Game result and context
Cardinals rally past Dodgers 8-6 in 10 innings, move to 70-70 and sit 3.5 games back in wild-card race
The St. Louis Cardinals scored three runs in the top of the 10th inning and held on to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-6 in Game 2 of a three-game series. Freddie Freeman's three-run homer in the first gave Los Angeles an early cushion, but Thomas Saggese and Leo Bernal homered as St. Louis chipped back, tied the game in the eighth and pulled ahead in extra innings. The Cardinals are 70-70, and the Dodgers are 82-57.
Final result
The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-6 in 10 innings on September 2, 2026, at UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium. Attendance was 45,900.
The win moved St. Louis to 70-70. Los Angeles fell to 82-57.
How the game changed
The game turned in the top of the 10th, when the Cardinals put up three runs to break a tie. The Dodgers answered with one run in the bottom half, which was not enough.
Los Angeles had control early. Freddie Freeman hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the first, and the score held through five innings.
St. Louis got going in the sixth. Thomas Saggese hit a two-run homer in the top half, and Mookie Betts answered with a two-run shot for the Dodgers in the bottom half. Leo Bernal's two-run homer in the seventh cut the deficit to one. The Cardinals tied it with a run in the eighth, and neither team scored in the ninth.
Key performances
Saggese led the Cardinals with 2 hits in 4 at-bats, 2 runs, a homer and 3 RBI. Joshua Báez had 2 hits in 2 at-bats with a run scored and 2 RBI. Bernal finished with 1 hit in 4 at-bats, a run, a homer and 2 RBI.
For the Dodgers, Freeman had 2 hits in 2 at-bats, a run and 3 RBI. Betts had 2 hits in 6 at-bats, a run, a homer and 2 RBI. Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched 7.0 innings with 8 strikeouts and allowed 4 earned runs.
Each team hit two home runs.
Season and playoff context
The Cardinals are third in their division, 17.0 games back, with a division elimination number of 6. They rank sixth in the wild-card race, 3.5 games back, with a wild-card elimination number of 17. This regular-season win kept them in that race.
The Dodgers still lead their division. Their magic number is 14.
Series context
This was Game 2 of a three-game regular-season series between the teams in Los Angeles.