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00:01Roki Sasaki is coming off with his best start of his young big league career.
00:05We saw him make his big league debut over in Tokyo in game two of that series in Japan.
00:09He really struggled with his control.
00:11He walked five 56 pitches to get through three innings.
00:14That's kind of been his story.
00:15Although last time out against the Phillies he was much better.
00:1823 year old kid.
00:19He can touch 100 miles an hour that fastball and his splitter is one of the best in the business.
00:23Last start though only two walks.
00:25We're looking to knock that down even further this evening.
00:28Three balls and a strike on the Cubs lead off man half.
00:31Chaps this one along first.
00:33Freeman's there.
00:34Feeds Sasaki for the first out of the ball game.
00:37One gone in this first inning.
00:39Sasaki goes to work against the Cubs best hitter.
00:41One of the best hitters in baseball in Kyle Tucker.
00:44Stroke the center field.
00:46Pajes on the run to make the catch.
00:49Hit it on the screws but Pajes able to track it down and two away in the first.
00:54Now Sasaki against Suzuki.
00:58Ground ball to short.
00:59Mookie gets it away quickly and cleanly.
01:01And so it ends up being a quick first inning for Roki Sasaki.
01:05And more importantly for him a scoreless first inning.
01:08Big tall right hander Ben Brown.
01:11Cubs starting pitcher has finished his warm ups.
01:14He's ready to go to work.
01:15Facing the left handed batting Shohei Ohtani.
01:18Is cracked into right center field and a base hit for Ohtani.
01:22He'll settle for a lead off single.
01:26After an 0 for 4 game yesterday that snapped the on base streak at 29.
01:30He leads this one off at a single.
01:32And the Yankee bats at the plate.
01:34High fly ball left field down the line.
01:36Happ over near the line.
01:38And Ian makes the catch.
01:40Another good ovation for Freddie Freeman.
01:42Shohei taking off.
01:43The 0-2 pitch is high.
01:44The throw from second.
01:46He's going to skip away from Dansby Swanson.
01:49A stolen base for Shohei Ohtani.
01:51That would be his fourth of the season getting in the scoring position.
01:55With Freeman still at the plate.
01:56One ball and two strikes.
01:58Drilled right field.
01:59Shading his eyes is Tucker.
02:02Makes the catch.
02:03Fires it in.
02:04And there are two outs.
02:05Infield head to Oscar Hernandez.
02:07They've got him cornered with two.
02:09Conforto bats.
02:11He's a left handed hitter.
02:12Deuces wild.
02:13Two outs.
02:142-2 count the pitch.
02:15Called strike three.
02:18Took something off.
02:19And Conforto let it go.
02:21He thought it was going to be upstairs.
02:22I believe.
02:23He is out and so are the Dodgers.
02:26Roki Sasaki against Michael Bush to start.
02:29Former Dodger farmhand.
02:30Love to do some damage here.
02:32Bush lifts it in the air.
02:34Left center field.
02:35Conforto back.
02:36Back some more near the wall.
02:37And that one is gone.
02:39Michael Bush.
02:40Home run over the fence in left center.
02:43And it is 1-0 Cubs.
02:46That was the first home run that Sasaki has allowed as a rookie big leaguer.
02:52So immediately the Dodgers are down 1-0.
02:54After that point he really tightened things down.
02:57Got a lot of ground ball outs on top of it.
02:59Oh.
03:00Nasty.
03:01Put a fork in him.
03:02First K of the game for Sasaki.
03:05It looks like he's kind of settled into throwing strikes.
03:08Wouldn't you agree?
03:09Yeah.
03:10And two away in the second.
03:11Ground ball right back by Sasaki.
03:12But Edmund is there.
03:13Straight up in the bag at second.
03:14He throws to Freddie Freeman.
03:15To get the last out of the second inning.
03:17So.
03:18After allowing the first home run of his major league career.
03:21Sasaki gets Swanson, Turner, and Horner in succession.
03:24Ball four.
03:25A one out walk for Kelly.
03:27Second look at Sasaki for the Cubs.
03:29Here's Ian Howe.
03:30Swing and a line drive.
03:31That's a base hit into right field.
03:33And Kelly will stop at second.
03:35Ian Happ with the knock.
03:36And there are two aboard with one out.
03:39And here comes Kyle Tucker.
03:41Next one is outside.
03:43And Tucker will take his base.
03:45So he'll hand the baton to Seiya Suzuki.
03:47And a golden opportunity for the Cubs.
03:50Nowhere to put him here in the third.
03:52Line drive.
03:53Caught by Tommy Edmund.
03:55Good news is it was an out.
03:57The bad news is.
03:58It was Sasaki.
03:59That pitch was right down the middle.
04:02The second out of the third inning.
04:03One more to get.
04:04And it's Michael Bush.
04:05The guy who clipped him in the second inning.
04:07For a lead off home run.
04:09Hammers this ball in the air to center field.
04:11Pajes to the track.
04:12To the wall.
04:13He makes the grab.
04:15Andy Pajes.
04:17Robbery against the wall.
04:19When Sasaki needed it most.
04:22Put a star on that one Rick Munday.
04:25Put three stars on it.
04:26Nobile.
04:27Nobile.
04:28Pajes.
04:29To.
04:30To.
04:31To.
04:32To.
04:33Super player Sasaki.
04:34Game changing play and headspace.
04:37Saving play for himself and his pitcher.
04:40And that's out number two.
04:41Here's Mookie Betts.
04:42The pitch on the way to Mookie.
04:44He is hit in the air right center field.
04:46On the run.
04:47Suzuki dives.
04:48Did he make the catch.
04:50That's Tucker in right field.
04:52A sensational catch by Kyle Tucker.
04:55Tucker headlong dive.
04:58Somehow speared that ball.
05:00Roki Sasaki against Dansby Swanson.
05:02Looking for that put away pitch.
05:04He's got it.
05:05With the splitter for his second K.
05:07Swanson the one who's provided both.
05:10On this 1-0.
05:11JT will swing and send a fly ball the opposite field.
05:14To Oscar Hernandez on the run.
05:16On the warning track.
05:17He reaches out.
05:18And hauls it in.
05:19As he runs into the wall.
05:21Pale really just extended that left glove arm out there on the warning track.
05:25And the ball dropped into it.
05:27Here's Nico Horner.
05:28Here's the 2-1 from Roki.
05:30Swinging a ground ball to short.
05:31Gobbled up by Betts.
05:33Shuffles and throws across to Freddie Freeman.
05:35It's a 1-2-3 fourth inning for Roki Sasaki.
05:39Roki Sasaki will try to do something right now that he's yet to do in his young Major League career.
05:45And that's recording out in the fifth inning.
05:47And then finishes him off as the slider dances in there.
05:51One gone in the fifth.
05:52And there you have it.
05:54The new career high in innings pitch for a game by Roki Sasaki.
05:59First and second.
06:00One out in the fifth for Chicago.
06:01Already up 1-0.
06:02Will bring up the dangerous Kyle Tucker.
06:05Here's the pitch.
06:07Swung on.
06:08Popped up.
06:09Left side.
06:10Foul ground.
06:11Muncie drifts over.
06:12And makes the catch.
06:13Right next to the third base coach box.
06:15Two gone.
06:16Pinch hitter.
06:17Yeah.
06:18For the DH.
06:19Seya Suzuki.
06:20This is another thing he's never done before, Mo.
06:22Talked about recording an out in the fifth inning.
06:24He's done that.
06:25Got two here tonight.
06:26He also had yet to throw more than 70 pitches in a game.
06:30Swung on and lifted high in the air.
06:32Left field.
06:33Conforto fighting the twilight.
06:34He's got a read on it.
06:35And he's got the third out.
06:37So Sasaki finishes the fifth.
06:39And has given the Dodgers a chance.
06:41Now on the mound for your Dodgers.
06:43Ben Kasparius.
06:44The right hander takes over after Roki Sasaki finished five innings for the first time in his big league career.
06:50Doubled by Bush.
06:51Now Justin Turner the former Dodger.
06:54One of those series where he's always going to come to Dodger Stadium and want to show well.
06:58On the ground.
06:59It gets through.
07:00And a base hit.
07:01Bush around third.
07:02Michael Bush to the plate.
07:03Turner an RBI single.
07:05And it's two nothing.
07:06And that's got to feel great.
07:08Ben Brown who has struck out five in his best start of the year by far.
07:12The top of the order.
07:13Due up.
07:14Ohtani.
07:15Betts.
07:16Freeman.
07:17High fly ball.
07:18Right field.
07:19Tucker.
07:20And Ohtani is out.
07:23Two outs here in the sixth inning.
07:25Freeman looking for his first hit here in his second game back.
07:28He's 0 for 5.
07:29Bouncing ball.
07:30There it is.
07:31There's the first hit.
07:33For Freddie Freeman.
07:34And his return from the injured list.
07:36And with that the tying run comes to the plate in the form of Teasko Hernandez.
07:40And the 0-1.
07:41Check swing.
07:42Ground ball.
07:43Right side.
07:44Played by Horner.
07:45Plenty of time.
07:46Throws him out to win the inning.
07:47Six shutout innings for Ben Brown.
07:50As Carson Kelly.
07:51Cubs catcher.
07:52Leads off this seventh inning against Ben Kasparias.
07:55This one golfed in the air left field.
07:58This ball's got a chance.
07:59Way back on its way.
08:00And it is gone.
08:01Carson Kelly will touch them all.
08:04And it is 3-0.
08:06He got it down and in.
08:08And blasted it over the left field fence.
08:11Now they're at the corners of the Cubs.
08:14Still no outs.
08:15Miguel Amaya.
08:16Batting from the right side.
08:18Now the Cubs are concentrating on breaking this game wide open.
08:22Here's a line drive into center field.
08:24That's a base hit.
08:25Coming in to score his hat.
08:27Miguel Amaya.
08:28An RBI single.
08:29And it is 4-0.
08:31How about the Cubs catchers.
08:33Cubs offense coming alive here in this inning.
08:36Bush has hit the ball right on the button every time up.
08:40Bush loops one right center field.
08:42That's going to be a base hit.
08:43Rounding third and heading in to score is Tucker.
08:46And the Cubs lead 5-0.
08:48Michael Bush having quite a night.
08:50Dodgers still with nobody warming up in their bullpen.
08:54This is one of those moves where you just don't understand what they're doing.
08:58They're just leaving this guy out there.
09:00And Swanson will be the sixth man to bat in the inning.
09:03Line drive.
09:04Base hit.
09:05Left field.
09:06Amaya.
09:07Around third.
09:08Miggy heading to the plate.
09:10And he's in.
09:11And it is all Cubs now.
09:13Six to nothing.
09:14Six in a row have reached for the Cubs against experience.
09:19It's 6-0 was met at first and third and one away.
09:22Nico Horner nothing for three in the game.
09:25There goes Workman.
09:27Throw down to second.
09:28Too late.
09:29Stolen base.
09:30The 1-1 lifted to right.
09:33Pretty well hit but it will be caught.
09:35It will also drive in a run.
09:37Tagging and scoring.
09:40And a runner moves up to third.
09:43Cubs lead 7-0 as Bush scores.
09:46And the Cubs trying to sweep the leg here on Saturday night.
09:50Second and third.
09:51No outs.
09:52Top of the eighth.
09:53Trying to push this 7-0 lead.
09:55Here comes Kyle Tucker.
09:56On the ground.
09:57Up the middle.
09:58That's a base hit.
09:59Kyle Tucker knocks in two.
10:01And it is 9-0.
10:03He cannot be stopped.
10:05Miguel Amaya.
10:08High fly ball.
10:09Drilled right field.
10:11That one back.
10:12And that one is gone.
10:13Miguel Amaya the opposite way.
10:15It's a two run homer.
10:17It's 11-0.
10:19We're going to get a position player pitching now.
10:21Hard throwing right hander.
10:23Out of Venezuela.
10:24Miguel Rojas.
10:26Just what this game called for.
10:28Swing and a high fly ball.
10:29Right center field.
10:30Taylor over to his left to make the catch.
10:32And Rojas signals to the dugout.
10:34That's one.
10:35Using Yoshi's glove.
10:36Worked last night.
10:37Gage Workman is looking for his first hit in the big leagues.
10:41Line drive.
10:42Base hit.
10:43Right field.
10:44Gage Workman with his first major league hit.
10:47No apologies necessary.
10:49At all.
10:50Justin Turner joking.
10:52The oldest joke in the book that he's going to throw it into the stands.
10:56Miguel Rojas warming up like Clinton Kershaw between innings.
11:00He is going to throw like Kershaw here.
11:03I drive at a base hit out into the right field corner.
11:08Pete Crow Armstrong will cruise into second and he's got a double.
11:14In the air left field.
11:16That one back on its way and it's gone.
11:19It's a two homer night for Carson Kelly.
11:22And it's 13 nothing.
11:25And this will put men at first and second.
11:27Here's a base hit to right for Michael Bush.
11:30He's going to get another extra base knock.
11:32As a run will score.
11:34Bush has a double and another RBI.
11:37And now Gage Workman drives one in the air right center field toward the gap.
11:40That's going to be a base hit.
11:42Gage Workman is going to get his first two runs batted in in the big leagues.
11:46He's got a double.
11:47And the Cubs are pouring it on the Dodgers.
11:51It is 16 to nothing.
11:53It's a two out single for Chris Taylor.
11:57Conforto will hit a fly ball and a shallow left.
12:00This is going to end the game.
12:01Ian Haps got it.
12:03And the Cubs win an easy one at Dodger Stadium.
12:0716 to nothing the final.
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