![]() ![]() ![]() Pinch-hitter Brendan Donovan followed with a hard line drive toward center, but Taylor was positioned perfectly to make the inning-ending catch. With Will Smith and Max Muncy back in the lineup, Miguel Vargas and Mookie Betts lift the Dodgers to a 7-3 win over the struggling St. Louis threatened off reliever Evan Phillips in the eighth when Andrew Knizner walked and shortstop Chris Taylor couldn’t field Lars Nootbar’s hard grounder to his right cleanly, an error that put a Cardinals runner on second for the first time.ĭodgers Miguel Vargas and Mookie Betts power Dodgers to victory over Cardinals “You learn from players once they have a little bit of struggle, but our expectation is that James is going to be just fine.”Ĭarlson, the Cardinals center fielder, prevented the Dodgers from adding to their lead when he made a spectacular over-the-shoulder, behind-the-head, Jim Edmonds-like catch on the warning track to rob Mookie Betts in the fifth inning. ![]() “It’s been a tough few days for James, but even today, he came in fresh and positive, expecting something good to happen, as opposed to kind of running away and hiding,” Roberts said before the game. ![]() Outman also lined a single to center in the fourth, easing concerns that the hot-hitting rookie might be in his first slump. So it seemed risky for the Dodgers to entrust the spot to him this season. Miguel Vargas made only 27 starts at second base in five minor league seasons. Dodgers With Miguel Vargas at second base, Dodgers have ‘an expectation he will get better’ ![]()
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