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LOS ANGELES – A snapshot of Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga and Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani just before the end of the the fifth inning would show them almost side by side – Imanaga in front of the mound, Ohtani jogging up the first baseline with his bat still in hand.
They faced right field, their eyes following the trajectory of Ohtani’s long fly ball as frenzied Dodgers fans cheered. It fell short of the wall, into right fielder Cody Bellinger’s glove.
In the Cubs’ 6-3 win Tuesday against the Dodgers, that was as close as any of the Dodgers’ top three hitters came to doing damage against Imanaga.