Show a weakness in this game, and opponents will sniff it out like a bloodhound. The Dodgers failed to hit a left-hander again Tuesday night, when they were shut out for eight innings by the Padres’ Clayton Richard, so the Chicago Cubs will look to exploit that deficiency next week.
Cubs manager Joe Maddon said Thursday that he will take advantage of a rainout by flip-flopping Jake Arrieta and Jon Lester so that the right-handed Arrieta will face Milwaukee on Sunday and the left-handed Lester will face the Dodgers on Monday at Wrigley Field.