Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Chi. Cubs 8, LA Dodgers 7
When: 1:05 PM ET, Saturday, September 20, 2014
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 75°
Umpires: Home - Hal Gibson III, 1B - Gerry Davis, 2B - Greg Gibson, 3B - Phil Cuzzi
Attendance: 34334

Cubs 8, Dodgers 7: Chris Coghlan homered twice among four hits, including a go-ahead two-run blast in the eighth inning, as host Chicago rallied past Los Angeles.

Coghlan went 4-for-4 with three RBIs and scored three times and Arismendy Alcantara added a three-run homer for the Cubs, who trailed 7-2 going to the bottom of the seventh. The rally made a winner of Justin Grimm (5-2), who pitched a scoreless eighth before Hector Rondon retired the Dodgers in order in the ninth for his 26th save.

Adrian Gonzalez homered twice and drove in five runs for the Dodgers, who maintained their 3 1/2-game lead over San Francisco in the National League West. Brian Wilson (2-4) surrendered Coghlan's second blast to suffer the loss.

Gonzalez hit a two-run shot in the first and followed Coghlan's lead-off homer in the bottom of the inning with a three-run blast in the third, and Scott Van Slyke doubled in a run later in the frame for a 6-1 lead. Logan Watkins' RBI double in the fourth brought the Cubs within 6-2, but Van Slyke's sacrifice fly in the seventh restored the five-run margin.

The Cubs put a dent in the lead with Anthony Rizzo's RBI single and Alcantara's three-run blast in the seventh and Coghlan completed the comeback with a two-run bomb for his third multi-homer game and first since 2011. Both starters exited early with Los Angeles right-hander Roberto Hernandez allowing two runs and six hits over four innings and Cubs left-hander Felix Doubront surrendering six runs and six hits in 2 1/3 frames.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Dodgers 2B Dee Gordon went 2-for-5 for his eighth consecutive multi-hit game and swiped his major league-leading 64th stolen base. … Gonzalez (111) took over the major-league lead in RBIs. … Cubs C Welington Castillo was out of the lineup with bruised ribs suffered Friday and is day-to-day.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Dodgers   Chi. Cubs
Roberto Hernandez Player Felix Doubront
No Decision W/L No Decision
4.0 IP 2.1
4 Strikeouts 2
6 Hits 6
4.50 ERA 23.14
Hitting
LA Dodgers   Chi. Cubs
Scott Van Slyke Player Chris Coghlan
2 Hits 4
2 RBI 3
0 HR 2
3 TB 11
.667 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
LA Dodgers 11 2 19 .324 13 7 7 5 1 0
Chi. Cubs 12 3 24 .343 25 7 8 5 0 0