{"id":48229,"date":"2025-04-14T13:11:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T13:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=48229"},"modified":"2025-04-14T13:11:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T13:11:16","slug":"pete-crow-armstrong-powers-cubs-to-4-2-win-over-dodgers-game-18-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=48229","title":{"rendered":"Pete Crow-Armstrong powers Cubs to 4-2 win over Dodgers &#8211; Game 18 Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pca-vs-dodgers.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pca-vs-dodgers.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pca-vs-dodgers.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pca-vs-dodgers.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Pete Crow-Armstrong powers Cubs to 4-2 win over Dodgers - Game 18 Recap\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Pete Crow-Armstrong playing hitting a home-run against the Dodgers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Chicago Cubs took Game Three against the Los Angeles Dodgers by a score of 4-2. The Cubs climb back to win a tough road series against the defending champs and claim a dominant +15 run differential while doing so.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers would start the scoring in the bottom of the second when a Kike Hernandez RBI to left to scored Michael Conforto.<\/p>\n<p>But the Cubs would respond in the top of the third as Pete Crow-Armstrong would hit his first homer of the season to tie the game up. Crow-Armstrong barely tucked that ball into the fair side of the foul pole, and it was hit a just 370 feet. But the Cubs get on the board, nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>Both starting pitchers would keep the game relatively uneventful until the bottom of the sixth inning. That was until Michael Busch sent another Glasnow pitch over the fence for a 2-1 lead.<\/p>\n<h2>A great night for an unlikely starter<\/h2>\n<p>Colin Rea was given the ball in this one for the Cubs after the devastating news of Justin Steele\u2019s injury. He would pitch a phenomenal game for the Cubs against the World champions. In 3.2 innings, he allowed just one run on four hits and one walk. Rea lost out on a spot in the rotation to Ben Brown at the beginning of the season, and as a result, he wasn\u2019t stretched out to be a starter. But in his limited action, he did well for the Cubs.<\/p>\n<p>Reliever Brad Keller replaced Rea and allowed a run to score in the sixth off a Will Smith double that scored Conforto.<\/p>\n<p>Ethan Roberts would enter in the bottom of the sixth and would escape the inning with no damage, thanks to a sensational play from Matt Shaw.<\/p>\n<h2>Pete Crow-Armstrong got hot<\/h2>\n<p>PCA hit another homer in the seventh. His second homer of the night and just the second multi-homer game of his career. The California kid would end his night with two homers and a triple. What a night for someone who had struggled mightily to begin the season.<\/p>\n<p>In the eighth, Nico Hoener hit an RBU single to right. It was nearly caught by Teoscar Hernandez, but the Cubs doubled their lead to 4-2.<\/p>\n<h2>The Cubs\u2019 bullpen shut it down<\/h2>\n<p>Porter Hodge entered in the eighth and sat down all three batters he faced.<\/p>\n<p>In the top of the ninth, Pete Crow-Armstrong continued his great night with a triple on Jack Dreyer.<\/p>\n<p>The Cubs trotted out closer Ryan Pressly to maintain their two-run advantage in the bottom of the ninth. He would retire all three he faced to complete the save for the Cubs.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their brutal early schedule, the Cubs have raced out to an 11-7 record. The Cubs will continue their west coast road trip against the Padres tomorrow night in hopes of keeping up their white hot start.<\/p>\n<p>Jameson Taillon will get the ball tomorrow against Dylan Cease to begin the three-game series. The Cubs would love to repeat the result against the last time they played San Diego, which was just over a week ago.<\/p>\n<p>Michael DeFrancisco Michael DeFrancisco is a writer and contributor covering MLB for Heavy Sports. He started working at Heavy in 2025 and has experince covering Chicago Sports. More about Michael DeFrancisco<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Cubs News<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cubs vs Dodgers: Discover how the Cubs pulled off a comeback win in Game Three, overcoming the defending champions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":48230,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pete Crow-Armstrong powers Cubs to 4-2 win over Dodgers - Game 18 Recap - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=48229\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pete Crow-Armstrong powers Cubs to 4-2 win over Dodgers - Game 18 Recap - NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cubs vs Dodgers: Discover how the Cubs pulled off a comeback win in Game Three, overcoming the defending champions.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=48229\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-14T13:11:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/avtvip-84-3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MrThanh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MrThanh\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=48229\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=48229\",\"name\":\"Pete Crow-Armstrong powers Cubs to 4-2 win over Dodgers - Game 18 Recap - NEWS USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=48229#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=48229#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/avtvip-84-3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-14T13:11:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-14T13:11:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=48229#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=48229\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=48229#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/avtvip-84-3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/avtvip-84-3.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":900},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=48229#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pete Crow-Armstrong powers Cubs to 4-2 win over Dodgers &#8211; 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