Dodgers rally from two five-run deficits to complete four-game sweep of Cubs
Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman drops his bat after hitting a solo home run in the sixth inning Sunday against the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium. “The worst,” Dodgers shortstop Trea Turner said, when asked to describe the first three innings of an 11-9 come-from-behind victory over the Cubs in front of a crowd of 41,824 at Dodger Stadium. But the offense pounded out 14 hits in all, including a homer, double and two singles by Freddie Freeman, and relievers Yency Almonte, Caleb Ferguson, Alex Vesia and Brusdar Graterol combined for 5 2/3 hitless innings to push the Dodgers to their 11th win in 12 games and their National League West lead over San Diego to eight games. “For the offense to do that and grind it all the way to the end, that’s what special teams do.” It was Freeman, one of several Dodgers All-Star Game snubs, who sparked a six-run third-inning rally that turned an 8-3 deficit into a 9-8 lead, the slugger smoking a 105-mph leadoff double to left-center off reliever Matt Swarmer. “There are times in a year when you feel is insurmountable, but I think today, the way we answered quickly, was a real sign we weren’t going to be denied.” The Dodgers took a big chunk out of the early deficit with a three-run bottom of the first, in which Betts walked, Trea Turner singled, Smith lined an RBI double to left, Justin Turner rolled an RBI single to left, and Muncy hit a sacrifice fly to the warning track in center.
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