Kenta Maeda went into Thursday’s start against the St. Louis Cardinals looking to establish some momentum and rhythm in his return from the disabled list. The early results weren’t encouraging, but Maeda settled in and the Los Angeles Dodgers came away with a win in the rubber match.
Dexter Fowled led off the first inning with a base hit, and Tommy Pham followed with a walk to immediately put Maeda in a bit of a jam. He struck out Matt Carpenter but surrendered a two-run double to Jedd Gyorko. Yadier Molina tacked on an RBI single.
An Aledmys Diaz double and intentional walk of Kolten Wong loaded the bases with two outs.