LOS ANGELES >> The setup was similar.
With two outs in the fourth inning on Saturday, Chase Utley walked to the plate amid a scoreless tie.
Utley saw the first pitch from Chicago Cubs right-hander John Lackey, a flattening 78 mph curveball, and slapped it toward left field. The ball took one bounce in the infield dirt, a couple inches to the right of diving shortstop Addison Russell. The home fans roared. Kiké Hernandez, who had just stolen third base, could walk the remaining 90 feet to score. The Dodgers moved ahead by one run.
To open the weekend series the previous night, Utley had also given the Dodgers their first lift, in the third inning of what would be a shutout victory, driving a solo home run to center field.