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Dodgers starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard (1-3)
allowed three runs on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings in winning his
first decision with Los Angeles. Evan Phillips closed out the
ninth inning to earn his third save.
Starting pitcher Jake Woodford allowed three runs on four hits
and three walks in 3 2/3 innings for the Cardinals, who finished
2-8 on their 10-game West Coast road trip.
Reliever Zack Thompson (1-2) allowed two runs on one hit and two
walks while retiring just two batters.
The Cardinals broke out to a 2-0 lead in the second inning.
Willson Contreras hit a one-out single and moved to third on
Alec Burleson's double. Dylan Carlson followed with a sacrifice
fly, then Brendan Donovan hit an RBI single.
The Dodgers got one run back in the bottom of the inning.
Heyward hit a double, took third on a groundout, and scored on
Miguel Vargas' grounder.
Woodford walked Heyward and James Outman to start the fourth
inning and both men wound up scoring. Vargas advanced them with
a hard smash to first base, then Peralta hit a run-scoring
groundout and Chris Taylor followed with an RBI double to put
the Dodgers up 3-2.
The Cardinals tied the game 3-3 in the fifth inning on Tommy
Edman's double and Lars Nootbaar's single.
After Will Smith hit a leadoff double in the bottom of the
inning, Thompson walked Max Muncy and Heyward. After Outman
struck out, Drew VerHagen relieved Thompson and threw a wild
pitch to put the Dodgers up 4-3.
Vargas walked to reload the bases and Peralta's run-scoring
forceout grounder made it 5-3.
The Dodgers expanded their lead to 6-3 in the eighth inning.
Taylor hit a one-out single, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman
drew walks -- Freeman intentionally -- and Smith hit a sacrifice
fly.
--Field Level Media
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