Teoscar Hernandez also hit a home run in the
eighth inning and had two RBIs as the Dodgers' offense finally
came to life late against the Cardinals' bullpen.
The top three of the Dodgers' order in Mookie Betts, Shohei
Ohtani and Freddie Freeman went just 1-for-11, but the lone hit
proved key when Ohtani doubled and scored a run in the sixth
inning.
Betts saw his four-game streak with a home run come to an end,
missing out on tying the Dodgers' record of five. Dodgers
starter Gavin Stone gave up three runs on seven hits over
five-plus innings in his first start of the season.
Nabil Crismatt (1-0) picked up the victory with two scoreless
innings in his Dodgers debut and Daniel Hudson pitched the ninth
for his first save.
Brendan Donovan and Paul Goldschmidt each drove in two runs and
Steven Matz pitched into the sixth inning for the Cardinals, who
nearly split their four-game opening series of the season after
losing the first two games.
Matz gave up two runs on five hits in 5 1/3 innings with two
walks and three strikeouts in his first start of the season.
Left-hander John King (0-1) gave up Muncy's home run and was
tagged with the loss.
The Cardinals got on the scoreboard in the third inning when
Goldschmidt looped a broken-bat single to left field to bring
home Victor Scott II. An RBI single by Donovan in the fifth
inning made it 2-0.
Stone walked Willson Contreras to open the sixth inning and was
replaced by Alex Vesia, who loaded the bases on walks to Jordan
Walker and Scott. Donovan was hit by a pitch to make it 3-0 and
Goldschmidt was credited with an RBI on catcher's interference.
The Dodgers finally scored in their half of the sixth inning
when Ohtani led off with a ground-rule double against Matz and
scored on a double from Hernandez. Three batters after Andrew
Kittredge replaced Matz, James Outman cut the Los Angeles
deficit to 4-2 with a groundout following Muncy's pinch-hit
single to load the bases.
--Field Level Media
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