Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago Cubs 5/3/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

In Monday night MLB action, the Los Angeles Dodgers will invade Wrigley Field to take on the Chicago Cubs. On Sunday, Los Angeles OF A.J. Pollock drove in eight runs and 1B Matt Beaty plated seven more during a 16-4 home victory versus Milwaukee. SP Julio Urias (4-0) fanned ten batters in seven innings to earn the win for the Dodgers, who improved to 17-12 overall.

Twenty-six year old righty Walker Buehler (1-0 3.16 ERA) will head to the hill for the Dodgers in this contest. Los Angeles has lost Buehler’s last two starts and he has given up seven runs over his last 13 plus frames.

The Chicago Cubs have dropped seven of their last nine games and are sitting in last place in the NL Central Division. On Sunday, Chicago rallied for four runs in the eighth inning before falling at Cincinnati in ten innings by a 13-12 final score. OF Kris Bryant hit two of the five home runs for the Cubs, who fell to 12-16 on the year.

Chicago manager David Ross will turn to veteran right-hander Kyle Hendricks (1-3 7.54 ERA) on Monday. Last time out, Hendricks was shelled for 11 hits and seven runs in three plus innings during a 10-0 loss at Atlanta.