Saggese’s big night leads Cardinals past Dodgers in 10 innings

LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — Thomas Saggese homered and drove in three runs, and the St. Louis Cardinals outlasted the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-6 in 10 innings Wednesday.

Saggese singled home a run in the 10th, and Joshua Báez followed with a two-run double to put St. Louis ahead 8-5. The Dodgers scored once in the bottom half, but Riley O’Brien earned his 35th save.

St. Louis trailed 3-0 before Saggese’s two-run homer in the sixth. Leo Bernal hit a two-run homer in the seventh, and Alec Burleson’s sacrifice fly in the eighth tied the game at 5.

Freddie Freeman hit a three-run homer in the first for Los Angeles. Mookie Betts hit a two-run homer in the sixth. The Dodgers had 11 hits; the Cardinals had nine.

Justin Bruihl got the win in relief. Brock Stewart took the loss. St. Louis improved to 70-71; Los Angeles fell to 82-57. Attendance was 45,900, and the game lasted 3:03.