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Now back home, the Dodgers immediately got involved in a pitchers’ duel with the Cardinals, as Tyler Glasnow and Sonny Gray both shoved to keep things tied late, which is when both teams promptly exchanged runs. Unfortunately, the Cardinals got the last run in a 3-2 loss.
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As mentioned, the pitching matchup took center stage tonight, and it was Tyler Glasnow who relented first. After he worked around a one-out single and steal in the 1st, Masyn Winn started the scoring with a homer in the 2nd to put the Cardinals up 1-0.
Masyn is mashing in LA! pic.twitter.com/g8cqnqwdww
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) August 5, 2025
A single and walk followed as Glasnow lost command for a bit, but he managed to settle back in and dominate. He retired the next six batters, took a break to issue one (1) walk, and then retired the last 11 batters he faced.
Glasnow is looking like the guy they traded/paid for at the right time: 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 7 K, 101 Pitches.
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Meanwhile, the Dodgers were getting even less against Sonny Gray. They had two baserunners against him through seven innings, so there wasn’t much to write about.
One of those was runners was a lone walk, but fortunately, the other was Freddie Freeman‘s 13th homer of the year in the 4th to tie the game up at 1-1.
Freddie ties it! pic.twitter.com/XLmuwekPtw
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 5, 2025
Not great!
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Also not great? Anthony Banda in the 8th starting things by getting a pair of outs, then for whatever reason throwing sliders three out of four pitches to Ivan Herrera, the last of which was drilled for a homer to center to put the Cardinals up 2-1.
Iván Herrera blasts us into the lead! pic.twitter.com/LG9kuH1Zkx
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) August 5, 2025
Fortunately, the same was true the other way as well for the Cardinals pen. As a Teoscar Hernandez lead-off double started an 8th-inning rally … plus the new celly.
That celly … lol. pic.twitter.com/8w00L8Mwhq
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) August 5, 2025
Michael Conforto then grounded out to advance pinch-runner Esteury Ruiz to third, and an Andy Pages groundout scored him to tie the game up at 2-2.
After a Teoscar lead-off double, a pair of productive groundouts from Conforto and Pages now has the Dodgers down by just five. pic.twitter.com/TssMiVm54I
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) August 5, 2025
Brock Stewart then entered for the 9th, and he honestly got unlucky, giving up a jam-shot single and a groundball single that found a hole to corner the runners. He then bounced back with a foul out and a strikeout, but another single flared to the opposite field to make it 3-2 Cardinals.
POZO IN THE 9TH! pic.twitter.com/2PCLv2jDQx
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) August 5, 2025
For the Dodgers, it was a Shohei Ohtani single to lead off the 9th, but a comeback attempt was stifled when Lars Nootbaar made a stellar catch on a Mookie Betts blooper. A Freeman strikeout followed, but Will Smith walked and Max Muncy worked a full count before a lineout ended the attempt.
After the Dodgers get blooped to death in the 9th, a stellar catch and a liner finds a glove to end their comeback attempt. pic.twitter.com/NaS3HcpygR
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) August 5, 2025
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| NL West | Record | GB |
|---|---|---|
| Dodgers | 65-48 | – |
| Padres | 62-50* | 2.5 |
The two teams will do it again at thankfully the same evening time of 4:10 PM HT/7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET, and it’ll be on MLB Network. The matchup will be Emmet Sheehan looking to anchor a rotation spot against Miles Mikolas.
