angeles
scored three times in the fifth. Mookie Betts hit a two-out RBI
double before Hernández connected for his sixth homer, giving
the Dodgers a 5-3 lead.
The Cubs responded with four runs in the bottom half. After Jack
Dreyer (2-1) walked the bases loaded, Swanson hit a tying
two-run single. Nico Hoerner drove in Michael Busch with a
sacrifice fly, and Crow-Armstrong added an RBI single.
Boyd was charged with three earned runs and 10 hits in six
innings. Daniel Palencia and Julian Merryweather each got three
outs before Porter Hodge earned his first save of the season.
Key moment
Hodge struck out Shohei Ohtani for the second out in a perfect
ninth inning.
Key stat
The Cubs have scored 39 runs in their last five games.
Up next
Yoshinobu Yamamoto (3-1, 0.93 ERA) starts for the Dodgers on
Friday night in the opener of a three-game series against
Pittsburgh. Colin Rea (0-0, 1.32 ERA) pitches for the Cubs on
Friday against Philadelphia.
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