LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Thomas Saggese hit a go-ahead, two-strike infield single in the 10th inning and the St. Louis Cardinals outlasted the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-6 on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
Nathan Church singled to center off reliever Brock Stewart (0-2), moving automatic runner Jos\u00e9 Ferm\u00edn to third. He scored on Saggese’s single to second for a 6-5 lead \u2014 St. Louis’ first of the game. The Cardinals added two more runs on a double by Joshua B\u00e1ez, who entered as a pinch-hitter in the eighth.<\/p>\n
The NL West-leading Dodgers have lost six of eight. Shohei Ohtani struck out four consecutive times for the first time this season, including in the 10th with an automatic runner at third.<\/p>\n
The Dodgers had leads of 3-0, 5-2 and 5-4 before the Cardinals tied it in the eighth. B\u00e1ez doubled off reliever Tanner Scott and scored on Alec Burleson\u2019s sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles had the potential winning run on third in the ninth. Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez hit a ground-rule double and moved up on a wild pitch by Justin Bruihl (1-1), but pinch-hitter Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez struck out and pinch-hitter Will Smith flied out to end threat.<\/p>\n
Riley O’Brien pitched the 10th to earn his 35th save.<\/p>\n
The Dodgers led 3-0 on Freddie Freeman’s three-run drive that snapped his 47-game homerless streak in the first. The 416-foot shot to center \u2014 his first since July 3 \u2014 scored Ohtani, who walked, and Tommy Edman, who was hit by a pitch.<\/p>\n
Besides Ohtani, Cardinals opener Brycen Mautz walked two more batters and gave up a single to Miguel Rojas while the Dodgers batted around in the inning.<\/p>\n
Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto walked Ferm\u00edn for his only baserunner through five innings.<\/p>\n
Ferm\u00edn broke up the no-hit bid with a single leading off the sixth. He was forced out on Church’s fielder’s choice groundout to short before Saggese homered, pulling the Cardinals to 3-2. Saggese had two of the Cardinals’ five homers in a 13-8 win on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Yamamoto allowed four runs and five hits in seven innings with eight strikeouts.<\/p>\n
Betts’ two-run shot off reliever George Soriano extended the Dodgers’ lead to 5-2 in the sixth.<\/p>\n
The Cardinals got within a run again in the seventh. Leo Bernal hit his first major league homer, a two-run shot, to cut the deficit to 5-4. He had a two-run single in his MLB debut on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
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Cardinals LHP Quinn Mathews (1-2, 5.03 ERA) was set to start the series finale Thursday against Dodgers LHP Tarik Skubal (8-7, 2.84).<\/p>\n
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