The Cardinals claimed an 8-13 victory over the Dodgers in a regular-season MLB contest on Tuesday night. It was a match where the visitors found a way back into it after falling behind early, eventually pulling away with runs in the later innings. The result extends their recent momentum while putting the hosts back on the defensive.
Both sides arrived with identical records from their last five games — two wins and three losses each. The Dodgers had rattled off a win against the Tigers on Sunday before losing their last two outings, while the Cardinals were coming off a pair of defeats against the Pirates before bouncing back with two straight wins over the Orioles.
What followed was a game that moved from end to end rather than settling into any rhythm. The Cardinals worked a short corner of the evening in the middle frames, stringing together runs that the Dodgers simply could not match. By then the hosts were playing catch-up, and the gap only widened as the innings progressed.
The Dodgers gave away too many cheap fouls in terms of defensive lapses, and the Cardinals took full advantage. It was not a case of one team outclassing the other in every department — both sides contributed to the tally — but the visitors were sharper when it mattered most. The old head in the Cardinals' dugout seemed to settle them down after those early wobbles.
Eight runs for the home side was respectable, but thirteen on the other end told the story. The Dodgers extended their unbeaten run to nothing — this was a loss, plain and simple — while the Cardinals have one foot in a better position going forward. Tuesday night belonged to the visitors, and they made sure to collect every run they could.
