{"id":607108,"date":"2026-04-26T08:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T08:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/607108\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T08:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T08:07:10","slug":"dodgers-snap-cubs-10-game-winning-streak-behind-roki-sasakis-outing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/607108\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Snap Cubs’ 10-Game Winning Streak Behind Roki Sasaki’s Outing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roki Sasaki<\/a> earned his second major league victory and the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> rallied with six runs in the fourth inning to beat the Cubs<\/a> 12-4 on Saturday night, snapping Chicago’s 10-game winning streak.<\/p>\n

Shohei Ohtani<\/a> ended an 0-for-12 skid with a single in the first and then swiped second for just his second stolen base of the year. He had one of the Dodgers’ 14 hits as Los Angeles set a season high for runs at home.<\/p>\n

Sasaki (1-2) gave up four runs \u2014 three on solo homers by Seiya Suzuki<\/a>, Moises Ballesteros<\/a> and Miguel Amaya<\/a> \u2014 and seven hits with a career-high 99 pitches on his bobblehead night. The Japanese right-hander struck out five in his fifth career start, pitching into the sixth inning for the first time this year. He went 1-1 as a rookie last season before working as the closer during the Dodgers’ run to their second straight World Series<\/a> championship.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers scored 10 or more runs for the fourth time this season. After scoring six in the fourth inning, they tacked on four more in the sixth. Andy Pages<\/a> had a two-run double off reliever Javier Assad<\/a> and later scored on a wild pitch by Vince Velasquez<\/a>, who was called up Friday.<\/p>\n

Dodgers score five runs in fourth inning, taking lead over Cubs \"Dodgers<\/a> <\/p>\n

Max Muncy<\/a> hit a tying two-run homer in the third for the Dodgers, who had lost five of seven. Their bullpen blew a four-run lead in a 6-4 loss in the series opener Friday that dropped them out of the NL West lead for the first time this season.<\/p>\n

The Cubs took their last lead, 3-2, on Ballesteros’ two-strike homer off Sasaki in the fourth.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers went ahead for good by playing small ball in the bottom of the inning.<\/p>\n

Alex Freeland<\/a> tied the game at 3 with an RBI double. Freddie Freeman’s<\/a> RBI single chased Cubs starter Colin Rea<\/a> (3-1). Teoscar Hernandez<\/a> had a two-run single and Dalton Rushing<\/a> and Pages had RBI singles \u2014 all with two outs \u2014 to open an 8-3 lead.<\/p>\n

Trailing 8-4, the Cubs left the bases loaded in the sixth. Dodgers reliever Jack Dreyer<\/a> struck out Dansby Swanson<\/a> and Pete Crow-Armstrong<\/a> before Will Klein<\/a> came in and induced a groundout to the mound by Amaya that ended the threat.<\/p>\n

Cubs LHP Shota Imanaga (2-1, 2.17 ERA) starts Sunday’s series finale against LHP Justin Wrobleski (3-0, 1.88).<\/p>\n

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