ST. LOUIS -- Seven Dodgers tallied RBIs and the bullpen came through with five innings of one-run ball as the Dodgers topped the Cardinals, 9-4, at Busch Stadium on Tuesday night, moving into first place in the National League West with the Rockies falling to the Mariners.
The Dodgers scored in nearly every which way, first getting on the board on a sacrifice fly to left in the third before Chase Utley hit a ground-rule double to cut the St. Louis lead to 3-2. The Dodgers added two more runs that inning on a single and an ensuing error before adding an additional three in the fifth -- two on walks with the bases loaded and another when Logan Forsythe beat out a potential inning-ending double-play ball at first.