The Los Angeles Dodgers return home to face off against the Chicago Cubs in the first of a three-game weekend battle. The Cubs will be looking for retribution after losing the first two games of the season against the Dodgers in Japan. Since those games, the Cubs have played well, winning nine out of thirteen games.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto is scheduled to pitch for the Dodgers. He has been effective in all three of his starts this season, pitching at least five innings in each game and giving up only a total of three earned runs. He will be opposed by lefty thrower Matthew Boyd, who has yet to be scored on, pitching five and six innings of shutout ball in his first two starts.
The Dodgers are set to welcome Freddie Freeman back to the lineup after missing all but three games so far this season. The team did well winning their first eight games, but then lost four out of six games on a rough road trip through Philadelphia and Washington D.C., marred by sloppy play.
The Dodgers are led by Teoscar Hernandez, whose 16 RBIs have him tied for the most in the National League. Shohei Ohtani, Will Smith, and Mookie Betts are all in the top fourteen in the NL in OPS. Tommy Edman is tied for second in the NL with five home runs.
The Cubs have scored fourteen more runs than any other team in baseball. On the other hand, they are twenty-fourth in baseball in team ERA. On offense, they are led by Kyle Tucker and Seiya Suzuki who are both off to hot starts with the bat.
Game info
- Teams: Dodgers vs. Cubs
- Stadium: Dodger Stadium
- Start time: 7:10 p.m.
- TV: SportsNet LA
- Radio: AM 570 (English), KTNQ 1020 AM (Spanish)
