When Mookie Betts hit Mark Leiter Jr.’s second pitch of the game out of the yard at Dodger Stadium Thursday evening, I said, “Welp, game’s over,” because I didn’t expect the Cubs to score off Tony Gonsolin.
But they did score a couple runs off Gonsolin, and had the tying run on base in the ninth inning, before losing the series opener to L.A. 5-3.
So, yay for yet another moral victory? Too bad those don’t count in the standings.
Leiter gave up another home run to Gavin Lux in the second inning, this one with a man on base, to make it 3-0.