CHICAGO – They bill Wrigley Field as “The Friendly Confines.” Clayton Kershaw has never found it to be so.

Entering Saturday’s doubleheader, Kershaw’s career ERA at Wrigley Field (4.74 in four regular-season starts) was his highest for any ballpark where he had started more than once and it is one of only two stadiums where he has a losing record.

But he made himself comfortable in the first game Saturday, holding the Chicago Cubs scoreless for seven innings in a 7-0 Dodgers victory.

In the nightcap, the Dodgers walked away with a sweep thanks to Mookie Betts’ five RBIs in a  6-2 win.

“No. Not really,” Kershaw said when asked if he felt more fondly about Wrigley Field after Saturday’s win. “But it worked out today.”

Kershaw fairly breezed through his day in the Windy City. He needed just 66 pitches to get through the first six innings, getting an assortment of early-count outs and striking out just two.

“I’ve always been kind of a guy who gets some first-pitch outs when it’s going okay,” Kershaw said. “I do throw strikes, I think for the most part, and guys are trying to attack me early. I do throw a lot of first-pitch fastballs so at times, you get some early outs that way. Might give up some first-pitch hits here and there. But overall, I think it’s better to be aggressive and sometimes they hit it at guys.”

The Cubs didn’t even get a runner past first base in the first six innings – and could blame themselves for that.

Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki drew a one-out walk in the first inning and was picked off first base by Kershaw to end the inning. Suzuki reached on a single in the fourth as well and was erased when Yan Gomes bounced into a double play.

But Nico Hoerner was guilty of the day’s most Cub-alicious baserunning mistake.

With two outs in the second, Hoerner chopped a ground ball to shortstop Trea Turner. Turner charged and tried to make a bare-handed play but his throw was up the line and got past Freddie Freeman at first base.

Hoerner casually turned and started trotting to second base, assuming the ball had gone out of play. It hadn’t. The ball had bounced off the wall in front of the photo well near the Dodgers’ dugout. Freeman retrieved it and threw to second baseman Gavin Lux who tagged Hoerner out to end the inning.

Austin Barnes and Freeman powered the Dodgers’ offense in the first game. Freeman became the first Dodgers player to have three doubles in a game at Wrigley Field. Barnes drove in three runs with a solo home run and a two-run single. He has three home runs and five RBI in just eight games this year.

“I’ve done the sporadic ABs for a few years now,” Barnes said. “In between you’ve got to not overthink. You’ve got to kind of take it day by day. Sometimes you get in there and you get going too fast. I just tried to slow it down today, put some easy swings on it and it worked out.”

The nightcap belonged to Betts.

The Dodgers had just three hits in the game but walked nine times. Betts had two of the hits – a three-run double and a two-run home run.

That extended a hitting streak for Betts to eight games during which he is 12 for 31 (.387).

“I’ve felt pretty good but that doesn’t mean I’ve stopped grinding,” Betts said. “I’m still in the cage working, still a work in progress just to be able to do it night in and night out. I had a good day today. But we all saw the last time I had a good day so we have to be ready to go tomorrow.”

Betts was referring to a two-homer game in San Diego two weeks ago – followed by a four-strikeout game the next day.

He had his down moment Saturday night as well – a dropped fly ball that led to the Cubs’ first run. Dodgers starter Tyler Anderson gave up a solo home run to Willson Contreras as well.

That was all the damage the Cubs managed in five innings against Anderson. Dodgers starters have an ERA of 1.85 this season, far and away the lowest in MLB.

“It’s a credit to the guys,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “They throw strikes. They don’t walk many guys. I think our gameplanning is as good as anybody in baseball. The pitching guys (coaches) do a fantastic job. I think our catchers do a great job with the fingers. It’s really impressive. We haven’t swung the bats the way we’re going to but we’re preventing runs at a good clip.”