Recap: Corey Seager Homers in 3-2 Victory Over Cubs
The Dodgers faced a tough defeat on Friday that really should have been theirs. Regardless, they entered Saturday’s game one game ahead of the Giants, who are currently playing the Braves. Needless to say, this series with the Cubs is extremely important. Julio Urias would take the mound to try and give the team a victory!
Let’s take a look at the highlights!
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Both teams would start the game off well by scoring a single run in their respectives halves of the first! The Cubs would get their run thanks to an RBI single from Anthony Rizzo and the Dodgers would tie the game with a solo shot by Corey Seager!
Urias walks Dexter Fowler to begin the first.
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Kris Bryant hits a fly ball single to right field. Runners on the corners with no outs.
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Anthony Rizzo singles to right putting the Cubs on the board 1-0.
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TIE GAME! @coreyseager_5's solo shot ties this game at 1! ? pic.twitter.com/hROhhKMSAJ
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The Dodgers would take the lead and add an insurance run in the bottom of the 3rd thanks to an RBI double by Chase Utley and an RBI single by Justin Turner!
3 straight hits to start the inning: 2B, 1B by Urias, 2B by Utley, and the #Dodgers take 2-1 lead over @HammelTime39, in the 3rd.
— AlaNNa Rizzo (@alannarizzo) August 27, 2016
WP by Hammel advances @theteenager7 to 3rd and Utley to 2nd.
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.@redturn2 singles up the middle and scores Chase Utley from third! #Dodgers now lead, 3-1! pic.twitter.com/yHGXY8nIiT
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Julio Urias had a phenomenal outing going 6 innings and only giving up 1 run!
Baez on in relief. Nice outing by @theteenager7. 6 IP, 1 ER, 6 H, 2 BB, 8 SO. #Dodgers lead 3-1 T7
— AlaNNa Rizzo (@alannarizzo) August 27, 2016
The Cubs would try and make a comeback in the top of the 7th, but they’d only add a single run thanks to an RBI single by Jason Heyward.
Cubs get one back in the seventh but the #Dodgers still lead, 3-2. ? pic.twitter.com/QmcdJVQ5hx
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Kenley Jansen would come out in the top of the 9th to close things out and he would do just that! Dodgers win 3-2!
FINAL: #Dodgers 3, Cubs 2 pic.twitter.com/NnBvYjLkdy
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The Dodgers will finish off the series with the Cubs on Sunday at 1:10 PM PST. Follow us on Twitter at @DodgersNation to get the play by play! Go Blue!
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