ST. LOUIS — Anything that didn’t threaten the supply of baseballs would have been an improvement. The Dodgers’ pitching staff cleared that low bar easily.
Tony Gonsolin and four relievers combined on a two-hit shutout as the Dodgers and Mookie Betts broke the game open with a three-run home run to beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-0, on Friday night.
A night after they combined for a Busch Stadium III record nine home runs — seven by the Cardinals — the closest anyone came to leaving the yard in the first seven innings was Paul Goldschmidt.
