It’s like deja vu all over again as the Cubs face the same pair of Dodgers starters in LA as when these teams met in Tokyo to open the season. Last night went about as well as those matchups in Japan, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto dealing over six scoreless innings, but I’ve got a feeling about tonight. Part of that is my unwavering faith in Ben Brown, whose first action of the season came in that first Tokyo Series game as a piggyback starter.
Brown hasn’t looked all that good through three appearances, and his two starts have seen eight earned runs cross the plate over just nine innings of work.