Red Dream: Justin Turner’s Homer Powers Dodgers Over Cubs 5-2

Adrian Gonzalez and Justin Turner both went deep for the Dodgers and Los Angeles defeated Chicago 5-2 on Wednesday night, snapping the Cubs four-game winning streak.

Chicago native, Mike Bolsinger cleverly crafted his curveball to perfection striking out six Cubs batters. Bolsinger did not go the minimum five innings to pick up the win, but allowed just two runs on six hits in 4.2 innings of work.

Dodgers skipper Don Mattingly managed the game with a sense of urgency after the Dodgers had lost two straight to Chicago and 7-of-9 overall. Rather than allow Bolsinger to stay in the game, he quickly went to the bullpen for the lefty J.P. Howell with two outs in the fifth inning.

"He had good stuff early, but it seemed like the wheels starting falling off in the fifth inning," Mattingly said of Bolsinger. "J.P. [Howell] got his guy and everyone followed suit. The bullpen did a good job today."

Addison Russell hit an RBI double and scored a run in the fifth as the Cubs cut the Dodgers lead to 4-2.

Joc Pederson added an insurance run in the top of the eighth with an RBI single and Kenley Jansen worked a scoreless ninth to pick up his 10th save.

Game Notes:
Yasiel Puig was scratched from the Dodgers starting lineup minutes before the game with an open callus after he popped a blister on his left hand before Monday's loss.