Kris Bryant homered twice – with one coming off Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw – to lead the Chicago Cubs past Don Mattingly‘s club in the series opener Monday night at Wrigley Field by a 4-2 final.
The contest marked the Cubs’ third baseman’s first career two-homer game on a night when the wind was a major factor in Chicago, with severe weather rolling through the northern part of Illinois all evening long.
Chicago (38-30) only got two innings from starter Tsuyoshi Wada, who left with a shoulder cramp early-on after allowing one run on two hits.