Windy weather at Wrigley Field made the night a bit of an adventure and ultimately frustration for the Los Angeles Dodgers in their 11-10 loss to the Chicago Cubs in 10 innings. Ian Happ delivered the walk-off RBI single for Chicago.
Tommy Edman added onto his power hitting against the Cubs with a three-run home run in the first inning. That gave the Dodgers more runs against Shota Imanaga than when he pitched four scoreless innings on Opening Day of the Tokyo Series.
It also put Edman back in a tie for the National League lead with eight home runs this season.
But the quick lead was all for naught as the Cubs benefitted from a bevy of soft contact in the bottom of the first. Happ started the onslaught with a hard-hit double, and Seiya Suzuki also made solid contact on his two-run extra-base hit.
The wind took effect from there, and the Cubs were certainly happy to take advantage. Dansby Swanson’s run-scoring triple tied the game before May could get a second out in the inning.
It also set the table for Pete Crow-Armstrong’s bloop RBI double, and Michael Amaya’s shallow fly ball to right field dropped to make it a five-run inning for the Cubs.
May threw 28 pitches in the opening frame, putting the Dodgers in peril of needing a de facto bullpen game the night before having planned one in lieu of a spot starter. To May’s credit, he managed to settle in and provide some length. His effort was aided by a seven-pitch third inning.
Michael Busch looked oddly pedestrian against his former team, but Crow-Armstrong continued to torment the Dodgers. May was on the verge of getting through the fifth inning with the Dodgers trailing 5-4 when he surrendered a two-run homer to Crow-Armstrong.
It was his fourth home run of the season, of which three have come against the Dodgers.
The 10 hits and seven runs allowed both marked career highs for May.
Dodgers rally before walk-off loss
Crow-Armstrong’s two-run homer loomed all the more significant when Will Smith responded with a solo shot in the sixth inning that otherwise would have tied the game.
Andy Pages, who hit a home run in the second inning, continued the Dodgers’ comeback effort in the seventh with a leadoff single. Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts each drew a walk to load the bases, and the Dodgers drew closer when Teoscar Hernández’s chopper to third base resulted in an error.
Freddie Freeman then ambushed the first pitch he saw for a go-ahead, two-run double that prompted the Cubs to try a new reliever. Edman’s sacrifice fly gave the Dodgers some insurance and Smith capped off the five-run inning with an RBI double.
Alex Vesia gave up a two-run home run to Tucker in the bottom of the eighth, and Amaya tied the game in the ninth inning with his solo blast off Tanner Scott. The blown save was Scott’s second in 10 opportunities this season.
Noah Davis threw one pitch in the bottom of the 10th as Happ’s fourth hit of the game was a walk-off RBI single.
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