Max Muncy and Teoscar Hernandez each erupted for two home runs and four RBIs and the Los Angeles Dodgers rolled to a 12-6 victory over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday.
Muncy’s four-hit night came in his second game back from the injured list, while right-hander Emmet Sheehan (3-2) gave up two runs on four hits over five innings as the Dodgers improved to 8-9 since the All-Star break.
Mookie Betts had three hits to end an 0-for-22 slump, while Hernandez also had three hits. Los Angeles was 10-15 while Muncy was out with a bruised bone in his left knee.
Nolan Gorman and Willson Contreras hit home runs for the Cardinals, who lost for the fifth time in their past six games. Right-hander Miles Mikolas (6-9) gave up five runs on seven hits over three innings as St. Louis dropped to 3-2 against Los Angeles this season.
Shohei Ohtani got the Dodgers’ offense going in the first inning with a leadoff double before scoring on a Freddie Freeman fly ball. Muncy followed with a home run to right field for a 2-0 lead.
The Cardinals tied the game in the second when Gorman hit a two-run home run to left, his 10th of the season and first in four games since he was recalled Friday.
The Dodgers scored three times in the third, getting Muncy’s two-run home run, his 15th, followed by one from Hernandez. It was the first time since May 19 that the Dodgers hit back-to-back homers.
St. Louis added a run in the seventh on an Ivan Herrera single before the Dodgers piled on with five runs in the bottom of the inning when Muncy had an RBI single, Hernandez hit a three-run homer, his 18th, and rookie Alex Freeland had an RBI single.
Contreras hit a home run for the Cardinals in the eighth, his 16th. Freeman and Michael Conforto drove in runs for Los Angeles in the eighth before St. Louis tacked on two runs in the ninth.
Betts had a double in the third inning and singles in the fifth and eighth. It was his first three-hit game since June 7.
–Field Level Media
