Dodgers-Cubs: Haeger Throws a Beauty, Kemp and Blake Homer In 2-0 Win

The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 and won three-games in a row for the first time since mid-July on Saturday afternoon. On a hazy 80-degree day at Dodger Stadium, knuckleballer Charlie Haeger made his second start of the season and pitched seven-plus shutout innings in the victory for the Dodgers (74-50), who have now won four of the past five games. Haeger scattered three hits and fanned seven, despite walking four, as he left the slumping Cubs (61-60) swinging at air all day long. Haeger got an early 1-0 lead from the bat of Matt Kemp in the bottom of the second inning. Kemp put a 3-2 fastball from Ted Lilly into orbit, traveling an estimated 449 ft., and landing well beyond the left field wall deep in the Dodgers’ bullpen. According to Charley Steiner on KABC radio, “The only question [about the Kemp home run], besides whether it was fair or foul, was if it would burn on re-entry.” Kemp went 2-for-3 and the blast, his 18th of the season, tied his...