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Dodgers have hands full with Cubs’ pitching
- Updated: May 31, 2016
CHICAGO — If the Dodgers are tired of facing Cubs pitching, nobody can blame them.
After being no-hit by Jake Arrieta last season at Dodger Stadium (Aug. 30, 2015), the Dodgers faced the Cubs Monday for the first time since that game and managed just one hit and two baserunners against a collection of Chicago pitchers in a 2-0 loss to open a four-game series at Wrigley Field.
Despite Cubs starter Jason Hammel leaving after two innings because of a cramp in his right hamstring, the Dodgers were unable to have a runner reach base in eight innings against relievers Travis Wood, Justin Grimm, Pedro Strop and Hector Rondon. After Justin Turner’s single was followed by a walk to Adrian Gonzalez in the first, the Cubs retired the next 25 in a row.
“Once Hammel goes out there and we’re into the bullpen in the third inning, you’re thinking you can grind some at-bats and …
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