LOS ANGELES – Cubs rookie Christopher Morel placed the bunt perfectly, pushing it past the pitcher’s mound and into a gap on the right side of the field as the Dodgers scrambled to unwind their defensive shift.
“It created a big inning for us,” Cubs manager David Ross said Friday night, “so really nice job by him.”
Of course, that inning wasn’t enough to claim the win Friday, in a 4-3 10-inning loss to the Dodgers, as right fielder Seiya Suzuki’s error on a fly ball cost the Cubs a run and closer David Robertson’s command issues helped the Dodgers force extra innings.