Yan Gomes homered twice, Ian Happ had four hits and three RBIs, Cody Bellinger scored in his return to Los Angeles and the Cubs beat the Dodgers 8-2 on Friday night.
Justin Steele allowed two runs on three hits in seven innings. He has given up just three runs in 19 innings this season. The Cubs have won three of four.
Bellinger scored on a ground out by Eric Hosmer in the fourth to retake the lead, and Gomes homered to left center in the fifth for the 3-1 margin. But Chicago responded with back-to-back homers by Happ and Seiya Suzuki and another from Patrick Wisdom off Andre Jackson in the eighth, and Gomes got a fourth solo homer off the reliever in the ninth.
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