Los Angeles: Cody Bellinger and Kike Hernandez led an offensive outburst with three-run homers that upstaged the anticipated duel between aces Jon Lester and Clayton Kershaw, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Chicago 9-4 on Sunday to sweep the Cubs in three games at home for the first time since August 2012.
Lester and Kershaw were rocked for 10 runs and 18 hits in a combined 7 2/3 innings of their first career matchup. The left-handers that own three World Series titles (Lester), three Cy Young Awards (Kershaw) and 10 All-Star nods failed to retire the side in order in any inning.
Lester (3-3) gave up six runs and seven hits in 3 1/3 innings for Chicago. He struck out six and walked two.
Kershaw allowed four runs and a career-high-tying 11 hits in 4 1/3 innings. The Cubs stranded 10 runners against him.
Josh Fields (2-0) got the victory, striking out two in 1 2/3 innings.
The game’s 13 runs came on seven homers.
Results from the MLB games on Sunday
(home team in CAPS)
LA DODGERS 9 Chicago Cubs 4
SAN FRANCISCO 7 Atlanta 1
COLORADO 8 St. Louis 4
MILWAUKEE 9 Arizona 5
HOUSTON 8 Baltimore 4
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 7 Detroit 3
Cincinnati 8 PHILADELPHIA 4
San Diego 5 WASHINGTON 3
Seattle 5 BOSTON 0
CLEVELAND 10 Kansas City 1
MIAMI 9 LA Angels 2
Texas 3 TORONTO 1
NY YANKEES 9 Oakland 5
