Max Muncy and Teoscar Hernandez each erupted for two home runs and four RBIs and the Los Angeles Dodgers rolled to a 12-6 victory over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday.
Muncy logged a four-hit night in his second game back from the injured list. Right-hander Emmet Sheehan (3-2) gave up two runs, both unearned, on four hits over five innings as the Dodgers improved to 8-9 since the All-Star break. Sheehan struck out five and walked one.
Mookie Betts had three hits to end an 0-for-22 slump, while Hernandez also had three hits. Los Angeles was 10-15 while Muncy was out with a bone bruise in his left knee.
Nolan Gorman and Willson Contreras hit home runs for the Cardinals, who lost for the fifth time in their past seven games. Right-hander Miles Mikolas (6-9) gave up five runs on seven hits over three innings as St. Louis dropped to 3-2 against Los Angeles this season. Mikolas walked one and fanned one.
Shohei Ohtani got the Dodgers’ offense going in the first inning with a leadoff double before advancing on a groundout and scoring on Freddie Freeman’s sacrifice fly. Muncy followed with a home run to right field for a 2-0 lead.
The Cardinals tied the game in the second when Gorman hit a two-run home run to left, his 10th of the season and first in four games since he was activated from the injured list on Friday.
The Dodgers scored three times in the third, getting Muncy’s two-run home run, his 15th, followed by one from Hernandez. It was the first time since May 19 that the Dodgers hit back-to-back homers.
St. Louis added a run in the seventh on Ivan Herrera’s RBI single before the Dodgers piled on with five runs in the bottom of the inning. Muncy had an RBI single, Hernandez hit a three-run homer, his 18th, and rookie Alex Freeland had an RBI single.
Contreras hit a home run for the Cardinals in the eighth, his 16th. Freeman and Michael Conforto drove in runs for Los Angeles in the bottom of the eighth before St. Louis tacked on two runs in the ninth.
Betts delivered a double in the third inning and singles in the fifth and eighth. It was his first three-hit game since June 7.
–Field Level Media
