Dodgers open series with 7-3 win over Cardinals
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[April 29, 2023]
Mookie Betts and Miguel Vargas hit home runs, Jason Heyward drove
in two runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers returned home to earn a 7-3
victory Friday over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Max Muncy had an RBI double in his return from the paternity list, and
right-hander Dustin May (3-1) rebounded from a rocky first inning as the
Dodgers won after finishing a seven-game road trip with a pair of losses
to the Pittsburgh Pirates this week. |
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Apr 28, 2023; Los Angeles, California, USA;
Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts (50) is greeted after hitting
a solo home run against the St. Louis Cardinals during the first inning
at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports |
Willson Contreras and Lars Nootbaar drove in
runs for the Cardinals, and right-hander Jack Flaherty (2-3)
gave up a season-high five runs (four earned) on 110 pitches
over 4 2/3 innings in his return home. The Los Angeles-area
native allowed seven hits with two walks and seven strikeouts.
The Cardinals had a 1-0 lead before May got an out as Nootbaar
walked to lead off the game and went to third on a double by
Paul Goldschmidt. Nootbaar scored on a wild pitch by May, and
Goldschmidt scored three batters later on Contreras' sacrifice
fly.
The Dodgers had a quick response as Betts led off the bottom of
the first inning with his fourth home run of the season on
Flaherty's fifth pitch. Freddie Freeman followed with a single,
Muncy worked a one-out walk and Heyward singled to right against
his former club to tie the game 2-2.
After Heyward made a sliding catch in right field on a Nolan
Arenado drive to save a run in the top of the third inning, the
Dodgers charged in front in the bottom half of the frame.
Freeman singled and Muncy brought him home with a double to
right-center. Heyward's double just inside the third-base bag
scored Muncy for a 4-2 advantage.
The Dodgers loaded the bases in the fifth inning against
Flaherty and scored when James Outman was hit by a pitch for a
5-2 lead. Vargas' two-run home run in the seventh, for a 7-2
lead, was his first of the season.
Nootbaar had an RBI single in the ninth inning for the
Cardinals.
May gave up two runs on three hits over five innings with four
walks and four strikeouts.
--Field Level Media
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