Dodgers Win In 13 Over Cardinals, Cubs Beat Giants

By ESPN

Logan Forsythe batted in the Los Angeles Dodgers lineup for the first time in a month and promptly struck out in his first four at-bats.

After getting a few extra innings to find his stroke, the infielder put a celebratory cap on his return.

Forsythe doubled in a run in the 13th inning to lift the Dodgers over the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 on Tuesday night after a stellar duel between starters Clayton Kershaw and Lance Lynn.

Forsythe returned from a DL stint with a broken toe and didn't put a ball in play over the first nine innings. He walked in the 11th, then delivered the winning hit in the 13th, a double off Jonathan Broxton (0-1) that scored Enrique Hernandez.

"You try not to focus on the negatives," Forsythe said of his early at-bats. "My swing didn't feel too bad. Something was a tick off. Lance has always had my number when I've faced him before. Yeah, I was just trying to make adjustments. I looked at some video. Not a huge video guy. Luckily, the adjustment was made and was able to deliver for the team."

Kershaw and Lynn struck out 10 batters and allowed a run each, with Kershaw going nine innings and Lynn pitching eight. The Cardinals got just three hits against Kershaw, and the Dodgers had two off Lynn, including Yasmani Grandal's homer in the first inning.

Kershaw missed out on what would have been his majors-leading eighth victory when Randal Grichuk scored from second on a wild pitch in the ninth inning. Catcher Grandal failed to block the ball in the dirt and then couldn't track down the misfire, eventually finding the ball near the Dodger dugout as Grichuk sprinted home.

"Tough pitch to block, obviously," Kershaw said. "You hope it's just a wild pitch. Just unfortunate. There's no way else to put it. The way it bounced, where it ended up. Two bases on a wild pitch, that's no fun."

Josh Fields (1-0) pitched the 13th for Los Angeles.

Joc Pederson left the game after a frightening collision with Yasiel Puig in the 10th inning. Puig made a running catch of Yadier Molina's flyball in the right-center gap before crashing into Pederson, and his left elbow appeared to catch Pederson in the side of the head. Pederson's hat and glove went flying as the center fielder slammed face-first into the outfield wall.

Puig monetarily remained on his feet, raising his glove to show he had caught the ball before grabbing his chest and dropping to the track.

Both players stayed down for a few moments, and Pederson appeared to have blood on his forehead when he finally stood. Pederson, who the Dodgers said suffered a neck sprain, was lifted for pinch-hitter Chris Taylor in the bottom of the inning, then replaced in center by Hernandez in the 11th. Puig returned to the outfield for the next inning.

"My neck is a little stiff. We'll see (Wednesday)," Pederson said. "I already did some treatment (Tuesday night). I'll come back (Wednesday) and see where I'm at."

Pederson narrowly avoided a scary collision in the seventh inning, when he and left fielder Cody Bellinger bumped each other while chasing a ball in the left-center gap.

Grandal homered to center, his fifth of the year, on a full count with two outs in the first inning.

"When it's all said and done, I made one mistake and it cost me a run," Lynn said. "But you know it's a solo homer, and you know you limit it at that and you're able to get deep in the game and give your team a chance to win."

Cubs 4, Giants 1

Once Jon Lester waited out the rain, it was mostly smooth sailing for the rest of the night.

Not so much for Johnny Cueto.

Lester pitched a four-hitter for Chicago's first complete game of the season, and the Cubs beat Cueto and the San Francisco Giants 4-1 on Tuesday in a rematch of last year's playoff opener.

"Jon Lester, that's classic stuff," manager Joe Maddon said. "He just kept getting better."

Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run homer as Chicago improved to 5-2 on its nine-game home stand. Kyle Schwarber and Jason Heyward also connected, helping the Cubs bounce back from their 6-4 loss to the Giants on Monday night.

Lester and Cueto hooked up in a memorable pitchers' duel in Game 1 of the NL Division Series last October, with Chicago winning 1-0 on Javier Baez's eighth-inning homer. The Cubs eliminated the Giants in four games and went on to their first World Series title in 108 years.

Lester (3-2) was sharp once again in the low-profile reunion. Cueto (4-4) was just OK, striking out eight in six innings, but surrendering Chicago's three homers.

"Long ball got him tonight," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "It's a little uncommon for Johnny to make mistakes like that but still. You'd like to think he could make a mistake and get away with it but he didn't tonight."

Cueto said he was bothered by blisters on his middle and index fingers. But the veteran right-hander said he wanted to take his next turn in the rotation.

"To skip a start I really have to not throw anymore," he said through an interpreter.

Brandon Crawford doubled in Buster Posey in the fifth, and that was it for the Giants. Lester retired the side in order in the ninth, getting Christian Arroyo to foul out to left on his 99th pitch for the final out.

"It's a hard thing to do now, so yeah, I mean there's always that gratification to go out there and finish it and walk off and shake everybody's hand as they come off the field," Lester said.

San Francisco dropped to 3-2 on its seven-game trip to St. Louis and Chicago. It had won eight of 10 overall.

The start of the game was delayed 65 minutes by rain. After the first four batters struck out, Schwarber drove a 3-2 pitch from Cueto over the bleachers in right and onto Sheffield Avenue for his seventh homer.

"You know when you get jammed and you know when you hit off the end and you know when you hit barrel, because you don't feel it as much," Schwarber said. "So it was a good feeling today."

Heyward added another solo shot into the basket in right in the second, and Rizzo's ninth homer made it 4-0 in the fourth.

It was more than enough for Lester, who struck out 10 and walked none in his 15th career complete game. His previous longest outing of the season was seven innings, on April 16 against Pittsburgh and May 7 against the New York Yankees.

Diamondbacks 5, White Sox 4

For the first time in nearly four years, the Arizona Diamondbacks are nine games over .500.

And every win, it seems, has a different player leading the way.

Reliever J.J. Hoover filled that role in Tuesday night's 5-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox.

The right-hander came on with one out and the bases loaded in the eighth inning and struck out Kevan Smith and Yolmer Sanchez to preserve the one-run lead.

"He had a great fastball tonight, a lot of life on it," catcher Chris Herrmann said. "We kind of just stuck with it. We threw a couple of sliders just to keep the hitters honest, and they really didn't have a chance catching up with his fastball."

Hoover, who traced his success to an alteration in his mechanics, said the early-season Arizona performance is based on "our unity."

"Everybody's got everybody's back," he said. "We have a singular focus and that's what's going on here."

Jake Lamb and Herrmann homered in the Diamondbacks' seventh win in eight games.

Patrick Corbin (4-4) settled down after a tough start to get the victory. The left-hander went six innings plus one batter, allowing three runs and scattering eight hits.

Chicago rookie Dylan Covey (0-4), still looking for his first big-league win after eight starts, left the game with one out in the third inning with left oblique soreness.

The same injury sidelined him most of last season.

"Where I am at now after doing some ice and stuff, I feel a lot better compared to last year," Covey said. "I could hardly move last year so I'm trying to stay optimistic and hopefully it will be a short recovery."

Jose Abreu cut the lead to 5-4 with a leadoff home run of Jorge De La Rosa to start the eighth, his 100th career homer

"This is something real special for me," he said, "something that you really appreciate. I am thankful to all of the people that helped me reach this milestone. It is not something I did by myself."

All nine of his home runs this season have come on the road.

Fernando Rodney pitched a perfect ninth for his 11th save in 13 tries.

Melky Cabrera and Todd Frazier also homered for Chicago.

The White Sox fell to 3-6 with one to go in a 10-game road trip.

Arizona jumped on Covey in a hurry.

Rey Fuentes led off with a single and, after one out and scored when Paul Goldschmidt lashed a triple to the right-center gap. Lamb, the reigning NL player of the week, hit a 1-1 slider into the right-field seats for his 12th home run of the season and it was 3-0.

Cabrera led off the second with a home run to make it 3-1 and Herrmann countered with an opposite-field shot into the Arizona bullpen and the Diamondbacks led 4-1.

Corbin retired the first two batters in the third but Leury Garcia singled and Frazier sent a 1-1 fastball over the swimming pool beyond right field to slice the lead to 4-3.

Yasmany Tomas singled and scored from first on Brandon Drury's double to boost the lead to 5-3 in the fourth.

Tomas, not known for his defense, robbed Frazier with a diving grab in left field to end the fifth.

Tuesday, May 23 Scoreboard

Chicago Cubs 4, San Francisco 1

Minnesota 2, Baltimore 0

Kansas City 6, New York Yankees 2

Washington 10, Seattle 1

Colorado 8, Philadelphia 2

Boston 11, Texas 6

Cleveland 8, Cincinnati 7

New York Mets 9, San Diego 3

Los Angeles Angels 4, Tampa Bay 0

Atlanta 6, Pittsburgh 5

Toronto 4,  Milwaukee 3

Houston 6, Detroit 2

Arizona 5, Chicago White  Sox 4

Los Angeles Dodgers 2, St. Louis 1 (F/13)

Miami 11, Oakland 9

Wednesday, May 24 Schedule (All Times Central)

Minnesota at Baltimore, 11:35 a.m.

Toronto at Milwaukee, 12:10 p.m.

Miami at Oakland, 2:35 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Arizona, 2:40 p.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 5:10 p.m.

Kansas City at New York Yankees, 6:05 p.m.

Seattle at Washington, 6:05 p.m.

Colorado at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.

Texas at Boston, 6;10 p.m.

San Diego at New York Mets, 6:10 p.m.

Los Angeles Angels at Tampa Bay, 6:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Atlanta, 6:35 p.m.

San Francisco at Chicago Cubs, 7:05 p.m.

Detroit at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Los Angeles Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.