Tarik Skubal's Dodgers debut ends in decisive 5-1 loss to Cubs as LA drops fifth straight game
<p>The Death Star might seem fully operational after a trade-deadline blockbuster to add Tarik Skubal to the most talent-rich team in baseball.</p><p>Is a Dodgers three-peat truly inevitable?</p><p>The <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" >Cubs</a>, owners of one of the best records in baseball but still trailing in their own division, aren’t expected to enter October as <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2026/08/03/cubs-mlb-trade-deadline-dodgers-tarik-skubal-tigers-jed-hoyer-trades-brewers-nl-playoffs-kevin-gausman-matt-shaw-injury" >the sort of World Series favorites the Dodgers are</a>. But in back-to-back nights at an electrified Wrigley Field, they showed they have the ability to mount a challenge to baseball’s juggernaut.</p><p>After a 10-5 win Monday in which they blasted four homers, got an effective starting-pitching effort and played eye-popping defense, the Cubs were victorious again Tuesday, topping the Dodgers in a 5-1 final and spoiling Skubal’s debut with his new team.</p><p>“That’s kind of just who we are.
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<p>The Death Star might seem fully operational after a trade-deadline blockbuster to add Tarik Skubal to the most talent-rich team in baseball.</p><p>Is a Dodgers three-peat truly inevitable?</p><p>The <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" >Cubs</a>, owners of one of the best records in baseball but still trailing in their own division, aren’t expected to enter October as <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2026/08/03/cubs-mlb-trade-deadline-dodgers-tarik-skubal-tigers-jed-hoyer-trades-brewers-nl-playoffs-kevin-gausman-matt-shaw-injury" >the sort of World Series favorites the Dodgers are</a>. But in back-to-back nights at an electrified Wrigley Field, they showed they have the ability to mount a challenge to baseball’s juggernaut.</p><p>After a 10-5 win Monday in which they blasted four homers, got an effective starting-pitching effort and played eye-popping defense, the Cubs were victorious again Tuesday, topping the Dodgers in a 5-1 final and spoiling Skubal’s debut with his new team.</p><p>“That’s kind of just who we are. That’s how this team is built. That’s how this team is wired and really what we expect out of ourselves,” shortstop Dansby Swanson said, “to be able to play complete games, whether it’s on the bases, in the field, on the mound, in the batter’s box.
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- <p>The Death Star might seem fully operational after a trade-deadline blockbuster to add Tarik Skubal to the most talent-rich team in baseball.</p><p>Is a Dodgers three-peat truly inevitable?</p><p>The <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" >Cubs</a>, owners of one of the best records in baseball but still trailing in their own division, aren’t expected to enter October as <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2026/08/03/cubs-mlb-trade-deadline-dodgers-tarik-skubal-tigers-jed-hoyer-trades-brewers-nl-playoffs-kevin-gausman-matt-shaw-injury" >the sort of World Series favorites the Dodgers are</a>. But in back-to-back nights at an electrified Wrigley Field, they showed they have the ability to mount a challenge to baseball’s juggernaut.</p><p>After a 10-5 win Monday in which they blasted four homers, got an effective starting-pitching effort and played eye-popping defense, the Cubs were victorious again Tuesday, topping the Dodgers in a 5-1 final and spoiling Skubal’s debut with his new team.</p><p>“That’s kind of just who we are.
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