LOS ANGELES — As soon as the Cubs’ offense obtained rolling in opposition to the Dodgers bullpen, even a place participant on the mound couldn’t gradual the onslaught.
The Cubs beat the Dodgers 16-0 on Saturday, handing the house workforce not solely their first loss at Dodger Stadium this season but in addition probably the most lopsided residence shutout loss in franchise historical past.
It was the primary time the Cubs had crushed a defending World Sequence champion by double digits since interleague play was launched in 1997, and simply the seventh time within the fashionable World Sequence period (since 1903), in line with workforce historian Ed Hartig.
“It’s a lot enjoyable being within the lineup this yr,” stated Miguel Amaya, who changed Seiya Suzuki at DH after he exited with wrist pain. “From one to 9, everyone’s able to do injury. And we’re hustling, working the bases in the precise approach, taking high quality at-bats and bringing in runs at any time when there’s a possibility to usher in runs.”
Cubs beginning pitcher Ben Brown stifled the Dodgers’ offense, tossing six scoreless innings and permitting 5 hits — all of them singles.
“Simply the little issues, occurring within the sixth inning and attending to face the highest of the order and being trusted in that’s actually cool,” Brown stated. “That’s an enormous confidence enhance.”
The Cubs took the lead within the second inning on a house run by Michael Busch, who led the workforce with 4 hits and was inches away from one other homer off Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki the subsequent inning. Busch’s solo shot accounted for the one run the Cubs scored in opposition to Sasaki. However when the Dodgers’ bullpen took over, the Cubs’ offense took off.
After Busch led off the sixth with a double, Justin Turner drove him in to present the Cubs the 2-0 benefit. Then the Cubs scored a mixed 9 runs within the seventh and eighth, with homers from Carson Kelly and Amaya and contributions up and down the lineup.
The sport obtained so out of hand within the eighth that the Dodgers had shortstop Miguel Rojas take the mound after Amaya’s no-out two-run blast. Cubs third baseman Gage Workman obtained his first major-league hit with a single within the eighth in opposition to Rojas, then added a two-run double in opposition to him within the ninth.
Additionally as a part of the Cubs’ five-run ninth, Kelly hit a two-run homer off Rojas, giving Kelly his second profession multihomer recreation. His different one, in 2019, additionally was at Dodger Stadium.
“Fast swing, not huge swing,” Kelly stated of the important thing to hitting a 39.6 mph ephus pitch.
