Max Muncy and Teoscar Hernandez each homer twice, lead Dodgers past
Cardinals 12-6
[August 06, 2025]
By JILL PAINTER LOPEZ
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Muncy and Teoscar Hernandez each
homered twice and Mookie Betts had three hits as the Los Angeles Dodgers
shook off their offensive struggles with a 12-6 win over the St. Louis
Cardinals on Tuesday night.
Muncy, in just his second game following a month-long
break due to a bone bruise injury from a collision, went 4 for 5 with
four RBIs and three runs scored. In his first game back on Monday, Muncy
went 0 for 3 with a walk. |
St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Miles Mikolas delivers to the plate
during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles
Dodgers, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jayne
Kamin-Oncea) |
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Muncy hit his first home run off Cardinals
starter Miles Mikolas 416 feet to right field. In the third
inning, he hit his homer 404 feet.
Hernandez was 4 for 5 with four RBI and two runs scored for the
NL West-leading Dodgers.
The Dodgers (66-48) had three extra-base hits in the first
inning, matching the total number of hits they had against the
Cardinals on Monday. They had 17 hits Tuesday.
Shohei Ohtani finished with two hits and three runs scored.
Nolan Gorman hit a two-run homer in the second inning for the
Cardinals.
Mikolas (6-9) was chased after three innings after allowing five
earned runs. The Cardinals bullpen struggled, too, allowing six
earned runs.
Dodgers starter Emmet Sheehan (3-2), who was called up to be
part of a six-man rotation that will last at least one more
week, allowed four hits and no runs in five innings. He struck
out five and walked one.
Key moment
Muncy and Hernandez hit back-to-back home runs in the third to
give the Dodgers a 5-2 lead. It was the first time the Dodgers
had players hit consecutive homers since Ohtani and Betts did it
against Arizona on May 18.
Key stat
Betts doubled in the third to snap a 0 for 22 hitless streak. He
finished with three hits and a walk.
Up next
Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (6-9, 3.96 ERA) will face
Dodgers RHP Ohtani (0-0, 2.40), who will make his eighth
appearance of the season in a day game Wednesday.
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