Cubs vs. Dodgers Game Highlights | 9/11/24

The Dodgers and Cubs wrapping up a three game series a couple weeks left in the season. You're going to be scoreboard watching. And the biggest thing is because Arizona won again today. So you look at the lead. The Dodgers have 4.5 games ahead of the Padres and the Diamondbacks that is going to come down, you know, to the very end of the season. And of course, Chicago just 4.5 games back of that wild card, they got to Oscar Hernandez back , he's back in the lineup playing in left field and on Friday, he left the game after hit by a pitch, took it off of his left foot bobby numbers on the year. They're not pretty just but still the season is in front of him in a way. If he can turn things around of these next couple of starts, he could put himself in position to be on a switch hitting one for nine in this series is in the air left to Oscar Hernandez. Welcome back. The ball will find you out. Number one, here's an 0 to 2 pitch to Swanson check swing roller to short slowly hit, picking it up as Rojas throws on the first for the out and that's outside and Lobo four back to back walk two men on two down for Isak Peredes drive that ball base hit past Freeman around third and in to score is Suzuki Bellinger to third. Isak Peredes the other and just like that Cubs lead one nothing Bobby Miller goes with the fastball and this is just a good job of stand back, two strikes, fighting it off the hits with runners in scoring position and two outs have been incredible and keeping rallies going here is Michael Bush. Now the 12 pitch swinging a line drive down the right field line of base hit, it's going to go all the way to the wall. One run is in rounding third and being held there on a double by Michael Bush and the Cubs lead two to nothing. Here comes the pitch swung on and that is looped into right center field. Taylor way out. Taylor makes the catch over his shoulder. Terrific play by chris Taylor to retire Niko Horner Cubs lead two nothing bottom of the first inning Jordan Wicks going to work four home runs and three stolen bases away from 5050. Here's a 12 and Tony belts this one to right center field and deep this one heading back. It's gone a line drive out of here in runs an absolute laser beam for Hale and it's home run number 47 for the big show slider. Don't leave it in the zone. It got out of here quick. I mean, it was out of the park before he was in halfway down the line. All smiles through the right side single in his return to the lineup. Two strike single going up top. This is not an easy pitch to hit elevated. Fastball keeps the bottom of the first going for tommy Edmon his fourth career two home run game and he's lifted one deep to left base ball heading back to the wall. It is home run for the Dodgers have taken a 3 to 2 lead with his third home run in the last two games. Gets the Dodgers in front for the first time tonight. The dodgers' last two runs with two outs to flip the scoreboard , the third home run of the inning for the Dodgers and they lead it 4 to 20, majestic towering shot to left and the Dodgers have come out swinging the bats. You won't max, you won't, man. And the Dodgers for the second time this year have gone back to back to back in the first inning. The home run hattrick next month , the home run number 14, it is five to do so. The phones that were out hoping to capture another home run, stay out in anticipation of another stolen base. There we go back in court throw to Samson and they will not challenge. So Otani picks up stolen base number 40 eight as Sega Suzuki takes a strike. Miller settling down starting to throw a lot of strikes. Here's the drive into deep right center field back goes bets back near the wall. It's got a chance opposite field home run. Sega Suzuki and the Cubs are back in it. It's now a 5 to 3 ball game and the Dodgers with a runner aboard and one out I mentioned earlier , it's going to be a long night for the Cubs. This ball smacked up the middle by miguel Rojas. He's two for two first pitch hard hit ball right up the middle. So two runners move up two men out and this will get shohei Otani back up for the third time in the game and we're in the third inning, walked last time up homer the first time and he bangs one up the middle for a base hit. Here comes Mun in to score Rojas right behind him. It is a two out two run single for Shohei Otani and the Dodgers lead it seven to three so one down minute 1st and 2nd for the Cubs here in the top of the fifth. We'll bring up the cleanup man. Cody Bellinger Bellinger homered in game one of the series in the year out towards left center field on his way. Cody Bellinger, it's a three run homer and it's 76. Cody Bellinger loves being back in L a against his former team and he does it again here, pitching change for the Dodgers still only one out in the top of the fifth. The Dodger lead down to one on back and you'll one on the ground to the right. So kicks off of Taylor, everybody's gonna be safe. Throw comes in Pertus scrambles back is so a little careless there. And this is, we've seen this a couple of times. You see this bounce and that's what happens. You get that on that third bounce and it's just in between the ball eats him up. Yesterday's ballgame. Dodgers very sloppy on defense and the Cubs made him pay every time. See if Pete Crow Armstrong can do some damage here. A ground ball base hit and right field Pereda scores Cubs tie up the game. Pete Crow Armstrong is hung up between 1st and 2nd and now Busch trying to score throw home Smith chasing Busch back to third. Busch tagged out base hit to right from Pete Armstrong scores a run that one misses ball four. So the go ahead run is on base and Michael Busch will come up to him on this 22 from Vesia swings and pops it up on the left side. Rojas can camp out next to Muncie two gone in the seventh. The next offer is hit in the air to center field, not very deep. Coming in a few steps. Tommy Edmon, he looks up, makes the catch and it is a scoreless top of the seventh inning for Alex Bassia 7 to 7 to score. Will Smith, he homered in the first flied to center and struck out swinging smith drives the ball right center field go. That one's gonna get down one h first heads to second has a one out double puts men at 1st and 3rd. And Gavin Lux is the new batter Dodgers back in front eight to seven on a go ahead RB I off the bat of Gavin Lux. Tommy Edmond will be the bat 1 to 2 on and well hit to right this ball heading back to the wall. First run for Tommy Edmond his second straight two home run game big time insurance in the ninth and the Dodgers lead it 10 to 7. Edmon is homered from both sides of the plate tonight. What a game for tommy Edwards three straight walks and let's see what dave Roberts wants to do. Isak Peredes is due up in the air out towards right center field. Betts is there makes the catch Swanson will tag and scramble home to score and the Cubs within two. It's 10 8 on the sack fly two on one out. Both runners go Smith throw to third stop. Thank you Cubs. I mean, a totally unnecessary. Yes, they wanted to get both runners in scoring position but I mean, will smith all over it for the second out of the inning Dodger stadium to its feet, the two pitch from ball game is over and the Dodgers win it 10 to eight and the Dodgers pick up their 80 seventh win of the season. They salvage a game in this three game set and again, the magic number to clinch the division is down to 11.