Condensed MLB game highlights: Cubs stun Dodgers 11-10 in extra-inning thriller at Wrigley Field

Great national anthem from the band Good Night Texas. One of the members, the one with the good hair on the left, Patrick Dyer, wolf cousin of our own Boog Chobby, who is under the weather, hopefully on the mend. Best wishes, Boog, and we hope to see you back here soon. In the meantime, it's the Cubs versus the Dodgers, part three. First in Tokyo, Japan, then Chavez Ravine, and now here in Chicago. It's the Chicago Cubs taking on the Los Angeles Dodgers, game one of two here from Wrigley Field. Shota Imanaga making his sixth start. Then against quality competition, all six opponents, or all five previous opponents, 13-9 or better. Four hit lists against the Dodgers over in Tokyo on opening day, and the Cubs are 26-8 in his starts. That's a 7.65 winning percentage. So here's a fun one. Just like in Tokyo, pitch one, game one of the 2025 season. It is Shohei Otani at the plate, and Shota Imanaga on the mound. First pitch. Left field. Shohei Otani reaches base. This has got all kinds of funky spin on it. It looks like a routine play, but I think this ball took a crazy hop on gauge. You can see the way he had to lunge for it at the last. And out to center. PCA makes the catch. Otani being the big exception. Liner to left. That plays it on a hop. Betts, Hernandez, Freeman. Caught on a missed strike three. Shota gets the best of Freddie Freeman. Strikeout number one, and it's a big one for out number two. Goes back to that slide ball, and gets the swing and miss in the zone. Spin in the zone. 0-1. Hit out to center. PCA back at the wall, and Tommy Edmund does it again. Now with all the firepower they have in their lineup, you wouldn't think you'd be most concerned with Tommy Edmund, but that has been the case in his career against the Cubs. This is the third time he's gotten Shota hit two against him in a game last year. Perseverance from Dustin Meng. Decking it's a leadoff double here in the first. A chance to answer right away after the Dodgers put that three spot up in the top of the inning, and a good start here for Ian Hadler 110 miles per hour. Tucker into center. Base hit. Hat stops at third, and the Cubs back-to-back hits here against Dustin May to begin the bottom of the first inning. Tucker's off. No throw to second, and Kyle Tucker steals second. Here at Wrigley Field against the Diamondbacks. Sayup hits it in the left. Pajes back. He can't make the catch. Hits off the wall. Hat scores. Tucker scores. Two-run double Sayup Suzuki, and the Cubs are on the board of the first. And they're hanging out some ropes here. The contact against Dustin May has been most impressive. Again, that one finds the center of the strike zone, and Sayup jumps all over it. Not getting a whole lot of sank on his sanker. 100 mile an hour guy. Tapper to first, and steps on first. It retires. Bush would say at a third. Hitless on Sunday. Dansby in the air. Center field. Edmund Beck at the wall. Jumps up. Can't make the catch. Jumps into center field. Tying run scores. Dansby to third. RBI triple. It's a 3-3 game. 2-1. Hopped up. Left field. Shallow. It falls in for a base hit. PCA heading to second. Gets there standing up. It's four to three, Cubs. Amaya, another blooper. Into right field. Base hit. Petro Armstrong scores. Miguel Amaya, RBI single. Five to three, Cubs in the first. A little bit of this, a little bit of that. Just need the long ball. He really cranks on that slider right off the end of the bat. Hernandez and Hernandez in pursuit, but nobody can get there, and PCA cruises on home. That's pulled out to left. All flying tonight here at Wrigley Field, Andy Pajes. Third homer of the year, solo shot. Cubs lead, cup to one here in the second. Certainly got help, but certainly did not need help. He crushed that baseball. So he did try to go in. Pajes cut it off. 2-2. Caught on a missed strike three. Hit the third. Workman fields that one. Fires across the diamond one away. Hernandez, line drive, caught by Dansby. One or two of those clubs is probably going to be staying home. That's a great pitch. Shota freezes Freddie Freeman. The payoff. Just misses. Here's the pitch. Got it. Swing and a miss. Strike three. Strikeout number 200 for Shota Imanaga in a Cubs uniform. He K's Kike Hernandez. Two outs. Again, he goes back to that splitter, and it's up. Actually not a great pitch, but a great result. Big late kick. First and second, two outs. 0-2 count, and the crowd on their feet. Behind the left. Hack makes the catch, and Shota gets out of it in the fourth. 1-2. Swing and a missed strike three. Shota strikes out Shohei again one away. And again, he goes to that slide ball to get the job done. Diving off that outside corner, and a feeble hack at it there by the new daddy. 2-2. That's it. Well, deep right fail. Hernandez. C.A. annihilated that baseball. Two run shot deep into the bleachers. It's 7-4 Cubs. Custom made this year. They like to work up in the zone with a fastball to PCA. That one got down into his happy zone, and man, did he unload. At this juncture, but we have it. Will Smith hits it out the left field. That's back. That's into the bleachers. The council hoping to get Shota through this sixth inning. He's got Brad Keller up, and we'll see what the plan is going forward. Smith circles the bases for the third time this year. Talk about his splitter sometimes cutting on him, and it looks like that's what happened there. Muncie hits it in the air to right. Tucker is back at the wall. Jumps up. He caught it. Hold your breath a moment there for Shota as that ball almost gets out of here, and a nice play by Tucker twisting and turning, but ultimately hauling this ball in. The Dodgers make a bid for another home run. Craig Council is going to make a move. Not easy, but he got the deal at the wall, obviously, and the basket, and a windy night at Wrigley. And the crowd applauding Shota Ibenaga for his effort tonight. In line for the win, and this pitching change is brought to you by Lakeside Bank. Lakeside Bank, it's about time. Crosses slider 45 percent of the time. That line drive to left of the base hit. Second hit for Rian. To the base hit for Sayah, and it goes through the legs of Pajes. Sayah heading to second. The throw is late. 1-1. Out towards left field. Pajes in. Makes the catch. Half tags up. Here's the throw home. The tag. He's safe. Dodgers contemplating a challenge here. Will Smith thought he got them. They're going to take a look. Los Angeles is challenging the safe call at home plate. All right, they're taking a second look. A second opinion is always a good idea. Get yours at Northwestern Medicine. J.D., what were your initial thoughts? I thought he was safe, but it was really close. Yeah, you know, they're going to get a lot of looks at it back in New York. I don't know if there's enough there to overturn. After review, the call on the field is overturned. The runner is out. By Keller. 3-2. Can't take the umpire to task over that one. Another walk. 1-2. Roll over to third. It's off the glove of worth. Scores. Rest move. Station to station. It's a 7-6 game. And Freeman lines it to left. Base hit for Freddie Freeman. Two runs score. Freeman heads to second. The throw. It's late, and the Dodgers take the lead. That's hit to right. Tucker towards the corner. Makes the catch. It's deep enough to score a run. Hernandez scores. Sack fly. 9-7 Dodgers. 2-1. Smith in the air to left. Halfback, and he plays it off. Freeman scores. Will Smith, RBI, double. Huge night for him. It's 10-7 Dodgers. Went with that slider and it backed up on him. Just sat there right in the middle of the strike zone. Third and run scored. Fourth and runs batted in. 2-2. That's hit well. Right field. Way on. Tucker, you are the man. Two runs shot. Seventh of the year. Comes within one. It's a 10-9 game. It's not fair to expect a player to come through every single time he comes up, but that's the sense you get with Tucker. He took that real bad hack at the slider with a couple pitches previous. Almost like he was setting him up. Throw me another one. See what kind of hack I put on it. What a game. This home run is brought to you by Hefty, Hefty, Hefty. Ultra strong, ultra low price. This slider stays middle end, and then it goes out. Amaya into center field, and jumps up. It's into the basket. Tied. Top us up, Miguel Amaya. It's 10-10. Deserves a curtain call, folks. Delivers. What did we do to deserve this classic? Talk about how that wind had died down, but this one did not need a lot of help. He leaned on it. Lean back and watch it fly. Call third strike. Miguel Amaya extends it. Brown ball towards first. Diving play made. Underhand to first, and they got him. Yes, we can. 0-2. Hit the first. Step up first. Scoreless inning, Porter Hodge. Davis will make his Dodger debut here. Called up a couple of days ago from AAA. Last year, nine appearances with the Rockies, 20 innings and a 575 ERA. Making his Dodgers debut here in the big leagues. 10-10, bottom 10. Vidal Brujan at second. Represents a potential game-winning run. Hat. Ground ball. Into right field for a base hit. Brujan routes third. Throw home. It's late. Cubs win.