The Cubs headed to Camelback Ranch Thursday to do battle their NLCS opponents, the LA Dodgers. Eddie Butler took the hill looking to build his resume for a potential rotation spot in 2018. Chicago posted a lineup of mainly reserves for the road matchup.
The Cubs went ahead quickly in the 1st when Albert Almora doubled and was driven home on a Matt Szczur single.
Butler was very strong against an order that included several Dodger regulars, going 4 innings and allowing only one hit while striking out 4.
Nothing of any particular interest happened until the bottom of the 7th, when Yasiel Puig took a borderline called third strike from Jim Henderson.