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Los Angeles was swept for the second straight series. The
two-time defending World Series champions have dropped six in a
row for the first time since a seven-game skid in July 2025.
Ohtani went deep twice for the NL West-leading Dodgers, and Max
Muncy connected for a three-run homer in a five-run eighth
inning. Mookie Betts had four hits after he batted just .167 (15
for 90) in his previous 25 games.
Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman was replaced in the fifth
after a pitch hit the side of his right hand on a foul ball.
X-rays were negative, and Freeman said he was OK.
Ohtani and Crow-Armstrong exchanged leadoff homers in the first,
continuing what has become a two-man race for NL MVP.
Chicago added two more in the second on RBI doubles by Dansby
Swanson and Crow-Armstrong off Eric Lauer (6-6). Crow-Armstrong
made it 5-1 with a two-run shot in the fourth that went off the
videoboard in right field, his 26th of the season.
Chicago left-hander Shota Imanaga (8-9) scattered eight hits
while working five innings of one-run ball. He struck out six
and walked none.
Los Angeles rallied in the eighth. Ohtani's two-run homer off
Ryan Zeferjahn, his 26th, trimmed Chicago's lead to one. The
Dodgers had a runner on second when Kiké Hernández struck out
swinging, ending the inning.
Jacob Webb worked a perfect ninth for his sixth save.
Up next
Dodgers: RHP Roki Sasaki (5-5, 4.64 ERA) starts Friday night in
the opener of a series at Arizona.
Cubs: LHP David Peterson (6-7, 5.52 ERA) starts on Thursday
against Toronto in the makeup of a June 21 rainout. RHP Dylan
Cease (7-5, 2.41) takes the mound for the Blue Jays.
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