Cardinals vs. Dodgers Game Highlights (4/30/23) | MLB Highlights

Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals on a beautiful Sunday afternoon at the ravine as the Dodgers go for the three game series sweep with Noah Syndergaard on the mound. The vibe with him is going to be find a swing and miss pitch. Find something to make him with that getting ahead throwing strikes. He does that all the time. New Bartlett lead off for St. Louis. It's ripped to the right side. Freddie was in perfect position one out Paul Goldschmidt now and a one for three Saturday. The first pitch in the center. James Altman doesn't have to move much. One pitch for the second out the twenty two year old Nolan Gorman another three to. High in the air to right field. Mookie Betts just in front of a warning track for a one two three first for Noah Syndergaard. Well Brad an interesting match up today for the Cardinals. You've got Jake Woodford who's an interesting case when he gets the ball on the ground. He's very effective when he makes a mistake it gets hit out of the ballpark and he's facing the top former hitting team in the National League today in L.A. Usually you have a speed demon like Freddie Freeman leading off Mookie Best. It's got that position today. One to rip to left center that will get down and one hop the wall. We don't double for Mookie Betts who's a triple away from a leadoff cycle and chances to get serious. Homer on Friday a single on Saturday and a double today Freddie Freeman three hits in the series hitting two ninety four for Los Angeles. Here it is. And Freeman chase that good pitch after the leadoff double strikeout ground out sets it up for Max Munsey. But to now fly ball right field pretty well track in the ballpark will hold it and that retires the side Wilson Contreras is one for seven in the series to homers eleven driven in for Wilson that ball is hammered in the left. Good start first Cardinal hit it comes with one out Contreras to support you know Wilson needed that one. He jumped on a sinker Alec Burleson the batter and a check swing. That's going to be a thing of beauty into the left field corner Contreras around second on his way to third. There'll be no throw to second and the Cardinals on a check swing are in business. Finally a break goes their way second and third one out. We were showing the graphic earlier about the hard hit balls with runners in scoring position Cardinals have nothing to show for it. Sometimes you just kind of stick the bat out and see what happens here. Now you've got to get a run here Dylan Carlson the batter high fly ball into left center Peralta and Altman converge. It'll be out and catch a running. There's the catch the tag throw to the plate is going to be up the line and the Cardinals score on a sack fly from Dylan Carlson it's one nothing. So Carlson's good series continues. That's his fifth RBI on the year and St. Louis strikes first. Now Brendan Donovan there's a line drive in a left center field that's going to make it to nothing. Burleson streaks around third and scores and the Cardinals get to get done with two outs six RBI for Donovan it's to nothing. But that has been a hallmark of this club. They don't give it with two outs the top two scoring teams in baseball with two are on the field right now the Dodgers and the Cardinals and change up goes the other way here by Donovan just stays down on it. Here's Altman this young man's off to an impressive start and he rips out one to the right side diving play and a throw to first excellent effort by Donovan to hold the bag. How did he catch that. Wow that saved a run. That was shades of Goldie over there by Donovan. First of all the play by Gorman is a great one. He ends up getting stuck there on the turf but ends up making a heck of a play. Man that is such a dangerous play. Athletic play second and first for the Cardinals to get that first down Jason Heyward did advance third three to pitch grounded to short. Heyward hustles home the Dodgers get one back. Now it's Carlson on first base Brendan Donovan at the plate ground ball Taylor's there spins and fires. It's a nice way to end the fourth inning. Keeps it a one run game one more time or back to back walks for the Dodgers to start the inning. Now he's facing someone with good plate discipline and Miguel Vargas that's grounded. Oh great play. Donovan steps on the bag for round number one. If he doesn't get that we've got big trouble. Vargas advances the runners but that diving play by Donovan who's made two outstanding efforts at first keeps the Cardinals in front. Now second and third one out David Peralta up bouncing to the right side. It's an out for Peralta but a run for the Dodgers to tie the game. James Altman at third Chris Taylor at the plate. Taylor reps one fair down the line into the corner and left the Dodgers have a three to lead. CT with a stand up double with two out the Cardinals with two runs and they happened with two outs. CT with the Dodgers they have a lot of two out RBI and he doesn't miss his opportunity. The scoreboard's been flipped here in the fourth. No Cinder guards now been handed a three to lead Cardinals and the nine one and two hitters up here in the top of the fifth inning that ball hammered toward right center field that ball's got a chance to get down it's going to it'll bounce off the fence. And there's a good start for the Cardinals Edmond with a lead off double and St. Louis looks to tie this game with the top of the order coming up. Newt Bars played Pepper with Freddie Freeman twice and he grounds that ball to the right side and throw for a base hit. Here comes Edmond around third here comes Betts his throw to the plate it's going to be late and back to back hits for the Redbirds tie this game in the fifth inning. Newt got the ground ball it found a hole. Tommy Edmond was on the jump as soon as this ball was hit and the Cardinals fight right back. You love it. Thompson back to work for his first full inning. He'll face Smith Muncie and Hayward and pops this one up Donovan shielding his eyes long run back to the infield Staggers can't make the play ball drops throw to second is going to be late. Donovan tough play trying to catch it over the shoulder. Good hustle by Smith the entire time on that ball as it drops. And just like that leaping off an inning with another runner at second base the blue double and the lefty lefty matchups turn into two walks and L.A. has loaded the bases with nobody out and now Altman is coming up goes with a hammer and breaks it down and on three pitches Altman is out number one. That's going to be it for Thompson as Burr Hagan is ready but a big strikeout there. The Dodgers and Cardinals are tied at three. How long will the scoreboard stay that way. Now it's two to one Vargas look out bounces for the backstop Smith trots home L.A. back in front Peralta with a pair of groundouts one score to run to tie the game at two on the ground right side could be to no it won't be to David Peralta uses the right side of the infield which is the harder way to turn to get it done fly out in a double bounce back. Ninety three. So if you're wondering why the crowd is going nuts dad's making plays nice a beverage a baby and a baseball that is going national for against Yamada hoping that he can kind of repeat what she did to God Harris pokes it to right. That's a one two three eight inning for Yancey Almonte still five three L.A. chance for more when we come back with runners at second and third they brought the infield in the count was three and on they said Freddy why don't you just take first base and an open base you can understand that base is loaded for L.A. and Will Smith will goes after the first pitch on a line and Carlson didn't know to do it first brings in the out that Smith brings in a run now six to three Dodgers now extended the lead to three Evan Phillips has the ball in the ninth inning lost today for St. Louis would mean a bad kind of history would match the 1972 Cardinals for the franchise second worst twenty nine game start the expansion era so that goes back to 1961 right to Freddy steps on first for one they got to that's a win and a sweep for L.A. six three the final defense pitching offense and while another good day for the bullpen.