ST. LOUIS—Mookie Betts and Kevin Kiermaier homered in a five-run sixth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers came back to beat the skidding St. Louis Cardinals 7–6 on Friday night, August 16.
The offensive outburst gave Justin Wrobleski his first major league win. The left-hander was called up from Triple-A Oklahoma City earlier in the day to make his fifth career start.
Wrobleski (1–1) allowed four runs and four hits—including three homers—in five innings as the NL West leaders stopped a two-game skid.
Evan Phillips and Joe Kelly each worked a scoreless inning of relief. Michael Kopech earned his 10th save this season and first with the Dodgers since being acquired from the Chicago White Sox last month.
Betts led off the sixth with his 12th homer and Miguel Rojas greeted reliever Andrew Kittredge with an RBI single that tied it at 4. Kiermaier’s three-run homer gave the Dodgers the lead.
Miles Mikolas (8–10) gave up five runs in 5 2/3 innings as the Cardinals lost their fifth straight game. Mikolas, who has won just once since June 22, permitted seven hits and struck out seven.
Gavin Lux’s leadoff homer in the second gave the Dodgers a 1–0 lead. The 407-foot drive to straightaway center field hit the palm of the outstretched glove of Victor Scott II before bouncing into the batter’s-eye shrubbery.
Kiermaier added an RBI single later in the inning. His four RBIs tied a season best.
Paul Goldschmidt tied it 2–all with a two-run homer into the right-field bullpen in the bottom of the second.
Masyn Winn’s solo homer in the third gave the Cardinals the lead, and Pedro Pagés’ leadoff home run in the fifth made it 4–2.
Pagés’ drive was projected at 462 feet, the third-longest homer by a Cardinals player at Busch Stadium III in the Statcast era dating to 2015.
