LOS ANGELES — Alex Wood continued his magnificent May, and the Dodgers backed him with some big shots against Jake Arrieta to take the opener against the Cubs, 4-0 on Friday night at Dodger Stadium.
Wood continued his pattern of success, striking out eight in his five innings while inducing four ground outs and no fly ball outs. Wood held the Cubs scoreless in his five innings, running his scoreless streak to 25u2153 consecutive innings, the longest streak in the majors this season.
With the five scoreless frames on Friday, Wood is the first Dodgers pitcher with four consecutive scoreless starts since Clayton Kershaw from July 8 to Aug.