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04/25 21:58 CDT Dodgers score 6 runs in 4th to snap the Cubs' 10-game winning
streak with 12-4 victory
Dodgers score 6 runs in 4th to snap the Cubs' 10-game winning streak with 12-4
victory
By BETH HARRIS
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) --- Roki Sasaki earned his second career victory and the Los
Angeles Dodgers rallied with six runs in the fourth inning to beat the Cubs
12-4 on Saturday night, snapping Chicago's 10-game winning streak.
Shohei Ohtani ended an 0-for-12 skid with a single in the first and then swiped
second for just his second stolen base of the year. He had one of the Dodgers'
14 hits as Los Angeles set a season high for runs at home.
Sasaki (1-2) gave up four runs --- three on solo homers by Seiya Suzuki, Moiss
Ballesteros and Miguel Amaya --- and seven hits with a career-high 99 pitches
on his bobblehead night. The Japanese right-hander struck out five in his fifth
career start, pitching into the sixth inning for the first time this year.
He went 1-1 as a rookie last year before working as the closer during the
Dodgers' run to their second straight World Series championship.
The Dodgers scored 10 or more runs for the fourth time this season. After
scoring six in the fourth, they tacked on four more in the sixth. Andy Pages
had a two-run double off reliever Javier Assad and later scored on a wild pitch
by Vince Velasquez, who was called up Friday.
Max Muncy hit a tying two-run homer in the third for the Dodgers, who had lost
five of seven. Their bullpen blew a four-run lead in a 6-4 loss in the series
opener Friday that dropped them out of the NL West lead for the first time this
season.
The Cubs took their last lead, 3-2, on Ballesteros' two-strike homer off Sasaki
in the fourth.
The Dodgers went ahead for good by playing small ball in the bottom of the
inning.
Alex Freeland tied the game at 3 with an RBI double. Freddie Freeman's RBI
single chased Cubs starter Colin Rea (3-1). Teoscar Hernndez had a two-run
single and Dalton Rushing and Pages had RBI singles --- all with two outs ---
to open an 8-3 lead.
Trailing 8-4, the Cubs left the bases loaded in the sixth. Dodgers reliever
Jack Dreyer struck out Dansby Swanson and Pete Crow-Armstrong before Will Klein
came in and induced a groundout to the mound by Amaya that ended the threat.
Up next
Cubs LHP Shota Imanaga (2-1, 2.17 ERA) starts Sunday's series finale against
LHP Justin Wrobleski (3-0, 1.88).
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