CHICAGO — The surrounding neighborhood has been thoroughly gentrified, but Wrigley Field can still show its rough side.
One of the worst starts of Dustin May’s career, a five-run comeback inning and a game-tying home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning were all build up for a one-pitch ending. Ian Happ’s pinch-hit single in the 10th inning gave the Chicago Cubs an 11-10 victory over Dodgers on Tuesday night.
The 10 runs are a season-high for the Dodgers – and it still wasn’t enough. Even with only a light wind blowing on a pleasant spring night in Wrigleyville, the two teams combined for 26 hits including 13 for extra bases – five home runs.
The Dodgers started the battering in the first inning with a two-out, three-run home run by Tommy Edman – who appears to have taken out a lease on Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga. The home run was his third hit in six career at-bats against Imanaga, all home runs.
But hitting home runs is what Edman does now apparently. The three-run drive in the first inning Tuesday was his eighth home run of the season, tying San Diego’s Fernando Tatis Jr. for the National League lead. Edman has never hit more than 13 in a season but is seemingly on pace to reach that total sometime this week.
May took the mound with the lead but not his command. He struggled to get his fastball over the plate, fell behind in counts and gave up hit after hit. The Cubs scored five times in the first inning on six hits. He gave up two more runs on a home run by Pete Crow-Armstrong in the fifth inning.
The feel-good story of May’s comeback season didn’t feel so good as he gave a career-high 10 hits and a career-high-tying seven runs.
The Dodgers stayed within striking distance thanks to solo home runs by Andy Pages in the second inning and Will Smith in the top of the sixth. They turned the tide on defense in the bottom of the sixth.
The Cubs put runners on second and third with one out against reliever Anthony Banda when Michael Busch lofted a fly ball to left field. It was deep enough for a sacrifice fly but Pages’ throw home and a quick tag by Smith made it a close play.
The original call was safe but the Dodgers challenged and it was overturned on replay, ending the inning.
The Dodgers struck back in the seventh.
A single by Pages and back-to-back walks loaded the bases with no outs. Teoscar Hernandez bounced a ground ball down the third-base line that Cubs third baseman Gage Workman booted, allowing a run to score. Freddie Freeman drove in two with a double to left, reclaiming the lead. A sacrifice fly by Edman and an RBI double by Smith gave the Dodgers some distance.
Not enough distance.
Alex Vesia gave up a two-run home run to Kyle Tucker in the eighth inning to make it a one-run game. A walk and a stolen base put the tying run in scoring position before Kirby Yates struck out Dansby Swanson to end the eighth.
Tanner Scott came on in the ninth and was one out away from closing the game out when he grooved a fastball to Miguel Amaya. Amaya put it into the left field bleachers to tie the score.
More to come on this story.
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