Cubs Defeat Dodgers 6-3; Yamamoto's Comeback Highlighted

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00:00All right. Let's bring it out to the West Coast. It was the Dodgers at home taking on

00:06the Cubbies. I was watching along with this one. Donnie had a couple of great bets in

00:10the mix until they weren't great bets. The Cubs get the win six to three. They put up

00:15five in the eighth inning and a couple of very strong arms here. Imanaga got the start

00:19for the Cubbies. Yamamoto made his return for Dave Roberts fanning eight through four

00:24innings pitch, but it wasn't enough to get the Dodgers home there on Tuesday.

00:29Couple guys with multiple hits last night, too, in the Chicago Cubs lineup. You had Seiji

00:33Yasuzuki, three of five. You also had Isak Peraitis, two of five. Then you had Horner,

00:37three for four, and Pete Crowe Armstrong, two for four. So you had some guys in the

00:41bottom of that order doing some damage, which is great to see. Now, the Chicago Cubs, 75

00:45and 70. Technically, yes, they are still in the playoff race a couple games back of the

00:50Braves and Mets, but winning these type of ball games here is going to go a long way.

00:54The Los Angeles Dodgers have an interesting season overall. Started out very good before

00:59the all-star break, got swept by the Philadelphia Phillies, and it looked like the Philadelphia

01:03Phillies had a six-game lead over the Dodgers for that number one overall seed, only for

01:07the Dodgers to play great baseball. The Phillies not to play so well, and the Dodgers overtook

01:11the Philadelphia Phillies. Now, the Phillies have a one-game lead on the Dodgers due to

01:16the Phillies winning last night and the Dodgers losing. But also, you have to look big picture,

01:20Dovesy, right? Because in major league baseball, you can't win any game, every game. I understand

01:24that, even though you want to. But if you take a look at Yamamoto on the mound, four

01:27innings pitched, one earned run. But here's the key, eight strikeouts over those four

01:32innings here. If you can build his stamina enough to get him healthy for the playoffs

01:36where he can go five to six innings, that is massive for the Dodgers. You actually don't

01:40care about the final score. Yesterday, Shota Imanaga improved to 13-3 for the Cubs. His

01:45ERA, right around three, and he went seven innings and gave up three earned runs. The

01:50bullpen imploded for the Dodgers, but I think if you wake up as a Dodger fan, your takeaway

01:54in this game wasn't the loss, wasn't the bullpen, it was Yamamoto. Can he get back

01:58to what we expect him to be? And that could be huge for the Los Angeles Dodgers.