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St. Louis Cardinals at Los Angeles Dodgers

Final
Dodger Stadium73°, Clear44,593

Recap

Player of the gameThomas SaggeseSTL2/3 2hr 3rbi

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

Team stats

13Hits9
5Home runs0
3Walks6
10Strikeouts7
1Stolen bases0
174Pitches thrown159
7Pitching strikeouts10

Box score

BattersABRHRBIHRBBSO
Ramon Urias3B2111111
Thomas SaggeseSS3323210
Jose Fermin2B4111000
Victor Scott IILF1010000
Nolan GormanPH-3B2000001
Jordan WalkerRF5232102
Ivan HerreraDH4221012
Alec Burleson1B5000001
Leo BernalC5112002
Joshua BaezLF3211101
Nathan ChurchCF4111000
Totals381313125310
PitchersIPHRERBBSOHR
Michael McGreevyP5.0544240
Luis GastelumP1.0100100
Ryan FernandezP1.2100110
Cade WinquestP1.0231110
Justin BruihlP0.1011110