Field Level Media
25 Apr 2026, 10:55 GMT+10
(Photo credit: William Liang-Imagn Images)
Dansby Swanson hit the go-ahead two-run home run in the ninth as the visiting Chicago Cubs rallied for a 6-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the opener of a three-game series on Friday.
The Cubs won their 10th straight game as they came back from a 4-0 deficit, scoring all their runs over the final three innings.
Swanson was 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, homer and four RBIs. Alex Bregman was 2-for-5 with a solo home run and Moises Ballesteros had two hits and a run.
Pete Crow-Armstrong led off the ninth with a single and was plated on Swanson's homer off Tanner Scott (0-1).
Dodgers starter Emmet Sheehan kept the Cubs at bay as he yielded one run on four hits over 6 1/3 innings with 10 strikeouts.
But his night was over after a one-out single by Ballesteros in the seventh. The Cubs roughed up reliever Alex Vesia, who induced a Carson Kelly pop out, but later walked Crow-Armstrong.
Swanson's triple scored Ballesteros and Crow-Armstrong and cut the Dodgers lead to 4-2. Moments later, Nico Hoerner's RBI single knocked in Swanson and Chicago pulled within 4-3.
Bregman homered on Blake Treinen's 1-0 pitch to even the score at 4-4 in the eighth.
The Dodgers got going in the third when Will Smith's opposite-field, three-run home run gave them a 3-0 lead.
One batter later, Seiya Suzuki reached over the wall in right field to steal a home run from Kyle Tucker.
In the fourth, the Dodgers extended their lead to 4-0 when Hyeseong Kim looped an RBI single to shallow left field, scoring Max Muncy. Kim had two hits, a run, an RBI and a stolen base.
Jameson Taillon allowed four runs on four hits, walked three and struck out four over five innings. The Cubs' bullpen threw four scoreless innings with Ryan Rolison (1-0) taking the win and Corbin Martin the save after a 1-2-3 ninth.
--Field Level Media
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