The Cardinals broke a tie with three runs against the Dodgers bullpen in the seventh inning, sending Los Angeles to a 5-2 defeat on Sunday night to prevent a weekend sweep at Dodger Stadium.
The Dodgers used three pitchers to get three outs in the seventh inning, and issued two intentional walks to help stoke the flames, though none of the three runs might have scored were it not for an unfortunate bounce on one of baseball's most instinctual plays.
Louis Coleman got the first out of the seventh, then gave way to southpaw J.