{"id":56028,"date":"2025-04-25T07:21:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T07:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=56028"},"modified":"2025-04-25T07:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T07:21:13","slug":"breaking-dodgers-have-potential-playoff-enemy-after-young-slugger-dominates-la-in-cubs-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=56028","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Dodgers have potential playoff enemy after young slugger dominates LA in Cubs series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_248,w_7702,h_4332\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/75\/01jsm66w1463g42ztxad.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Dodgers v Chicago Cubs\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">If the Dodgers are demoralized after their most recent two-game series against the Cubs&#8230;well, they should be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The\u00a0opener was a stunning display of failure on the part of Dodgers&#8217; pitching\u00a0(and the top of their lineup, for that matter) and a stunning display of grit on the part of the Cubs&#8217; offense, but the finale was just as painful. LA squandered two leads, and then the offense completely disappeared after the sixth inning despite only being down by a run.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Ian Happ hit the walk-off RBI single for Chicago on the first night and their lineup was dialed pretty much from top to bottom, but the real star of the series was sophomore Pete Crow-Armstrong, who&#8217;s already redeeming himself from a lackluster rookie season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">He was\u00a0already hitting pretty decently before this series, but his batting average shot up by 36 points and his OPS by\u00a0116\u00a0by the end of it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">He went 6-for-9 at the plate with seven RBI, including two homers\u00a0\u2014\u00a0his fourth and fifth of the season. Two of the other three also came against the Dodgers when the Cubs visited LA a couple weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">That was (thankfully) the last time the Dodgers will see the Cubs in the regular season, but if these teams meet in the postseason, the Dodgers could have a huge problem on their hands.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1915199011612746189&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fdodgersway.com%2Fdodgers-have-potential-playoff-enemy-after-young-slugger-dominates-la-in-cubs-series-pete-crow-armstrong&amp;sessionId=cd6b9449176e2d20d8b02768be5e279362d4b3eb&amp;siteScreenName=DodgersWayFS&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1745565437180111276=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" data-uw-rm-lang=\"false\">Pete Crow-Armstrong has 5 HR this year<\/p>\n<p>4 are against the Dodgers<\/p>\n<p>(via\u00a0@cubs)pic.twitter.com\/INbNHZE6XR<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX)\u00a0April 24, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Cubs&#8217; star youngster Pete Crow-Armstrong is turning into an unstoppable Dodgers killer<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Cubs&#8217; 16-10 record after Wednesday&#8217;s game lengthened their already pretty comfortable lead in the NL Central over the Brewers, the only other team in the division with a winning record.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The NL Central is unbearably winnable and the Dodgers have the far tougher divisional battle ahead, but the Cubs looked better than the Dodgers by every stretch of the imagination over the last two days.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Crow-Armstrong picked up four RBI on Wednesday with a three-run shot off of Noah Davis (who also gave up the winning run on Tuesday night) and then lengthened their lead in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI single.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Cubs already have a couple of Los Angeles Dodgers killers in Nico Hoerner and\u00a0former Dodger Michael Busch, who seems to delight in hammering the team that traded him, but PCA is already shaping up as a new member of those ranks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">If the Dodgers see the Cubs in October and both teams end up playing like this again, then there&#8217;s no way the Dodgers get to the World Series once more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the Dodgers are demoralized after their most recent two-game series against the Cubs&#8230;well, they should be. 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