Dodgers come back to oust skidding Cardinals 7-6

Mookie Betts and Kevin Kiermaier homered in a five-run sixth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers came back to beat the skidding St. Louis Cardinals 7-6 on Friday night.

The offensive outburst gave Justin Wrobleski his first major league win. The left-hander was called up from Triple-A Oklahoma City earlier in the day to make his fifth career start.

Wrobleski (1-1) allowed four runs and four hits — including three homers — in five innings as the NL West leaders stopped a two-game skid.

Kopech twice topped 100 mph with his fastball, including a 102.6 mph pitch to Victor Scott II.

Miles Mikolas (8-10) gave up five runs in 5 2/3 innings as the Cardinals lost their fifth straight game. Mikolas, who has won just once since June 22, permitted seven hits and struck out seven.

Paul Goldschmidt tied it 2-all with a two-run homer into the right-field bullpen in the bottom of the second.

Masyn Winn’s solo homer in the third gave the Cardinals the lead, and Pedro Pagés’ leadoff home run in the fifth made it 4-2. Pagés’ drive was projected at 462 feet, the third-longest homer by a Cardinals player at Busch Stadium III in the Statcast era dating to 2015.



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