LA Dodgers 7, St. Louis 2
When: 7:45 PM ET, Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature:
86°
Umpires:
Home -
Jeremie Rehak, 1B -
Brennan Miller, 2B -
Dan Iassogna, 3B -
John Bacon
Attendance:
34500
By Field Level Media
Justin Turner hit two homers and drove in three runs as the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 Tuesday night.
Will Smith went 4-for-4 with a homer and two runs for the Dodgers (88-51), who won for the sixth time in their past eight games.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts gave former Cardinals star Albert Pujols a start at first base before his old fans. After receiving a standing ovation in the first inning, Pujols hit a solo homer to left.
Nolan Arenado drove in both runs for the reeling Cardinals (69-68), who lost their fourth straight game.
St. Louis starting pitcher J.A. Happ (8-8) allowed four runs on seven hits in five innings. He struck out three without issuing a walk.
Due to multiple injuries to their rotation, the Dodgers went with a bullpen start, beginning with Corey Knebel, who allowed a run in his only inning.
Evan Phillips relieved him and allowed a run in his 1 2/3 innings. The Dodgers used seven more relievers to get through the game.
Alex Vesia (3-1), their third hurler, got the victory after striking out the only batter he faced.
Following Pujols' homer, the Cardinals tied the game 1-1 in their half of the first. Dylan Carlson reached on a one-out infield single, advanced to third on Tyler O'Neill's ground-rule double and scored on Arenado's sacrifice fly.
O'Neill hit another double in the third inning and scored on Arenado's single into left field to put the Cardinals up 2-1.
The Dodgers rallied in the fourth inning. Infield singles by Corey Seager and Smith, a one-out RBI double by Steven Souza Jr., then Cody Bellinger's run-scoring grounder put the visitors ahead 3-2.
Turner hit a solo homer in the fifth inning, and Smith's solo homer in the sixth inning off reliever Alex Reyes lifted the Dodgers' lead to 5-2.
Turner's two-run homer in the ninth inning off Kwang Hyun Kim made it 7-2.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| LA Dodgers |
|
St. Louis |
|
Corey Knebel
|
Player |
J.A. Happ
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
Loss |
|
1.0 |
IP |
5.0 |
|
0 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
2 |
Hits |
7 |
|
9.00 |
ERA |
7.20 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| LA Dodgers
|
11 |
4 |
25 |
.289 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| St. Louis
|
8 |
0 |
11 |
.235 |
13 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
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