ST. LOUIS (AP) Yadier Molina drove in three runs, Paul Goldschmidt homered and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0 on Tuesday night, overcoming an embarrassing play by Marcell Ozuna.
St. Louis already had a 4-0 lead when Kike Hernandez led off the eighth with a drive to left. Ozuna went back and climbed up the wall, but he misjudged the ball and tumbled onto the warning track as he tried to make the play. Hernandez’s drive bounced over for a ground-rule double, but Mike Mayers and Andrew Miller managed to escape the threat.
Six St. Louis pitchers combined for a seven-hitter. The Dodgers stranded 13 runners and struck out 10 times.
John Brebbia (1-0) pitched 1 1/3 innings for the win.
Los Angeles dropped consecutive games for the first time this season. The Dodgers had won five in a row before stalling in St. Louis.
The Cardinals will look to clinch the series Wednesday as Jack Flaherty takes the mound, and the Dodgers will go with Kenta Maeda. The first pitch at Busch Stadium is scheduled for 6:45. Wednesday’s game can be heard on KTLO-AM. The broadcast begins at 5:50 with Ameren Total Access.
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