by Los Angeles (AP) -Max Muncy and Teoscar Hernandez each homeed twice and Mookie Betts had three hits when the Los Angeles Dodgers shaked their attacking struggles on Tuesday evening with a 12-6 victory over St. Louis Cardinals.
Muncy, in just his second game after a one -month break due to a bone blue injury due to a collision, went 4 for 5 with four RBIs and three points scored. In his first game on Monday, Muncy 0 went for 3 with a walk.
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Muncy hit his first home run on cardinals starter Miles Mikolas 416 feet to the right field. In the third inning he hit his Homer 404 feet.
Hernandez was 4 for 5 with four RBI and two points scored for the NL West-leading Dodgers.
The Dodgers (66-48) had three extra basehits in the first inning, whereby the total number of hits corresponded to had the cardinals on Monday. They had 17 hits on Tuesday.
Shohei Ohtani ended with two hits and three scored points.
Nolan Gorman hit a two-run Homer in the second inning for the cardinals.
Mikolas (6-9) was chased after three innings after he had allowed five points earned. The cardinals Bullpen also struggled, making six earned runs possible.
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Dodgers Starter Emmet Sheehan (3-2), who was called to be part of a six-man rotation that will last at least one week, allowed four hits and no runs in five innings. He threw five out and walked one.
Important moment
Muncy and Hernandez hit back-to-back home runs in the third to give the Dodgers a 5-2 lead. It was the first time that the Dodgers had hit players on successive homers since Ohtani and Betts did against Arizona on 18 May.
Key Stat
Betts doubled in the third to break a 0 for 22 Hitless Streak. He ended with three hits and a walk.
Next
Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (6-9, 3.96 ERA) will be confronted with Dodgers RHP Ohtani (0-0, 2.40), which will make his eighth appearance of the season on Wednesday in a day game.
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