| Stl |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
| LA |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Date of game: 5/26/2013
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Recap: Los Angeles vs. St. Louis
Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Pete Kozma went 4-for-4 with three doubles and three RBI to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the finale of a three-game set at Dodger Stadium.
Matt Carpenter had two hits and an RBI and Matt Adams added a pinch-hit RBI single for the Cardinals, winners in four of their last five.
Seth Maness (4-1) earned the win after tossing one scoreless frame in relief, and Edward Mujica hurled a perfect ninth to pick up his 14th save of the season.
Starter Shelby Miller gave up three runs on seven hits over 5 1/3 innings. It was Miller's shortest outing since going 5 1/3 frames on April 6.
Adrian Gonzalez, who finished a triple shy of the cycle on Saturday, went 2- for-4 with a homer and three RBI for the Dodgers, losers in six of their last nine.
Clayton Kershaw (5-3) was tagged for four runs on seven hits over seven frames.
Gonzalez got the Dodgers on the board in the first inning with a two-run homer. Carl Crawford drew a leadoff walk, and after Mark Ellis flied out, Gonzalez crushed a fastball into the seats in right-center field.
The Cardinals, though, scored three runs in the second to take the lead. With the bags full, Kozma ripped a double into the left field corner to clear the bases.
Gonzalez continued to deliver for the Dodgers in the fifth, dropping a single into center field to score Kershaw to tie the game. It was his sixth RBI of the series.
Carpenter's RBI single in the seventh gave the Cardinals a 4-3 lead. Kozma lifted a fly ball to short center field. Dee Gordon dove for the ball, but couldn't finish off the fantastic effort, and Kozma scurried to second base. Two-batters later, Carpenter roped a line drive off Gonzalez's glove and into right field to score Kozma.
Adams singled home Kozma in the ninth to give St. Louis the decisive 5-3 advantage.
Game NotesSt. Louis recalled rookie pitcher Michael Blazek from Double-A Springfield on
Sunday after placing left- handed starter John Gast on the 15-day disabled
list ... St. Louis was just 3-for-13 with runners in scoring position ...
Crawford went 3-for-4 with two doubles ... Kershaw snapped a streak of five
starts where he held opposing hitters to one or fewer earned runs.