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Cardinals get to Dodgers bullpen for victory
- Updated: May 16, 2016
LOS ANGELES — Yadier Molina’s pinch-hit double keyed a seventh-inning rally and helped hand the Cardinals a 5-2 win to salvage their series at Dodger Stadium.
The RBI double was Molina’s first extra-base hit as a pinch-hitter in his 13-year career and also snapped a streak of eight straight scoreless games for the Dodgers bullpen. While a Corey Seager home run in the eighth, his second of the game, forced the Cardinals to turn to Trevor Rosenthal for the save, the Dodgers were unable to muster any more offense.
Before the dramatics, Alex Wood and Mike Leake both turned in solid starts, each allowing one run on a solo homer across six innings The outing from Wood lowered his career Dodger Stadium ERA to 1.95, the lowest by a starting pitcher in team history.
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDChess moves: When Dodgers manager Dave Roberts brought in Joe Blanton to face Eric Fryer with a runner in scoring position and two out in the seventh, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny countered by sending up the left-handed-hitting Brandon Moss to pinch-hit. The …
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