ST. LOUIS

By WARREN MAYESAssociated Press

Jordan Walker was 4-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the two-time defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3 on Friday night. Walker raised his average to .308, and also scored twice to help the Cardinals to their fourth consecutive victory. The Dodgers lost their third straight game. Shohei Ohtani was 0 for 5 with a strikeout. Nolan Gorman hit a two-run homer and Alec Burleson added a solo shot for St. Louis. Matthew Liberatore (1-1) rebounded from his worst outing of the season by allowing two runs on four hits in 5 2/3 innings.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jordan Walker was 4-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the two-time defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3 on Friday night.

Walker raised his average to .308, and also scored twice to help the Cardinals to their fourth consecutive victory. St. Louis ended a three-game home losing streak.

The Dodgers lost their third straight game. Shohei Ohtani was 0 for 5 with a strikeout.

Nolan Gorman hit a two-run homer and Alec Burleson added a solo shot for St. Louis. Iván Herrera and Masyn Winn, who also was hit by a pitch, each had two hits and the Cardinals finished with 12.

Matthew Liberatore (1-1) rebounded from his worst outing of the season by allowing two runs on four hits in 5 2/3 innings.

The Cardinals scored four runs on eight hits off Emmet Sheehan (2-1). He struck out eight with no walks.

Walker’s double in the seventh drove in two runs off Edgardo Henriquez. He scored on a fielder’s choice to make it 7-2.

Dodgers RHP Roki Saski (1-2, 6.35) was set to face RHP Michael McGreevy (1-2, 2.97) on Saturday night.

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