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Dodgers' arrival at Wrigley Field provides surging Cubs a measuring stick: 'Right now it can go either way'

CHICAGO - With the Dodgers in town for a three-game series beginning Tuesday at Wrigley Field, the Cubs get an opportunity to show their recent surge is not a mirage.

The Dodgers road-tripped down I-94 on Sunday night after taking three of four from the Brewers at Miller Park, solving the Josh Hader puzzle twice in three days with late home runs by Kike Hernandez on Friday and Cody Bellinger on Sunday. The Dodgers have the second-best record and best lineup in the National League, not to mention a healthy Clayton Kershaw getting his groove back.

"They're playing very good baseball and

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