Cardinals rally past Dodgers in 10th after no-hit bid broken up
Joshua Baez broke a marathon open in the 10th inning as the Cardinals erased Yoshinobu Yamamoto's no-hit bid and beat the Dodgers 8-6, taking both games of the LA series.
Bernal's first homer, Baez's hit erase a no-hitter
Yoshinobu Yamamoto was five innings into a no-hitter before the Cardinals broke it up and turned the game into a 10-inning marathon, per Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Leo Bernal's first career home run pulled St. Louis back within a run, and Joshua Baez delivered the go-ahead hit in extras — 'Joshua Baez comes through and the Cardinals lead the Dodgers by three in extras!' Talkin' Baseball posted. The Cardinals held on for an 8-6 win, their second straight over Los Angeles after Tuesday's 13-8 win, in which Thomas Saggese went 2-for-4 with a home run and 3 RBI.
Dodgers13-8Dodgers8-6Gordon Graceffo threw 3 scoreless innings of relief, allowing 3 hits and a walk while striking out 6. The two wins in Los Angeles pulled the Cardinals to 70-70, 3.5 games back of the final NL wild-card spot with an elimination number of 6.
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Masyn Winn (thumb) could come off the 10-day injured list as soon as Thursday, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. JJ Wetherholt, also on the 10-day IL, was given a cortisone injection Tuesday to combat tendinitis in his right wrist, per Goold — a move that does not yet carry a timeline back.
Ramon Urias is day-to-day, but he was in Tuesday's lineup anyway, going 1-for-2 with a solo home run and a walk in the 13-8 win over the Dodgers, per Goold.
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The Cardinals are in Los Angeles tonight, with Quinn Mathews (1-2, 5.03 ERA) opposite Tarik Skubal (8-7, 2.84 ERA). Mathews struck out 7 over 5.2 innings in a win over the Pirates last time out, allowing just 1 earned run; Skubal was similarly sharp in his last start, working 6 innings against Detroit with 7 strikeouts, no walks and only 1 earned run, though he left with a no-decision.
Los Angeles is favored, and the market expects a low-scoring game — a read that lines up with two starters who combined to allow 2 earned runs and issue 1 walk in their last outings. For that total to hold, St. Louis will need its lineup to find more against a pitcher who walked nobody last time out, while Mathews tries to repeat the outing that beat Pittsburgh.