LOS ANGELES — An offense that mustered only two hits for eight innings and trailed by a run for most of the game came to life in the bottom of the ninth inning Saturday night, David Peralta delivering a clutch two-out, two-run, pinch-hit single to right field to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers to a dramatic 2-1 walk-off win over the Chicago Cubs.
A Jackie Robinson Day crowd of 52,275 at Chavez Ravine saw three Cubs pitchers — starters Jameson Taillon and relievers Mark Leiter Jr. and Keegan Thompson — stifle the Dodgers for eight innings and Cubs center fielder Cody Bellinger rob them of a potential two-run homer in the second.
Bellinger scooted back to the warning track, timed his jump perfectly and made a leaping catch above the center-field wall to snag Jason Heyward’s drive, eliciting boos from a crowd that adored Bellinger when he played for the Dodgers from 2017 to 2022.
