Dodgers vs. Cardinals Game Highlights (5-3-26) - MLB Highlights

It's already been a great series for Dustin May he's got a World Series ring presented before this series by his former Dodger teammates and he's on a very nice roll himself. He's been pitching great in case you don't know what day it is. Just look at the back of Dustin Schert. It is May the third and the Redbirds right hander is on a nice roll mark. He's three and oh one ninety three era big difference between his first two starts and the last four. Yeah and I think what's really done it is the four seam success and you also have the sinker and cutter three versions of the fastball also curveball change up he will show it's an emotional start when you go against the team that drafted you. It is emotional. He has to get through that especially early in the start. And back to a number three Dustin May he'll face Ohtani Freeman and Hernandez all stars every one of them. The pitch is on the ground softly to third Marius handles his first chance Ohtani for ten against the Cardinals. He only has one other series of three games played or more without a hit. That was against the Giants and May swing and a miss nasty sweeper and Freddy Freeman is down on strikes quickly to away. Well the Cutters turn into a sweeper. That's the reason why you get the swing and miss it crowded him. He had the importance of that presence. That's going to be challenged that look like it was right down the middle of the field with the ball. The catcher is challenging Charlie Ramos will watch this challenge. J.B.S. power by T-Mobile and pretty much set a cut and that will retire the side Dustin May facing the Dodgers his former club to strikeouts. How about this list that Justin Nobleski finds himself on the lowest April E.R.A. is in Dodger history. Robo mania going on here in twenty twenty six. Here's a base hit. JJ takes it the other way. When you're all for a series. How about that approach. Hit it where it's pitched put it in play and give yourself a chance. And he's also seen a lot of breaking balls in this series. The adjustment that the Dodgers have made. This is a fastball taking it the other way. It's two to his grounded to third took a funny hop there. Muncy gobbles it up goes to second one over the first to double play Dodgers able to get a little encouragement back. They hit into four double plays the Dodgers did last night. They really curtailed the offense. So he faced Jordan Walker the way you want to face him lately with the bases empty. Walker jumps on the first pitch drives a fly ball to right center field that has goes back to pull in front of the wall. Robleski coming right at him and no big deal. Dodgers have seven guys that are going to come up left handed against Dustin May today. The reason I bring that up is that lefties are hitting three eighty against May so far who hooks this one down the right field line. That's a base hit and he'll scoot to the wall lead off double for Kyle Tucker on base streak extend to ten and the Dodgers have their first base runner of the day just inside. And Muncy's got to walk these two lefties have both reached open the second. Now Andy Pajas would expect May to throw him a sweeper here trying to get him to chase one away Pajas to left field and that'll get the Dodgers on the board first Tucker and to score on a Pajas double one that off in L.A. They've got their first lead of the weekend as Pajas drives in Tucker with a second extra base hit of this inning second and third one out and has sunk in the batter. Kim has done a bunch of that line driving to center field and a base hit to score Muncy Pajas retreated to make sure that ball got through so he stops at third it's two to nothing. Another elevated off speed pitch Kim doesn't get all of it he's a little out of the front it's kind of a Q shot line drive but it is up where the hitter can recognize it Redbirds turn for double plays last night they could use one right here back to the mound. He's got it there's one there's two don't you love it when they follow the script. So two to nothing lead is one gone for the Cardinals to the bottom of the second. Let's not Mason win the batter Mason shoots it the other way. That's what you like to see. That's the second Cardinals hit a clean Mason wins single to right. Church's hit left he's well in his young career and he's got plenty of power. Let's see what he can do. And he shoots this one into right field for a hit around second he's on his way to third so on cue Church with a single first and third for the Cardinals with two outs by his got to sit out last night's game right handed hitter batting two sixty one three home runs. There goes Church from first they throw down and get him down in the end and the Cardinals run themselves out of an inning. No runs two hits one man left Ohtani is all for one got it at the third first time up Ohtani started in the third taking ball for leadoff walk. Freddie Freeman struck out first time up 0 for one today. This one right up the middle on the ground should be and will be a double play. Freddie Freeman's rolled up two in a row in the double play column in as many innings for the Cardinals to nothing Dodgers or Buske looking for his first one two or three innings to tie the first two here in the third top of the order and J.J. Weatherholt and chopped toward first Freeman gives ground race to the bag and Freddie threw it away rushing backs up by the Cardinals on deck circle and the good speed of J.J. Weatherholt forced a rushed throw and the Cardinals have a base runner with two outs and ball four. So after the year the Cardinals have a rally and that leads to the dynamic duo of Jordan Walker and Alec Burleson chops on to short and Kim brings it across ends the third and it's Dustin May trying to keep it to nothing out there for the fourth. Dalton rushing struck out on a cutter that was down in the center field. Church coming on a little drop in front of him and a base hit for rushing the Dodgers fifth hit of the game and Pais will bat and it's up the middle right to second and it's going to be a another double play a double play in the second a double play in the third another twin killing in the fourth. Dustin May works to the Dodgers in the top of the fifth inning. It's eight nine and one for L.A. leading to nothing. Kim slaps one left side and it sneaks under Rios for a leadoff hit. Well maybe the understatement of the week is that Shohei Ohtani is due. He's been 0 for the series so far. He's bounced to the right side. All will gets the play at first Ohtani is still hitless for the series. Here's Kim in scoring position and Freddie Freeman will bat. That is through base hit in the center field for Freeman Camel streak home three to nothing Dodgers. The sweet spot in a swing right now is down and in and that one was down over the middle of the plate and he is right on it. Walker Burleson and when trying to get something started the Cardinals had two runners on third base today pop up knifed over to the right side for Freddie Freeman. I know you've used the term comfortable collar before. This doesn't really feel like that with him though and I think part of it is how quick he works that pace you're talking about. It's easier with all those reps though Tapper Robleski to first two out shortstop Mason Wynn one for two single his first time up in the second inning and then in the fourth he flied the center and so is that a base hit to left for Mason Wynn. So a multi hit game for him and now for me it is up now the three two to fair mean and a pop up up into the bright ball of fire months he's got it and six scoreless innings for Justin Robleski. There's the thought and for good reason that it's unsustainable to have this much contact and these good numbers. But you could say that after one start of there being a ton of contact and a bunch of zeros and you wait for that shoe to drop but he just keeps on putting up zeros top of the seventh inning three nothing Dodgers Miguel Rojas pinch hitting for his son Kim. So the Dodgers go to the right handed hitting Rojas against the lefty Bruhl on three one Rojas takes a strike count goes for. Challenge though the batter is challenging the call a strike. To good one. Ball for ball for that earns him a walk out remaining. That was a little dramatic. The seventy five sweeper and he knows it even he's laughing a breaking ball hits Ohtani in the back and he's on his way to first. The exit velocity on that one and Freddy Freeman will bat. So still not a hit in the inning but two runners on two three gifts or a strikeout Freeman chase that book and punch outs for the Dodger first baseman and two men around right back where it came from. J.J. is there and he'll flip to first in time and that will retire the side. Dodgers lead three nothing Jordan Walker. Well if he's got to come up you'd like him to come up with nobody on base and he's earning his walks to Walker with 13 of those and with two outs again St. Louis has a base runner flying against the first baseman Burleson here two down one aboard. Runner goes pitch is smacked into right center field that'll get down for a hit. Walker's on his way to third they're going to wave him ball Babel Cardinals to get a run. It's a three to one game. Pop Warner wasn't hesitating. He was windmilling Walker around third base and Pais couldn't get a grip on the ball in the outfield and Klein unable to get to the finish line here in his second inning of work. So Blake Treinen comes on tying run at the plate two gone in the eight Treinen's first pitch routed past the mound a second Freeland takes it to the bag and it takes Blake Treinen to get all of the one pitch to send this game to the night. It'll be seven eight nine in the Dodger order three runs eight hits for the Dodgers one run seven hits for the Cardinals. Warren Bernard a short win sticks with it but it's too late and likely going to be an error on when runner takes off throw down Pais got a great job. He's safe ground ball towards the middle. Wynn has this one cleanly. The third goes Pais on the first out of the night and now runner at third and one out a chance to get an insurance run in the Freeland is being called back. Alex Call will come up and hit for him. I don't know one from Schuster call grounds one through the drawn in infield to make it four to one pinch hit RBI single for Alex Call two pitches two swings first one he was trying to get in the air. I think in this one he's trying to get in the air but it ended up on the ground because he got fooled a little bit on the speed. It is four to one four to one Dodgers leading bottom of the ninth inning. Scott's been nearly perfect against the Cardinals in his career twelve appearances twelve in two thirds innings zero runs. There it is first strikeout of the day comes here in the ninth inning line drive right field Tucker makes the catch to gone in the nine Scott goes after Pais who's over three strike three called. That's the ballgame. Everybody's challenging call on the field to strike three. The batter is challenging rushing saying if that's not strike three I'm saying it is Pais is saying if that is strike three I'm saying it's not but it is. A.B.S. powered by T-Mobile ends the ballgame Dodgers and the losing streak a 4 1 win over the Cardinals to avoid the sweep today. It's another win for Justin Robleski who is five and 0 since moving into the rotation two runs allowed in thirty two innings as a starter.