The Dodgers had been blown out by the Cubs in Sunday's collection finale at Wrigley Discipline, and needed to wait practically three hours for the sky to clear and make the loss official. The top consequence was an 8-1 victory for Chicago and a collection victory for the Cubs.
The sport was halted by rain within the backside of the fourth inning simply after the Cubs scored their sixth run on a pitching error by Miguel Rojas, who began at third base for the primary time as of September 14, 2020. Rojas' error was the third dedicated by the Dodgers infield within the first 4 innings on Sunday.
The Cubs had runners on the nook with one out within the fourth inning as Dansby Swanson homered towards Dodgers right-hander Gus Varland, who entered the sport within the prime of the fourth.
Ryan Yarbrough changed Varland on the mound as soon as play resumed, following a two-hour, 51-minute rain delay. Yarbrough, pitched on 4 days' relaxation after throwing 4⅓ innings in Tuesday's bullpen recreation, acquired 14 extra outs Sunday, permitting only one run.
Gavin Stone labored in his second begin of the season, needing 77 pitches to finish three innings. It wasn't helped by the Dodgers' porous infield protection — Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts made two errors to maintain the innings alive — however Stone wasn't good Sunday.
He struck out 5, but in addition had hassle placing Cubs hitters away, with 15 foul balls towards him. Stone walked three, and allowed at the very least one run in every of his three frames, 5 runs whole. The large hit got here from former Dodger Michael Busch, whose bases-loaded double within the first inning drove in three.
A shortstop with the Dodgers, Busch was traded to the Cubs in a four-player deal on January 11. On this weekend collection Busch was 3-for-11 with a stroll towards his outdated group with 4 RBI, together with his first. house run of the season on Friday.
Cubs starter Shota Imanaga has but to permit a run within the main leagues. After six scoreless innings in his debut final Monday, he held the Dodgers and not using a run via 4 innings on Sunday, with three strikeouts.
Outdated good friend Yency Almonte took the mound after the rain delay and picked up the win with a scoreless fifth inning that featured two strikeouts.
After a single by Teoscar Hernández to guide off the second inning, the Dodgers didn't have one other runner attain base till Shohei Ohtani tripled with two outs within the sixth, snapping an 0-for-14 skid. Ohtani's double within the eighth scored Betts to maintain the Dodgers from closing out.
Ohtani has 4 consecutive two-hit video games, with 5 extra-base hits throughout that span. In a reminder that the season remains to be in its infancy, Ohtani in these 4 video games raised his OPS from .631 to .944.
In a recreation that was determined earlier than the rain delay, Daniel Palencia pitched the ultimate three innings for the Cubs, incomes his first profession save. Generally it's the little issues that actually stand out.
Particular Sunday
Residence run: Cody Bellinger (1)
WP – Yency Almonte (1-0): 1 IP, 2 strikeouts
LP – Gavin Stone (0-1): 3 IP, 4 hits, 5 runs (1 earned), 3 walks, 5 strikeouts
Sv — Daniel Palencia (1): 3 IP, 1 hit, 1 run, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts
Subsequent
It's on to Minneapolis for the Dodgers, with James Paxton on the mound Monday towards the Twins (4:40 p.m. PT, SportsNet LA). Minnesota was rained out Sunday at house as properly, and may have right-hander Bailey Ober on the mound Monday.
