After a 6-1 house win at Dodger Stadium, the Dodgers take a four-game profitable streak into Chicago to face the Cubs at Wrigley Subject.
The Dodgers are certain to chill off on this highway journey, and never essentially as a result of the crew is 7-2. They head to Chicago and Minneapolis in early April, with highs within the 40s this weekend at Wrigley Subject adopted by highs within the 50s for the primary two video games towards the Twins earlier than a balanced 61 on escape day subsequent wednesday.
There’s a 70 p.c probability of rain throughout the day Sunday in Chicago.
The Cubs are coming off their very own house run, dispatching the Rockies in three video games, together with an evening win Wednesday after the White Sox sport earlier within the day on the south aspect was postponed by rain. The Cubs, just like the Dodgers, have received 4 straight.
Outdated good friend Michael Busch had three hits for the Cubs in Wednesday's win and is 5-for-16 on the younger season (.313). Outdated good friend Cody Bellinger rejoined Tuesday, however is off to a 5-for-24 (.208) begin.
Dodgers-Cubs schedule
| Date | Time (PT) | Jugs | TV |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Time (PT) | Jugs | TV |
| Fri, Apr 5 | 11:20 am | Miller v Hendricks | SNLA |
| Saturday, April 6 | 1:05 p.m | Yamamoto v Wicks (L) | SNLA/FS1 |
| Solar, Apr. 7 | 11:20 am | Stone v Imanaga (L) | SNLA |
Tuesday's bullpen sport gave the beginning rotation further relaxation, together with Bobby Miller pitching the sequence opener on six days' relaxation after his 11-strikeout efficiency final Friday towards the Cardinals. With out bullpen play, Miller was in line to begin Wednesday's sequence finale towards the Cardinals on 4 days' relaxation. Looking forward to this six-game highway journey, Miller can be in the identical boat subsequent Wednesday in Minneapolis, except the Dodgers blow everybody out once more.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Gavin Stone begin Saturday and Sunday in Chicago, each additionally on six days of relaxation,
A possible matchup of first-year Japanese pitchers is a day away, with left-hander Shota Imanaga slated to begin Sunday's sequence finale. On Monday, Imanaga struck out 9 in six scoreless innings in his main league debut.
Kyle Hendricks begins the opener for the Cubs on Friday, with a pair of lefties to observe. Jordan Wicks begins Saturday, with the 2021 first-round choose making his ninth main league begin. The Dodgers are hitting .295/.388/.509 with an MLB-best six house runs and a 142 wRC+ towards lefties this season, however once more they’re hitting everybody thus far. LA is hitting .293/.369/.482 with a 128 wRC+ towards righties, and so they've scored a minimum of 5 runs in all 9 video games to open the 12 months.
All three Dodgers-Cubs video games can be televised by SportsNet LA this weekend, and Saturday's sport can even be on FS1, with no blackouts domestically. The whole sequence is daytime, with 11:20 am PT begin instances on Friday and Sunday, and a 1:05 pm PT begin on Saturday. It's the primary time the Dodgers have performed a sequence at Wrigley Subject with out a evening sport since 2012.
