St. Louis 3, LA Dodgers 2
When: 8:15 PM ET, Friday, July 18, 2014
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature:
83°
Umpires:
Home -
Lance Barrett, 1B -
Ron Kulpa, 2B -
Ed Hickox, 3B -
Pat Hoberg
Attendance:
45010
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Cardinals 3, Dodgers 2: Matt Holliday homered and drove in all three runs to back a strong start by Lance Lynn as host St. Louis took the opener of the three-game series.
Lynn (11-6) took a shutout into the seventh, allowing two runs in six-plus frames while striking out nine. Kolten Wong stayed hot with two hits and two runs scored for the Cardinals, who have won the first game after the All-Star break in seven straight seasons.
Dan Haren (8-7) suffered his third straight loss after giving up three runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings. A.J. Ellis had an RBI and a run scored as the Dodgers fell to 10-20 at the new Busch Stadium.
Wong, who had five home runs in his final eight games before the All-Star break, doubled with one out in the bottom of the first inning and Holliday followed with a line-drive double off the base of the center-field wall to make it 1-0. Wong singled with one out in the fifth and Holliday got to Haren once again, hammering a shot well over the wall in center for a 3-0 lead.
Ellis got the Dodgers on the board in the seventh with an RBI double and later scored on a wild pitch by reliever Seth Maness. All-Star Pat Neshek stranded a pair of runners to get the Cardinals through the eighth and Trevor Rosenthal coasted through the ninth for his 29th save.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Dodgers recalled LH Paco Rodriguez from Triple-A Albuquerque and activated IF Justin Turner from the 15-day disabled list. ... Holliday scored his 1,000th career run on the homer and the double was his 400th all-time. ... Haren has a 9.64 ERA during his personal three-game slide.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Dodgers |
|
St. Louis |
Dan Haren
|
Player |
Lance Lynn
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
4.2 |
IP |
6.0 |
4 |
Strikeouts |
9 |
8 |
Hits |
4 |
5.79 |
ERA |
3.00 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
LA Dodgers
|
5 |
0 |
8 |
.156 |
14 |
11 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
St. Louis
|
8 |
1 |
15 |
.250 |
10 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |