St. Louis Cardinals at Los Angeles Dodgers

· Major League Baseball

St. Louis Cardinals

58-58, 26-34 Away

Final
5 - 3

Los Angeles Dodgers

66-49, 36-23 Home

Ohtani homers for 1,000th hit and strikes out 8, but Cardinals rally past Dodgers 5-3

Cardinals take series with 5-3 win over Dodgers

Jordan Walker had three hits for the Cardinals, including an RBI single off Alex Vesia (2-1) that tied the score with two outs in the eighth. St. Louis took a 4-3 lead on the same play when rookie third baseman Alex Freeland made a costly throwing error while trying to get Walker at second.

Lars Nootbaar added a run-scoring double off reliever Brock Stewart in the ninth.

Walker was a late addition to the starting lineup. He replaced Willson Contreras, who had a stomach bug.

JoJo Romero (4-3) earned the win with a scoreless inning of relief. Riley O’Brien got four outs for his first major league save.

Ohtani allowed one run and two hits in his eighth start this season. He struck out the side in the fourth.

The two-way superstar didn’t pitch in 2024 while rehabbing from elbow surgery, though he helped Los Angeles win the World Series with an MVP season at the plate.

Ohtani launched a two-run shot in the third, putting the Dodgers ahead 2-1 with his 39th homer of the year. They added a run in the fourth when Andy Pages stole third and scored on a throwing error by catcher Pedro Pagés.

St. Louis cut it to 3-2 in the sixth on an RBI groundout by Nootbaar.

Key moment Ohtani gave up his first stolen base of the season when Walker swiped second in the third.

Key stat The Dodgers got the leadoff man aboard in five straight innings, including Ohtani twice. The Cardinals did the same over the last four innings.

Up next Cardinals rookie Michael McGreevy (3-2, 5.08 ERA) starts against Matthew Boyd (11-4, 2.34) and the visiting Chicago Cubs on Friday night.

Dodgers LHP Clayton Kershaw (5-2, 3.29 ERA) pitches against Toronto RHP Max Scherzer (2-1, 4.39) on Friday in a matchup between members of the 3,000-strikeout club.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Freeland grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Muncy to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Muncy walked.
	9th Inning	Muncy hit for Call
	9th Inning	Conforto grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Conforto hit for Rojas

Statistics

STL		LAD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	11
14	Strikeouts	6
4	Runs Batted In	2
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	8
2	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
27	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
15	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
161	Pitches	138
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
14	Total Bases	13
43	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
6.1	Runs Created	3.1
.316	Batting Average	.235
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.368	Slugging Percentage	.382
.184	Secondary Average	.235
.381	On Base Percentage	.278
.749	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.660
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
6.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.0
36.0	Batter Rating	26.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.74	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.83
.053	Isolated Power	.147
0.21	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.070	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.056
-.132	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
9.0	Runs Produced	5.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	0.7
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.3
85.8	MLB Rating	77.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0