Major League Baseball pitcher Shota Imanaga of the Cubs faced off against Dodgers' Shohei Otani for the first time in both Japan and the United States. He held Otani down in two consecutive at-bats and pitched four innings with no runs allowed.

The Cubs won 8-1 and advanced to their third straight game against the Dodgers with a 2-1 record. Otani had two hits and one RBI in four at-bat, marking his fourth consecutive game with multiple hits.