Los Angeles Dodgers defeat St. Louis Cardinals 9-4 – MLB Update
The Los Angeles Dodgers whitewashed the St. Louis Cardinals in three-game series, taking the rubber game 9-4 after some stunning performance by batters at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Wednesday, August 24.
The Dodgers have turned their struggling form into a retaliation hurricane against their league rivals. They grabbed the first game with 2-1 and then humiliate the opposition 13-2 in the second outing. This game also named to their batters due to gritty
hitting.
"We've swung the bats good the last couple of days, but you look at the long haul and we really haven't been able to sustain that," manager Don Mattingly said.
The strong Cardinals were helpless throughout the series against the wounded loins. Dodgers outscored Cardinals 24-7 to give them their first three-game series sweep since August 20-22 in 1993.
"Especially when you get swept at home, that's as bad as it can get," manager Tony La Russa said. "The last two games, we've been out of it.”
Dodgers entered the plate trailing 1-0, but their bat cured all the wounds touching granular hits against the Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia. Matt Kemp led off the six-run third inning with an RBI double. Then Juan Rivera, Casey Blake, James Loney and Allan
James Ellis followed Kemp with their RBI singles.
It was the nightmare game for Garcia, who lost his seventh of the season in a humiliating manner. However, he did not feel shame on accepting his faults.
"When stuff like that happens, you've got to step off and think about the pitch you're going to make," Garcia said. "Just relax for a little bit and try to limit the damage.”
The Dodgers’ Hiroki Kuroda worked seven innings and struck-out four batters to get his tenth win of the season. He allowed three runs on eight hits and walked one over his spell extended to 102 pitches.
Los Angeles will now try to carry this performance in their next meetings. However, their upcoming competitions with Colorado Rockies will display their real strength. Dodgers has scheduled Lilly to start the first outing of the three-game series on Friday,
August 26.
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