Dodgers starter Justin Wrobleski (1-1) returned
from the minors to allow four runs on four hits in five innings.
Called up to take the roster spot of Tyler Glasnow (elbow),
Wrobleski struck out three and walked two.
Michael Kopech, the fifth Los Angeles reliever, struck out two
in a 1-2-3 ninth inning to earn his 10th save.
Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer for the Cardinals, who lost
their fifth straight game. Pedro Pages hit a solo homer and an
RBI single, and Masyn Winn also hit a solo shot.
Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas (8-10) allowed five runs on
seven hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out a season-high seven
batters and walked none.
Los Angeles took a 2-0 lead in the second inning. Lux led off
with his homer off the glove of leaping center fielder Victor
Scott II. With one out, Miguel Rojas doubled and scored on
Kiermaier's single.
The Cardinals tied the game 2-2 in their half of the inning.
Nolan Arenado drew a leadoff walk, and Goldschmidt followed with
his 19th homer.
Winn homered in the third inning, his 10th, to put St. Louis up
3-2.
Pages doubled the lead in the fifth inning with his 462-foot
homer to center field, the longest homer at Busch Stadium this
season.
The Dodgers surged ahead 7-4 in the sixth inning. Betts hit a
leadoff homer, then Lux and Will Smith hit two-out singles to
knock Mikolas out of the game.
Reliever Andrew Kittredge allowed Rojas' RBI single and
Kiermaier's three-run blast.
The Cardinals cut their deficit to 7-6 in their half of the
inning. Tommy Pham and Goldschmidt drew walks off Michael Grove
before Brendan Donovan and Pages hit RBI singles off Anthony
Banda.
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