Cubs hit 10‑game streak
- The Chicago Cubs erased a 4-0 deficit to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 on Friday night at Dodger Stadium, stretching their winning streak to 10 games with a late comeback. - Dansby Swanson tied the rally together with a two-run triple in the seventh and a two-run homer in the ninth, while Alex Bregman added the game-tying home run in the eighth. - Chicago’s 10 straight wins are its longest streak since an 11-game run in 2016, pushing the Cubs to 17-9 and first place in the National League Central. (mlb.com)
The Cubs came back from four runs down to beat the Dodgers 6-4 on Friday night in Los Angeles, extending their winning streak to 10 games. (mlb.com) (baseball-reference.com) Los Angeles led 4-0 after Will Smith’s three-run homer in the third inning and Hyeseong Kim’s RBI single in the fourth off Chicago starter Jameson Taillon. (mlb.com) Chicago finally broke through in the seventh, when Dansby Swanson ripped a two-run triple and Nico Hoerner followed with an RBI single to cut the Dodgers’ lead to 4-3. (mlb.com) Alex Bregman tied it in the eighth with his third homer of the season, and Swanson put the Cubs ahead in the ninth with a two-run shot off Tanner Scott. (mlb.com) Swanson drove in four runs in all, and the Cubs got three scoreless innings from Ryan Rolison before Corbin Martin recorded the final three outs. (espn.com) (mlb.com) The streak is Chicago’s longest since the club won 11 straight from July 31 through Aug. 12, 2016, the year the Cubs won the World Series. (mlb.com) (sports.yahoo.com) With the win, the Cubs improved to 17-9 and sat in first place in the National League Central, according to Baseball-Reference’s team page on Saturday. (baseball-reference.com) Chicago’s latest comeback came a day after a walk-off win over Philadelphia made it nine straight, turning a hot week into the club’s longest surge in a decade. (mlb.com) (baseball-reference.com) The Cubs and Dodgers continue the series this weekend, with Chicago carrying a 10-game streak into Saturday’s game at Dodger Stadium. (baseball-reference.com)
