Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago Cubs

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Los Angeles Dodgers

69-45, 36-22 Away

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Chicago Cubs

65-49, 33-24 Home

Nico Hoerner shines as the Cubs spoil Tarik Skubal's debut with Dodgers in 5-1 win

Tarik Skubal racks up 6 K's in Dodgers debut

Dansby Swanson connected for a solo homer as Chicago won for the third time in four games.

Skubal permitted two runs and four hits over six innings in his first start since he was acquired in a trade with Detroit on Saturday night. The two-time AL Cy Young Award winner threw 85 pitches, 51 for strikes.

Kyle Tucker homered for Los Angeles, which finished with four hits in its fifth consecutive loss. It's the longest slide for the Dodgers since they also dropped five in a row in early September last year.

With two out and runners at the corners in the sixth, Hoerner hit a high chopper to the right of the mound. Alex Bregman scampered home on the infield single, giving Chicago a 2-1 lead.

The Cubs added two more in the seventh on singles by Crow-Armstrong and Seiya Suzuki, and Hoerner made it 5-1 with a solo homer off Edwin Díaz in the eighth.

Ryan Rolison (6-1) pitched a scoreless inning for the win.

Los Angeles jumped in front in the second. Moments after Mookie Betts bounced into a double play, Tucker drove a 2-1 sinker from Javier Assad to left-center for his 10th homer.

Tucker heard boos for the second consecutive night in his return to Chicago after playing for the Cubs last season. The right fielder, who signed a $240 million, four-year contract with the Dodgers in free agency, also made a lunging catch on Hoerner’s sinking liner to right in the bottom of the second.

Skubal (7-6) retired his first six batters before Swanson drove his first pitch of the third to left-center for his 17th homer, sending a charge through the crowd of 40,584 at Wrigley Field.

Up next Eric Lauer (6-5, 4.50 ERA) starts for Los Angeles in the series finale Wednesday against fellow left-hander Shota Imanaga (7-9, 3.67).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Muncy flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Freeman grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Pages flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Webb relieved Zeferjahn
	9th Inning	Happ in left field.
	8th Inning	Amaya struck out swinging.

Statistics

LAD		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	9
4	Strikeouts	8
1	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	2
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	5
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
29	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
12	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
125	Pitches	131
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	17
31	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
0.3	Runs Created	6.1
.138	Batting Average	.273
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.241	Slugging Percentage	.515
.172	Secondary Average	.394
.194	On Base Percentage	.333
.435	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.848
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
0.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.9
11.0	Batter Rating	41.0
29.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.03	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.64
.103	Isolated Power	.242
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.065	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.083
.034	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.121
2.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.3
65.3	MLB Rating	88.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0