Bellinger homers, Gonsolin gets 1st win as Dodgers top Cards

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[August 06, 2019]  Rookie Tony Gonsolin pitched six shutout innings in his Dodger Stadium debut to get his first major league win as Los Angeles defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 8-0 on Monday night.

Cody Bellinger and Joc Pederson hit home runs for the Dodgers, who won their third game in a row and improved to 44-15 at home. The Cardinals suffered their third consecutive defeat.

Gonsolin, a right-hander making his third career major league appearance and second start, allowed only two hits, walked one and struck out seven.

Gonsolin (1-1) opened with 4 2/3 hitless innings before St. Louis' Kolten Wong doubled off the wall in right-center field. The only other hit Gonsolin allowed was a two-out single to Dexter Fowler in the sixth.

Cardinals right-hander Michael Wacha (6-5), making his first start since before the All-Star break, allowed six runs on seven hits in 3 2/3 innings. He walked two, struck out three and gave up both home runs.

Wacha struggled from the get-go. Pederson grounded a sharp single into right field on the first pitch in the bottom of the first. Max Muncy drew a walk and, one out later, Bellinger hit a three-run shot to right field, his 37th home run of the season.

The Dodgers continued to pile on, scoring in four of the first five innings.

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Cardinals starting pitcher Michael Wacha (52) delivers a pitch in the first inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Justin Turner singled with one out in the third, stole second and moved to third on Will Smith's two-out infield single. Corey Seager then hit a ground-rule double to left-center field, making it 4-0.

With two out in the fourth, Pederson homered to right-center field, his 24th. Muncy then walked, ending Wacha's night, and Turner hit a run-scoring double to left off Cardinals left-hander Adalberto Mejia.

The Dodgers scored twice more in the fifth to increase the lead to 8-0. With one out, Seager lined a single over leaping shortstop Paul DeJong and advanced to second on a wild pitch by Mejia. Kristopher Negron then hit a shallow fly ball to right-center that dropped between outfielders Fowler and Jose Martinez. Matt Beaty then lined a two-run double off the glove of a leaping Martinez in right field.

--Field Level Media

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