

“I didn’t think he was as sharp as he has been his last three outings,” Roberts said. But he pitched five scoreless innings for the second consecutive start, allowing just one hit and walking three, and hasn’t given up an earned run in his past 16 innings. I threw a lot of pitches.”Ī 30-pitch first inning doomed any hope of Gonsolin getting truly deep into the game. The first two, three innings felt really long. “I wasn’t trying to think about that too much,” Gonsolin said. In the four games since then, Dodgers starters had pitched a combined total of 12 innings, leaning heavily on an overworked bullpen. That was all the offensive support the Dodgers offered Gonsolin, who boldly went where no Dodgers’ starting pitcher had gone – since Gonsolin’s previous start when he went five innings against the Padres on Sunday. But Matz left a 2-and-2 fastball up and out over the plate and Taylor lashed it into left field for an RBI double. That brought up Chris Taylor, who had just one hit in his previous 21 at-bats. A balk by Cardinals starter Steven Matz got Betts to third base before Martinez drew a walk. He tagged up and advanced to second base on Freeman’s fly out then had third base stolen on a pitch Will Smith fouled off. Martinez – had all been stranded with the Dodgers going 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position.īetts tried to take matters into his own hands. The previous six – including doubles by Freddie Freeman, Miguel Vargas and J.D. He was the Dodgers’ seventh baserunner in the game to that point. That allowed Betts to reach base leading off the fifth inning. The only run through seven innings was set up when one of the best defensive players of his generation – Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado – made a throwing error. “It’s quite the tale of two different nights,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. Outman’s assumption might have been swayed by the 24 runs that were scored in Thursday’s 16-8 slugfest. “I was assuming that we were going to score more runs,” he said. The play was a big moment in a 1-0 game that had seen the Dodgers squander multiple scoring opportunities. James Outman ran it down, leaping and banging into the wall as he reached up and robbed Goldschmidt of a home run to protect the Dodgers’ 1-0 lead. Leading off the sixth inning against Dodgers reliever Brusdar Graterol, Goldschmidt drove a ball 401 feet to center field. Just gotta play.”Ī night after they combined for a Busch Stadium III record nine home runs – seven by the Cardinals – the closest anyone came to leaving the yard in the first seven innings was Paul Goldschmidt. It’s a long season and there are going to be many ups and downs and unconventional games and whatnot. It’s going to be like that sometimes,” Betts said of going from Thursday’s slugfest to a game that featured only one run in the first seven innings. Tony Gonsolin and four relievers combined on a two-hit shutout and Mookie Betts broke the game open with a three-run home run to beat the St. The Dodgers, meanwhile, have been plugging leaks all week.īut Friday night, the structural integrity of their pitching held together. Louis Cardinals’ clubhouse on Thursday, leaving a mess to clean up. The most runs scored against them (16) was played on Augversus the Colorado Rockies.ST. Scored the most runs (18) on versus the Pittsburgh Pirates. Louis Cardinals schedule splits:ĭuring the regular season the 2022 St. Louis Cardinals were 15-14 during the month of June? We hope you enjoy using the charts below to review other similar 2022 St. Louis Cardinals home / road splits for the 2022 regular season were 53-28 (0.654 winning percentage) at home and 40-41 (0.494 winning percentage) on the road.ĭid you know that the 2022 St. Louis Cardinals Schedule | Research by Baseball Almanac
