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Los Angeles Dodgers @ Chicago Cubs

2026-08-04 · Night game · Wrigley Field · Att: 40584 · 83°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 8 mph, Out To CF · 2:32

Chicago Cubs defeated Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1. Los Angeles Dodgers opened the scoring in the 2nd — Kyle Tucker homers (10) on a fly ball to left center field. Chicago Cubs took the lead in the 6th — Nico Hoerner singles on a ground ball to second baseman Tommy Edman. Alex Bregman scores. Michael Busch to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Nico Hoerner singles on a ground ball to second baseman Tommy Edman. Alex Bregman scores. Michael Busch to 2nd — worth 16% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
LAN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
CHN	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	5	9

Los Angeles Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Shohei Ohtani DH	4	0	1	0	0	0
Andy Pages CF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Freddie Freeman 1B	3	0	1	0	1	1
Max Muncy 3B	3	0	0	0	1	2
Mookie Betts SS	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Tucker RF	3	1	2	1	0	0
Teoscar Hernandez LF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Tommy Edman 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Rortvedt C	2	0	0	0	0	0
Hunter Feduccia C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Call PH	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF	4	1	2	1	0	2
Seiya Suzuki RF	2	0	1	1	2	0
Alex Bregman DH	4	1	1	0	0	0
Michael Busch 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Nico Hoerner 2B	4	1	2	2	0	0
Tyrone Taylor LF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ian Happ LF	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dansby Swanson SS	4	2	3	1	0	1
Pedro Ramírez 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Miguel Amaya C	4	0	0	0	0	2