This game was highly anticipated as the first MLB matchup between the top Japanese pitchers Shu014dta Imanaga and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, both of whom came over from Japan’s NPB last offseason.
Imanaga got touched up for three home runs — fortunately, all solo shots — and the Cubs trailed by two entering the eighth.
That’s when the Cubs put together one of those rallies on the road we’ve gotten accustomed to seeing, helped out by some sketchy Dodgers defense. A five-run eighth erased that deficit and Pete Crow-Armstrong made three highlight-reel catches, helping the Cubs to their third win in a row, 6-3 over LA.