Kris Bryant connected twice for his first career multihomer game, and the host Chicago Cubs beat Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-2, on Monday night.
Bryant hit a two-run drive in the third inning and a solo shot in the eighth. Matt Szczur, promoted from Class AAA Iowa before the game, added a solo homer against Kershaw in the seventh.
The two homers off Kershaw (5-5) ran his total for the year to 11, two more than he allowed all of last season, when he was named the National League most valuable player.