Dodgers follow clunker with an extra-frustrating loss
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Key Points:
- The Dodgers lost 8-6 to the St. Louis Cardinals in extra innings after blowing a late lead, with the Cardinals scoring three runs in the 10th inning off Dodgers reliever Brock Stewart.
- Cardinals rookie Joshua Báez, who entered the game as a substitute, delivered a key two-run double in the 10th inning to secure the win and also hit a leadoff double in the eighth to help tie the game.
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto flirted with a no-hitter through five innings in his first September start but allowed multiple home runs, including two by Thomas Saggese who has unexpectedly hit three homers in two games against the Dodgers this series.
- Dodgers' Freddie Freeman broke a lengthy power drought with a three-run homer in the first inning and reached base five times, while Mookie Betts added a two-run home run to keep the game close.
- Despite strong pitching from Yamamoto and solid defense by Miguel Rojas, the Dodgers struggled to capitalize with runners in scoring position, managing only one hit in 18 at-bats in those situations.
