Thomas Saggese hit two home runs and scored three times as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 13-8 at Dodger Stadium. St. Louis scored in six innings, including five runs in the third and two more in the fourth, turning an early 2-0 advantage into a 9-3 lead. The Dodgers scored three times in the ninth, but the deficit built by the Cardinals was too large to erase.

Saggese went 2-for-3 with two homers and three RBIs, providing the Cardinals' most decisive offensive performance. Jordan Walker added a 3-for-5 line with a home run, two RBIs and two runs, while Ivan Herrera went 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs. Together, the middle of St. Louis' order kept creating traffic and converting it into runs; the Cardinals scored five in the third, two in the fourth, and two more in the eighth to control the game's competitive arc.

Michael McGreevy worked five innings for St. Louis, striking out four while allowing four earned runs. He was not dominant, but his five innings gave the Cardinals enough length to preserve their offensive advantage. Los Angeles answered with four runs across the third and fifth innings and later scored once in the seventh before its three-run ninth, but the Dodgers never matched the Cardinals' sustained production. Mookie Betts led Los Angeles with two hits, four RBIs and a run, and Tommy Edman collected three hits and an RBI, yet those contributions arrived inside a lineup that could not prevent St. Louis from extending the lead each time the Dodgers narrowed it.

The victory moved St. Louis to 69-70 and showed the Cardinals can win at Dodger Stadium by forcing a high-volume offensive game rather than relying on a clean pitching performance. Los Angeles fell to 82-56 after allowing 13 runs and spending most of the night chasing the game; the late ninth-inning rally improved the margin but did not change the result. For the Dodgers, the next priority is sharper run prevention before another deficit overwhelms the lineup's ability to respond.