Sosa's bat, O'Neill's glove lift Cardinals over Dodgers 3-2

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Edmundo Sosa hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning, Tyler O'Neill made a running catch for the final out and the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 Tuesday night.

It was a rewarding victory for the Cardinals, who found out before the game that John Flaherty, their ace right-hander, will be sidelined for a while due to what manager Mike Shildt termed a “significant” oblique injury.

“Nobody hung their heads. We found a way to get it done. Grit is a high compliment for this team,” Shildt said.

O’Neill led off the ninth with a single against Blake Treinen (1-2) and stole second base. He scored when Sosa hit a sharp grounder into left field. Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner was playing in near the infield grass and was unable to get a glove on the ball.

The Dodgers had a chance in the ninth after pinch-hitter Yoshi Tsutsugo drew a two-out walk and advanced to second on Cody Bellinger's single. Mookie Betts then lined a ball to the warning track in left, but O'Neill made a leaping grab to give Alex Reyes his 16th save.

“Those are just go get ’em plays, just full throttle,” O'Neill said. “I got a good first step on it. I knew I had to go get it. It was either going to be at the track, at the wall or over the wall. That's where I was going. I was timing my jump and it all kind of lined up.”

John Gant threw six shutout innings, but the right-hander did not factor in the decision after Matt Beaty's two-run homer in the seventh off Giovanny Gallegos (3-1) tied it.

Tommy Edman and Dylan Carlson each had two hits and made great defensive plays in the sixth. Edman made a leaping catch at second base to snag Max Muncy's line drive that had a hit probability of 91% according to MLB Statcast.

With runners on second and third, Carlson...

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