Paul Goldschidt on Saturday drove in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning with a groundout after Mookie Betts homered again to help Los Angeles tie it in the ninth, as the St Louis Cardinals beat the Dodgers 6-5 after Shohei Ohtani popped up with the bases loaded for the final out.
The Cardinals turned a hit batter, a catcher’s interference and a balk into a five-run seventh inning and led 5-3 in the ninth. The Dodgers tied it against Ryan Helsley (1-0) on a one-out home run from Betts and a game-tying single from Max Muncy with two outs.
Betts has had a home run in four consecutive games.
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Right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto went five scoreless innings for Los Angeles in his home debut, pitching on both sides of what was believed to be the first rain delay at Dodger Stadium since April 2017.
He bounced back from his dismal MLB debut on March 21, when he gave up five runs in just one inning against the San Diego Padres in Seoul.
“Compared to the last one, I think I had my stuff back,” Yamamoto said through an interpreter. “Now I have to keep doing it, so I’m looking forward to the next one.”
Right-hander Lance Lynn pitched four scoreless innings in his first outing for St Louis since 2017, but was pulled following the 35-minute rain delay. Lynn put the first three Dodgers he faced on base before wiggling out of the jam to keep the game close early.
“I loaded the bases up, you know, and waited to see if the old dog still had it,” the 36-year-old Lynn said of his first inning. “He still does, so it went all right.”
Dodgers right-hander Kyle Hurt (0-1) gave up a run in 2-2/3 innings. Helsley gave up two runs on four hits in the ninth before Giovanny Gallegos pitched the 10th for his first save, getting Ohtani to pop to shortstop on his last pitch.
The game was scoreless when the delay began at the end of the fourth inning.
Cardinals shortstop Brandon Crawford was playing in his 86th game at Dodger Stadium, with 85 of those as a member of the San Francisco Giants, and said he could not recall a game where it rained.
“It was much more San Francisco-like weather than LA for sure,” Crawford said. “I don’t know how many times I’ve seen it rain here, and then the cold breeze, it was definitely different for Dodger Stadium.”
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