Dodgers Manage 2 Hits In Loss To Cardinals
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Carlos Martinez wiped away tears during a pregame tribute to late teammate Oscar Taveras, then pitched one-hit ball for seven shutout innings to lead the St. Louis Cardinals over the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 Sunday.
Jhonny Peralta homered and drove in all three runs for the Cardinals.
On the one-year anniversary of Taveras' major league debut, his family was on the field to honor him. Taveras and his girlfriend were killed in a car accident in his native Dominican Republic in October.
Martinez was close friends with Taveras, and is wearing the outfielder's No. 18 this season.
Martinez (5-2) struck out eight and extended his scoreless-inning streak to 20 1-3.
Trevor Rosenthal earned his 15th save in 16 tries. Justin Turner was ejected by plate umpire Marty Foster for arguing after looking at strike three to end the game.
The Cardinals improved to 20-6 at Busch Stadium, the best home start in team history.
Joc Pederson hit his 13th homer in the Dodgers eighth. He tied Orlando Cepeda (1958) for second place for the most homers by a rookie through the month of May -- Albert Pujols hit 16 in 2001.
Brett Anderson (2-3) took the loss.
Peralta's two-run homer in the first inning was his eighth this season, matching Matt Carpenter for the team lead.
Base running blunders cost the Cardinals in three innings.
Anderson picked off Jason Heyward in the second and Peter Bourjos in the fifth. Randal Grichuk was doubled off at first on a fly ball to right in the third.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Dodgers: LHP Paco Rodriguez (elbow) was placed on the 15-day disabled list and RHP Matt West was recalled from Triple A-Oklahoma City.
Cardinals: OF Matt Holliday (flu) was a late scratch from the lineup and was replaced by Bourjos. Holliday missed Friday's game and was taken out of Saturday's game after extending his streak of reaching safely in 44 games to start the season.
UP NEXT
Dodgers: RHP Clayton Kershaw (3-3, 3.86 ERA) will start a four-game set at Colorado on Monday and is undefeated in his last eight starts against the Rockies going 7-0 with a 2.63 ERA during that stretch.
Cardinals: LHP Jaime Garcia (1-1, 3.46 ERA) will try improve on a 6-3 career record against the Brewers as the Cardinals continue their homestand against Milwaukee on Monday.
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