For Matt Adams, no feeling turned out to be the best feeling.
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The Dodgers jumped on Cardinals starting pitcher Mike Mayers for nine runs in 1 1/3 innings in his major league debut Sunday night and went on to post a 9-6 win at Busch Stadium.
Aledmys Diaz had his streak of reaching base in 26 consecutive games come to an end. They beat the Padres on Thursday after scoring a run in the ninth inning. But that’s nothing new for Kazmir, who has seen the Dodgers score 111 runs in his 20 starts, an average of 5.55 per contest.
Home Run Derby victor Stanton put Miami ahead to stay in the third inning when he hit a majestic two-run homer off the left-field scoreboard above the 401-foot sign.
“I thought I did a pretty good job with the first two batters and then it felt like it snowballed on me”, Mayers said.
To make room on the 25-man roster, the Cardinals optioned right-hander Miguel Socolovich to Memphis following Saturday night’s game.
Kenley Jansen worked the ninth for his 29th savve.
It not only was Jansen’s second blown save of the trip, it was his fifth of the season. Gyorko has five homers in his last five games. Tommy Pham hit a two-run homer for the Cardinals in the second. “I wish him the best”. “I know I wouldn’t have been able to hit one that far”.
“I didn’t hear the guys barking and complaining, which could have been easy to do”, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. “Hopefully, we’ll get him back here at some point if we need him”.
Justin Turner and Howie Kendrick homered for the Dodgers.
Los Angeles started the scoring with four runs in the third. He’s now 2-2 at home this month. Pitcher Scott Kazmir singled up the middle for the final two runs and his first RBIs of the year.
The Cardinals mounted a comeback with two runs in the second inning and three runs in the seventh inning to cut the gap to 9-6.
Mayers’ first Major League Baseball game is a potentially big one for the Cardinals (52-45), which had a five-game winning streak snapped by Los Angeles on Saturday night in a sloppy 7-2 loss. Freese’s hit off Severino Gonzalez pushed the lead to three runs, and Francisco Cervelli capped the inning with a sacrifice fly.
“That game was exactly what we needed after last night”, Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts said. “I think this injury is not as bad so I should be good to go”.
Gonzalezs 429-foot solo blast to center sparked a three-run sixth.
Mayers loaded the bases on two singles and a walk in the first. He left with leg cramps. McCarthy struck out four and walked three. “I felt like that was the probably the hardest part, just slow the game down”.
St. Louis starter Michael Wacha allowed two runs on 10 hits in six innings.
The Los Angeles Dodgers teed off on starter Mike Leake Saturday as they defeated the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-2.
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“It’s a scary one”, Matheny said.
Dodgers reliever Adam Liberatore recorded his 28th successive scoreless outing by retiring two of four batters in the seventh. With trade winds swirling, Chris Archer starts for Tampa Bay in the opener on Tuesday, against Bud Norris, technically on three days rest after his 1⅓ innings of relief on Friday night in St. Louis.
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Dodgers: OF Yasiel Puig (hamstring) did plyometrics and sprint work.
