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Kazmir’s gem gives LA a shot to sweep Cards
- Updated: May 15, 2016
LOS ANGELES — Scott Kazmir was one out away from his first complete game in three years when Jeremy Hazelbaker’s two-run homer ruined the narrative, but the lefty’s seven-strikeout gem on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium was enough to give the Dodgers a 5-3 win and a shot at a series sweep of the Cardinals.
Kazmir, who had allowed only one unearned run on three hits entering the ninth, got his run support on solo shots from Adrian Gonzalez and Corey Seager and a three-run fifth-inning rally that took 40 pitches out of Cardinals starter Carlos Martinez and forced St. Louis to call for the bullpen in the sixth.
Martinez, making his return from a respiratory ailment that forced him to take a few extra days of rest, was working on a shutout when Gonzalez’s fourth homer of the season gave the Dodgers a 1-0 lead in the fourth. The Cardinals right-hander finished with four runs allowed on five hits and three walks, striking out two.
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