Molina turns 40 on Wednesday. Pujols will be facing St. Louis for the first time as a Dodger tonight after sitting out the series opener. Mookie Betts led off the inning with a strikeout. Yadier Molina struck out on a 3-2 fastball for the second out. Bickford struck out the first man he faced for the first out. Mike Marshall, who set a major league standard for endurance during an iconoclastic but award-winning career, died Tuesday, the team said. He ranks sixth in the major leagues with 91 strikeouts and has limited opponents to a .145/.225/.293 slash-line. Tommy Edman started Monday nights game with a double and mimicked that feat tonight on a 3-1 fastball. Yet another beautiful park in a magnificent setting, with the ocean (or is it a bay?) The Cardinals ace is 8-1 with a 2.84 ERA in 10 starts this season. 11:15 pm ET, Unsigned FA Jurickson Profar to play in WBC, Orioles, Pirates play final half-inning without umpires, MLB hires three to ramp up 'local media' department, Report: Padres sign Rougned Odor to minor-league deal, 10 MLB positional battles ahead of Opening Day, How the Dodgers can replace Gavin Lux after injury, Clayton Kershaw breaks Dodgers strikeout record, Dodgers SS Gavin Lux tears ACL, will miss entire season. I couldnt take very many swings, so I was just kind of hanging out with myself, and I had a lot of mental talks, McKinstry said before Monday nights game. The Dodgers beat the Padres 5-3 in 16 innings at Petco Park, the longest extra-inning game since the new format started in 2020. Youll notice a trend here. Kelly struck out Paul Goldschmidt for the third out. He is expected to return in early August. Rojas missed a day of workouts after experiencing cramping in his right foot during Sunday's exhibition against the Cubs, but he's back in action Tuesday and suddenly finds himself in position to fill a larger role than anticipated when the Dodgers acquired him this offseason and then signed him to a two-year extension. The Dodgers will give David Price the start in what is expected to be a bullpen game. Nelson allowed two walks and one hit without retiring any batters in a Cactus League contest against Texas on Wednesday. 2021 Los Angeles Dodgers Statistics 2020 Season 2022 Season Record: 106-56-0, Finished 2nd in NL_West ( Schedule and Results ) Postseason: Lost NL Championship Series (4-2) to Atlanta Braves Won NL Division Series (3-2) over San Francisco Giants Won NL Wild Card Game (1-0) over St. Louis Cardinals Manager: Dave Roberts (106-56) Justin Turner hit a single through the shortstop and third base gap, but Muncy held at third because of the exit velocity off Turners bat and the arm strength of Tyler ONeill in left field. The only run scored against him was unearned courtesy of Trea Turner throwing a ball into a camera well in the second inning and a two-out slow ground ball single up the third base line by Wil Myers. In a weekend interview with The Los Angeles Times, Goold a 2019 and 2020 Associated Press Sports Editors Award winner in the beat writer category and the host of The Best Podcast in Baseball, discussed the Cardinals own internal conversations about signing Pujols, how he will be received when he returns to St. Louis in September and the impact Pujols has on teammates, especially young ones. The 23-year-old has been limited since he suffered a hairline fracture to his right pinky finger last week, but he appears to be progressing toward full clearance. On the second pitch of his at-bat, Lux hit a towering home run over the right field wall. The Dodgers (32-23) tapped David Price as the opener for their bullpen game after he was effective in the role twice over the last two weeks. Chris Taylor continued his hot streak with a line drive to right field, moving Smith up to second. Weighted bats, The most intriguing player for 2023 on all 30 MLB teams, Nailed it! It was an epic showdown, all right, just not the one most anticipated. The utility man and the hard-throwing left-hander stared each other down for 14 pitches Monday night, the tension rising throughout a grueling at-bat that came with two outs, the bases loaded and the score tied in the bottom of the sixth inning, before Cabrera finally blinked. Edmundo Sosa popped out to first base for the second out. Dodgers: Kershaw grounded to second. How surprised were you that he signed with the Dodgers? Given Vargas' ability to progress to swinging Sunday, he should have plenty of time to prepare for Opening Day, when he's expected to be in the lineup as Los Angeles' starting second baseman. Knizner drove in Lars Nootbaar in the eighth for a run off David Price. The shocking deal of Yu Darvish to the Padres signaled the likelihood that the Cubs were nearly ready to give up on the 2021 season before it started. The topic came up -- yet again -- because Gavin Lux has been diagnosed with a torn ACL and will likely be sidelined for the entire year. Buehler left with 106 pitches, the same number Snell was at through seven scoreless innings. The two teams will close out the series Sunday at 1:10 p.m. PDT. Roberts also mentioned that the infielder "heard something pop," before the exit. The Dodgers were hitless in nine at-bats at ended with the slider, including finishing off three of his 10 strikeouts. Dylan Carlson fought off an inside pitch that jammed him but managed to bounce it through the second base and first base gap. Beginning May 18 last season, after that brief adjustment period in which he hit .170 and struck out at an alarming clip, Volpe batted .271, cut the strikeouts and whacked 17 homers to go with 35 . In case you missed it, Goold answered some questions for The Times about Pujols tenure in St. Louis. Matt Beaty grounded out to first to end the inning. Hanser Alberto scored on a single by Austin Barnes in the sixth. Max Muncy lined a double into the right-center gap. End of fifth inning: Dodgers 2, Cardinals 0, Dodgers run up Flahertys pitch count, maintain lead after four. pic.twitter.com/YtXrxQ1t9K. He'll need to improve his command to be a successful big-league starter, so Monday's outing was a step in the right direction, though a one-inning appearance at the start of spring shouldn't be overhyped. You, gentle Dodgers fan, are not alone in your love for In-N-Out. Justin Turner struck out and Yadier Molina caught Betts attempting to swipe second base. Sosa advanced to second on the throw to the plate. For the second time in three days, Vargas will start at second base in Wednesday's Cactus League game against the Rangers, but he'll be limited to only tracking pitches at the plate when his turn in the batting order comes up. A broken-bat base hit for Dylan Carlson moved Edman to third. Webb strikes out Barnes, but Buehlerwho worked a nine-pitch walk in his previous at-batgrounds a double down the rightfield line to make it 13-2. The Los Angeles Dodgers Cody Bellinger, center, smiles in the dugout after hitting a grand slam against the St. Louis Cardinals Wednesday in Los Angeles. VSiN, the Sports Betting Network, offers more expert sports betting content in a free daily email at VSiN.com/email. He threw two innings. That said, if they did sell theyd have one heckuva sale, with stars Kris Bryant, Javy Baez and Anthony Rizzo all free agents after the season and the Cubs holding a reasonable $16 million option on rejuvenated closer Craig Kimbrels contract. Here's the current Dodgers' top five in career strikeouts, up to date after Kershaw ended . Two hits over 100 mph lead to two outs for Nate Jones. Explore Los Angeles Dodgers stats and team leaders on FOXSports.com, including home runs, rbi, strikeouts and more. He was 78. Max Muncy made a back hand going into left field, twisted his body and turned a questionable infield single into the second out. Jack Flaherty, the Cardinals pitcher for the night, flew out to Cody Bellinger for the second out of the inning. Wil Myers robbed Corey Seager at the left field wall with one out in the second inning, and Trent Grisham did the same in center field to Muncy with one out in the fourth. Gavin Lux flew out on the first pitch he saw to center field. A warning track fly out for Justin Turner allows Betts to move up to third base with two outs. If we stick strictly to the franchise, this one feels awfully close to unbreakable. Zach McKinstry didnt necessarily go stir-crazy during his recovery from a right-oblique strain that sidelined him from April 22 until Saturday, but the rookie utility man did admit to talking to himself early in the rehabilitation process. He also finished second in Cy Young voting twice and third once. The injury interrupted a hot start for McKinstry, who hit .296 (16 for 54) with a .883 on-base-plus-slugging percentage, three homers, five doubles and 14 RBIs in 17 games before going on the injured list. The tying run moved to second, with the winning run at first with Mookie Betts up to bat. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: mlb | pageType: profiles | It seems very likely that Lux is going to miss time, but there likely won't be an update on Lux until after the results of the imaging are checked by the club. A pair of former Southern California prep standouts will square off tonight at 6:10 p.m. in Chavez Ravine when Dodgers right-hander Trevor Bauer (Santa Clarita Hart High) opposes St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Jack Flaherty (Harvard-Westlake) in the opener of a three-game series. *Surest sign of a double-digit lead: The Wave has reared its head. The Dodgers face the Rangers in their spring training game on Wednesday in Surprise, Arizona. The Dodgers are 32-23. Its all right, the left-handed-hitting McKinstry said of his timing at the plate. 5. Top 3rd: Joe Davis interesting nugget of the inning: Paul Goldschmidtwho would strike out in the inning after getting ahead 3-0was born in Delaware. They have won 11 of their past 13 games, and on Wednesday they completed a sweep of the San Diego Padres. Buehler allowed only three singles and a walk while pitching at least into the seventh for the sixth time in his last eight starts. Albert Pujols and rookie Nolan Gorman hit solo home runs and St. Louis Cardinals ended Los Angeles seven-game winning, beating the Dodgers 7-6 Tuesday night. Tyler ONeill cranked a line-drive home run that skid fair past the left-field foul pole. Mookie Betts walked, but that was erased by an inning-ending double play hit by Max Muncy. Cody Bellinger robbed Yadier Molina on the first pitch of the inning to keep the score at zero in the top of the second. Underway at Dodger Stadium, where Bill Shaikin is Our Guy onsite.