Thursday, September 13th, 2018 6:15PM CST
On Thursday night, the Los Angeles Dodgers opened their four game series against fellow playoff contenders the St. Louis Cardinals with a nine to seven victory. Manny Machado provided significant offense for the Dodgers, hitting a home run and driving in three runs to support pitcher Clayton Kershaw.
Date: Thursday, September 13th, 2018
Time: 6:15PM CST
Stadium: Busch Stadium
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 40,997
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
STL |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
LAD |
3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

Doubles: Muñoz (16, Kershaw); Bader (17, Kershaw); Ozuna (15, Maeda)
Home Runs: Ross (1, 5th inning off Kershaw 0 on, 1 Out)
Runs Batted In: Ozuna 2 (82), Ross (4), DeJong 2 (57), Gyorko (44)
Sacrifice Flies: DeJong
Team Left On Base: 9
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 2-12 (J. Martínez 0-2, Carpenter 0-2, DeJong 1-2, Ozuna 1-3, Muñoz 0-1, Gyorko 0-2)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Carpenter 1; Muñoz 1; DeJong 1; Gyorko 1

Pitcher Notes: Gomber pitched to 3 batters in the 4th
Wild Pitches: Gomber
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Gomber 12/18; Ross 6/10; Brebbia 3/5; Mayers 4/5; Cecil 2/4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Gomber 17-3-19-13; Ross 7-4-7-9; Brebbia 4-2-2-4; Mayers 4-4-2-3; Cecil 1-1-2-4
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Gomber 4-2; Ross 4-3; Brebbia 1-1; Mayers 1-0; Cecil 1-2
Game Scores: A Gomber 15

Double Plays: 1 (DeJong-Muñoz-Carpenter)

Doubles: Turner (25, Gomber); Machado (11, Gomber); Taylor (33, Ross)
Triples: Freese (2, Gomber)
Home Runs: Machado (10, 7th inning off Brebbia 0 on, 1 Out)
Runs Batted In: Freese 2 (47), Kemp (77), Machado 3 (28), Kershaw (5), Taylor (60), Turner (47)
Sacrifice Flies: Machado; Turner
Sacrifice Hit: Kershaw
Ground Into Double Play: Dozier
Team Left On Base: 6
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 5-10 (Machado 1-1, Turner 0-1, Kemp 1-2, Freese 1-2, Kershaw 1-1, Dozier 0-1, Taylor 1-2)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Turner 1; Dozier 1

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Kershaw 23/29; Maeda 3/6; Ferguson 1/2; Jansen 2/6
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Kershaw 16-10-19-18; Maeda 4-5-3-3; Ferguson 3-0-1-2; Jansen 3-3-6-4
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Kershaw 6-4; Maeda 0-0; Ferguson 0-2; Jansen 2-1
Game Scores: C Kershaw 48

Errors: Freese (6, ground ball); Machado (5, throw)
Assists: Taylor (DeJong at 3rd base)

Caught Stealing: Barnes (3, 3rd base by Ross/Peña)
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