LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gavin Lux scored the decisive run with two outs in the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers came back after blowing a 7-3 lead to beat the Chicago Cubs 10-8 on Wednesday night to avoid a series sweep.

Shohei Ohtani hit his 47th home run and stole his 48th base while three other Dodgers went deep in the first inning for the NL West leaders, whose magic number to clinch the division dropped to 11 after San Diego lost to Seattle.

The Dodgers walked 10 batters, including four by starter Bobby Miller.

“It was frustrating again, but it’s baseball. Not everything is going to fall into place at once,” said third baseman Max Muncy said. “There were guys out there fighting and it was good to see everyone not giving up.”

Switch hit Tommy Edman homered for the fourth time in 24 hours. His two-out, two-run homer off Trey Wingenter in the eighth extended the Dodgers’ lead to 10-7. He also hit a deep drive in the first inning from the right side and later from the left side, the first time he homered from both sides in the same game.

“Tommy is an alien these days,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.

Trailing by three runs, the Cubs threatened in the ninth. Michael Kopech loaded the bases with consecutive singles to Dansby Swanson, Seiya Suzuki and former Dodger Cody Bellinger.

Kopech was penalized for a pitch clock violation, giving an automatic ball to Isaac Paredes, who hit a sacrifice fly to cut Chicago’s deficit to 10-8. Suzuki was ejected while trying to steal third and former Dodger Michael Busch mishit, ending the game and earning Kopech his 13th save.

Alex Vesia (3-4) earned the win with one inning as a reliever.

The Cubs outscored the Dodgers 16-7 in winning the first two games, winning the season series 4-2.

The Dodgers blew a lead for the second game in a row. They were up 3-1 on Tuesday and lost 6-3After their stellar first inning on Wednesday, they eventually led 7-3, but in the fifth inning the Cubs tied the game.

Will Smith hit a double off Shawn Armstrong in the seventh inning (3-3) and scored on a single by Lux to center, putting the Dodgers back ahead: 8-7.

Miller put the Dodgers behind 2-0 in the first inning, issuing back-to-back, two-out walks before Paredes and Busch drove in runs.

The Dodgers responded with four home runs in the last inning to take a 5-2 lead.

Ohtani moved closer to becoming the first player in Major League history with 50 homers and 50 stolen bases in a season. He led off with a 405-foot shot to center, then walked and stole second in the second.

“Every night I feel like he’s doing something we haven’t seen,” Muncy said, referring to the 118-mph exit velocity with a 19-degree launch angle on Ohtani’s homer. “I feel bad for the fan that tried to catch him.”

After two outs, Teoscar Hernández singled and scored on Edman’s home run into the left-field pavilion on the first pitch. Edman homered twice on two pitches against the Cubs on Tuesday.

Smith followed with a 404-foot shot to nearly the same spot in left. Muncy came next, sending a towering 401-foot blast to right on his bobblehead night.

Bellinger hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning that chased Miller and left Chicago trailing 7-6. The Cubs loaded the bases on two walks by Daniel Hudson and an error by second baseman Chris Taylor before Pete Crow-Armstrong’s RBI single tied the score at 7-7.

Trying to make his case for a spot on the postseason roster, Miller surrendered six runs, including his 16th home run, and five hits in 4 1/3 innings. The right-handed pitcher’s ERA rose to 8.17. He struck out two and walked four, including three with two outs.

“The homers are just the story every single outing now,” Miller said. “I’m going through them now, to say the least. But there’s no doubt in my mind that I’m giving it my all every time.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cubs: RHP Porter Hodge went to a doctor Tuesday after experiencing a rapid heartbeat in the ninth inning and was declared clear. … LHP Justin Steele (tendinitis) threw a bullpen session and will throw another session this weekend in Colorado.

Dodgers: RHP Tyler Glasnow (tendonitis) will pitch at least two innings in a simulated game Friday in Atlanta. … RHP Joe Kelly (shoulderitis) will pitch Thursday and Sunday for Triple-A Oklahoma City before rejoining the team next week.

NEXT

Cubs: RHP Javier Assad (7-5, 3.14 ERA) starts Friday at Colorado.

Dodgers: RHP Landon Knack (2-3, 3.00) starts Friday’s series opener in Atlanta against RHP Spencer Schwellenbach (5-7, 3.78).

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