CHICAGO (Interstat) — Pete Crow-Armstrong homered twice and drove in four runs, and the Chicago Cubs held off a late Los Angeles Dodgers rally for a 7-6 victory Wednesday afternoon at Wrigley Field.

Crow-Armstrong went 3-for-5, connecting on a solo home run in the first inning and a two-run shot in the fourth. The Cubs built a 7-1 lead before the Dodgers scored five times in the eighth, but closer Jacob Webb retired the side in order in the ninth for his sixth save.

Shohei Ohtani also homered twice for the Dodgers, going 3-for-5 with three RBIs. Ohtani opened the game with a home run to right-center against Shota Imanaga. Crow-Armstrong answered in the bottom of the first with a homer to center, tying the score 1-1.

The Cubs took the lead in the second. Nico Hoerner singled and scored on Dansby Swanson’s double to left. Crow-Armstrong followed with an RBI double to right, scoring Swanson and making it 3-1.

Chicago extended the advantage in the fourth. Tyrone Taylor singled, and Crow-Armstrong hit his 26th home run of the season to right field. Seiya Suzuki then doubled and scored on Alex Bregman’s single, giving the Cubs a 6-1 lead.

Imanaga (9-9) allowed one run on eight hits over five innings, striking out six and walking none. Tyler Ferguson worked two scoreless innings of relief, allowing one hit while striking out three. Webb closed it out in the ninth.

The Dodgers made it close in the eighth. Kyle Tucker singled and Mookie Betts singled, putting two on for Max Muncy, who homered to right-center for his 22nd of the season. Muncy’s drive scored Tucker and Betts, cutting the lead to 7-4. Miguel Rojas then singled, and Ohtani homered to left-center, trimming the Cubs’ lead to 7-6.

The Cubs had expanded their lead in the seventh. Michael Busch singled and scored on Hoerner’s double to left, giving Chicago a 7-1 advantage.

Los Angeles starting pitcher Eric Lauer (6-6) took the loss. He allowed six runs on 10 hits over 3 2/3 innings. Edgardo Henriquez struck out three in a scoreless inning of relief for the Dodgers. Kyle Hurt allowed one run over 1 1/3 innings, while Jonathan Hernandez and Jack Dreyer combined for a scoreless frame.

The attendance was 38,691, and the game lasted 3 hours, 4 minutes.

The Cubs improved to 66-49, while the Dodgers fell to 69-46. Chicago won the first two games of the three-game series, following 5-1 and 10-5 victories on Tuesday and Monday. The Cubs had lost two of three at Los Angeles in April.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Chicago Cubs 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 4. Interstatl’s ELO system gave the Dodgers a 51.60 percent probability to win. The Cubs were installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The total score of 13 went under the over/under line of 9.5.