ST. LOUIS — The Dodgers’ offense isn’t quite fixed.
But for one day, at least, it looked less broken than before.
For the first time in almost a week, the Dodgers scored first Sunday, tagged an opposing starter with at least three runs … and, oh yeah, actually won a game, too, beating the Cardinals 4-1 tosnap a four-game losing streakand avoid a series sweep at Busch Stadium.
Forthe sixth straight game, the Dodgers (21-13) failed to hit a home run. For a second consecutive day, they also bounced into four double plays. In their last 12 games, they’ve now failed to eclipse five runs nine times.
But behind another uniquely dominant start from left-hander Justin Wrobleski — who pitched six scoreless innings, despite not striking out a batter, to lower his ERA to 1.25 –– the Dodgers’ slumping lineup found a way to do just enough.
Most of their scoring came against a familiar face in Dustin May, the homegrown Dodgers right-hander who signed in St. Louis as a free agent this offseason after being traded by the club at last year’s deadline.
It started with second-inning doubles from Kyle Tucker and Andy Pages, who capitalized on an 0-2 mistake by lofting a hanging curveball to left for the day’s opening run. Hyeseong Kim then followed with an RBI single.
In the fifth, Kim got another rally started, legging out an infield single to lead off the inning before scoring on a two-out knock from Freddie Freeman, who also came through in an 0-2 count.
That would be enough cushion for Wrobleski, who became the first Dodgers pitcher since Mike Morgan in 1991 to throw six shutout innings without striking out a batter.
From there, Will Klein, Blake Treinen and (in his latest appearance filling in at closer in the ninth inning) Tanner Scott handled the final three innings, while Alex Call tacked on a pinch-hit RBI single in the ninth to put the Dodgers’ losing streak to an end.
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