In a sport with no shortage of obscure stats and “firsts,” the Cardinals’ 13-8 win over the Dodgers Tuesday night certainly did not disappoint. St. Louis slugged 13 hits, including five home runs, while scoring in six different innings to take the series opener over L.A. “It was just a looseness to the group that you want to continue to build off of,” said manager Oli Marmol. “We talked about Philly and Chicago and a place like this, you just want to continue to breed a group that’s just fearless in how they approach those type of games. So I like the looseness of our group from pitch one.” Here are four numbers that defined the Cardinals’ win: **107.6: Prospect Leo Bernal scorches 1st career hit** Bernal, the Cardinals’ No. 7 prospect per MLB Pipeline, was called up for his MLB debut on Tuesday, and he didn’t take long to get in on the fun. The 22-year-old smacked a two-run single with the bases loaded in the third for his first career hit. The ball left his bat at 107.6 mph. “Unbelievable. Always like I was dreaming about,” Bernal said afterward through an interpreter. “Being in this clubhouse with these people, against the team that we faced, everything was so special and obviously the hard work paid off today. It was a special day.”
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteLAD -196 · 64% to win
Upset
Run LineLAD -1.5
STL covered
TotalO/U 9 · 21 scored
Over
Against the consensus line at the start, across 16 books