Cubs 4, Dodgers 0: Things did not quite go as planned

The Dodgers streak of nine consecutive series without dropping one came to an end today against the Cubs, after losing the rubber match this afternoon by a score of 4-0.

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Ross Stripling had one of his worst starts of the year, and the fact that it consisted of three runs over six innings says a lot about the work he’s done this year. He walked none and struck out seven, but allowed eight hits over his 84 pitches.

His counterpart Jon Lester was arguably worse, but that didn’t stop him from getting seven shutout innings. Still, the Dodgers hit fly balls of 380, 370, 353, and 347 feet, all to the warning track for outs, and they had 14 balls hit harder than 95 mph off the bat off Lester alone,…