Dodgers manager Roberts had Clayton Kershaw on a pitch limit, as Kershaw is still not 100 percent after a DL stint. And thus Kershaw, who had stymied the Cubs on one run in five innings, was removed from the game after 68 pitches.
The Cubs took advantage of the Dodgers bullpen, particularly one of their top young pitchers, rookie Walker Buehler, to post nine runs over the sixth and seventh innings on their way to an 11-5 blowout win. That split this four-game set and won the season series from the Dodgers four games to three. Keep that last fact in mind; it might not mean much to you in June, but if the Cubs and Dodgers meet in the postseason and need a tiebreaker to determine home field,…
