Thomas Saggese leads 5-homer outburst in Cardinals' 13-8 win over
Dodgers
[September 02, 2026]
By BETH HARRIS
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals hit five
home runs, including a pair by Thomas Saggese and a two-run shot from
Home Run Derby champion Jordan Walker, in a 13-8 win over the Los
Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night.
Ramón Urías and Joshua Báez also went deep for the Cardinals, who had
lost seven of nine while getting outscored 63-38 during that span. But
the bats broke loose in this one as St. Louis scored its most runs in a
game at Dodger Stadium. |
St. Louis Cardinals' Leo Bernal hits a RBI double for his first major
league hit during the third inning of a baseball game against the Los
Angeles Dodgers, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jayne
Kamin-Oncea) |
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Los Angeles starter Eric Lauer (8-7) was tagged for seven early
runs, five in the third inning.
Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman and Max Muncy went a combined 1
for 7 with three strikeouts for the Dodgers. Mookie Betts had
four RBIs.
Los Angeles dropped to 28-2 when scoring at least eight runs
this season.
Cardinals starter Michael McGreevy (6-9) allowed four runs and
five hits with four strikeouts in five innings.
The Cardinals loaded the bases twice in the third while
extending their lead to 7-0. Iván Herrera had an RBI single, Leo
Bernal delivered a two-run single in his major league debut and
Saggese added a sacrifice fly. Nathan Church reached on an
infield single to second, scoring Bernal.
The Cardinals led 2-0 on consecutive homers by Urías and Saggese
with two outs in the second.
Walker's two-run drive off reliever Seth Halvorsen made it 9-3
in the fourth. Walker had just five homers in his previous 41
games since the All-Star break.
Saggese homered again with two outs in the fifth. Báez added a
solo homer in the seventh for an 11-4 lead.
Dodges utilityman Kiké Hernández struck out as a pinch hitter in
the seventh and then gave up a leadoff hit in pitching the
ninth, the 148th position player to pitch in the majors this
season.
Lauer gave up seven runs and eight hits in three innings.
Up next
The Cardinals will go with a bullpen game Wednesday against
Dodgers RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8, 2.56 ERA).
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