Jordan Walker’s 4 hits power Cardinals past Dodgers 7‑2
ST. LOUIS (Interstat) — Jordan Walker went 4 for 4 with two RBIs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday at Busch Stadium III. Walker doubled and scored in a three-run seventh inning that broke open the game. Nolan Gorman hit a two-run homer in the first, and Alec Burleson also homered. The Cardinals collected 12 hits against Dodgers pitching. Matthew Liberatore earned the win, allowing two earned runs on five hits over 5 2/3 innings with four strikeouts. Emmet Sheehan took the loss, surrendering four earned runs on eight hits in 4 2/3 innings while striking out eight. The Dodgers scored single runs in the second on Max Muncy’s double and in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Kyle Tucker. Los Angeles managed seven hits. The attendance was 28,308, and the game lasted 2 hours, 51 minutes. The Cardinals improved to 19-13, while the Dodgers fell to 20-12.