Cubs remain in 1st place in the NL Central after thrashing Dodgers 16-0: “The boys came out swinging”

This was not the heaviest defeat the LA Dodgers ever suffered, for that, one has to go back to 2001 when the LA team suffered, once again at the hands of the Cubs 1-20. That’s omitting the 1891 and 1940 even heavier defeats suffered by the Brooklyn Grooms and Dodgers.

On Saturday night, Carson Kelly homered twice, singled and walked twice for the visiting Chicago Cubs in a 16-0 win against the Dodgers in the middle game of their three-game series at Dodger Stadium.

Michael Busch singled, doubled twice, homered, drove in three runs and scored four times for the Cubs, who ended a two-game losing streak.

Miguel Amaya hit a two-run homer and Ian Happ contributed three hits, a walk and two runs scored for Chicago, which scored 14 runs over the final three innings.

Cubs right-hander Ben Brown (2-1) threw six shutout innings, allowing five hits with five strikeouts and no walks. Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki (0-1) went five innings for the first time in the majors, allowing one run and four hits with three strikeouts and two walks.

Teoscar Hernandez had two hits for the Dodgers, who suffered their largest shutout loss since 1965, an 18-0 defeat to the Cincinnati Reds.

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