St. Louis Cardinals vs Los Angeles Dodgers Match Player Stats On May 23, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 24, 2017

LOS ANGELES -- Logan Forsythe, back from the disabled list, hit a walk-off double in the 13th inning, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium.

Yasmani Grandal homered for the Dodgers (27-19), who won for the fifth time in the past six contests. Reliever Josh Fields (1-0) retired the side in the 13th for the win.

Forsythe, who struck out four times before drawing a walk in the 11th inning, doubled off Cardinals reliever Jonathan Broxton (0-1), scoring Enrique Hernandez, who had walked.

It was the first game in more than a month for Forsythe, who had been out due to fractured toe and a strained hamstring.

The Cardinals saw their nine-game road winning streak end. Overall, St. Louis (22-20) has dropped five of its past six games.

Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw fanned 10 in nine innings, walked none and allowed three hits but did not factor into the decision. Kershaw threw one wild pitch that resulted in the tying run for St. Louis in the ninth.

Randal Grichuk spoiled Kershaw's shutout bid. He singled to open the ninth and advanced to second on a groundout by pinch hitter Tommy Pham. Grichuk scored from second on a Kershaw's wild pitch that Grandal was unable to retrieve fast enough near the Dodgers' dugout, forcing extra innings.

Cardinals starter Lance Lynn struck out 10, walked two and yielded two hits in eight innings. He threw 123 pitches, 76 strikes, but also did not factor into the decision.

Lynn served up a 3-2 pitch to Grandal, who hammered it to center for a solo shot and a 1-0 Dodgers lead in the first inning. It was Grandal's fifth home run, four of them coming at home.

Dodgers center fielder Joc Pederson and right fielder Yasiel Puig collided when Puig tracked down a flyout by Yadier Molina in the top of the 10th inning. Both walked off the field under their own power, but Peterson departed the game with a neck strain.

NOTES: To clear a roster spot for the return of INF Logan Forsythe, the Dodgers optioned RHP Josh Ravin to Triple-A Oklahoma City. ... The Cardinals activated LHP Tyler Lyons and send down RHP Sam Tuivailala to Triple-A Memphis. ... 1B Matt Carpenter is one walk shy of reaching 400 in his career. Carpenter is attempting to become the fastest Cardinal to reach 400 walks (758 games currently) and beat former St. Louis 1B Albert Pujols's mark. Pujols drew his 400th walk in his 789th career game. ... Cardinals RHP Mike Leake (4-2, 2.03 ERA) will oppose Dodgers LHP Rich Hill (1-1, 2.77) in the second game of the three-game series on Wednesday.