LOS ANGELES. – Cody Bellinger had a grand slam and six RBIs during an 11-run first inning, and the rolled to a 14-3 victory at home Wednesday against the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Dodgers sent 14 batters to the plate in the inning and didn’t make their first out until No. 9 hitter Walker Buehler struck out. Los Angeles had scored six times by then.
It was the most runs in any inning for the Dodgers since moving to Los Angeles in 1958 and the largest inning since the Brooklyn Dodgers scored 15 in one frame in 1952. The Dodgers scored 11 runs in the first inning of Game 3 in the National League Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves last season.
Cardinals starter Carlos Martinez (3-5) recorded just two outs, giving up 10 runs on six hits with four walks and one strikeout. The outing set a Dodger Stadium record for most runs allowed by a starter in less than a full inning of work.
Athletics 6, Mariners 0
Sean Manaea pitched a four-hit shutout as Oakland defeated host Seattle.
Mitch Moreland homered for the A’s, who won the final two games of the series after dropping the opener. Manaea (4-2), a left-hander, walked two and struck out eight in his second career nine-inning complete game. The other came on April 21, 2018, when he no-hit the Boston Red Sox.
Mariners right-hander Chris Flexen (5-3) gave up five runs on seven hits in six innings, with one walk and three strikeouts. Flexen retired the side in order in the first two innings before running into trouble in the third, when the A’s scored five runs. — Reuters
