St. Louis, MO – Andre Ethier and Skip Schumaker each collected three hits and four RBI, as the Los Angeles Dodgers pounded out 18 hits in a 13-4 rout of the St. Louis Cardinals Wednesday in the third portion of a four-game series at Busch Stadium.
Carl Crawford finished 4-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored, while Jerry Hairston plated a pair of runs to help the Dodgers bounce back from Tuesday's setback that snapped their franchise-record 15-game road winning streak.
Ricky Nolasco (8-9) earned the victory after giving up three unearned runs on seven hits over five frames.
Matt Carpenter and Daniel Descalso registered an RBI and a run scored apiece for the Cardinals, who have lost three of their last five games.
Jake Westbrook, who was slated to start Thursday's series finale, was forced into action after starter Shelby Miller was injured after just two pitches when he took a Crawford liner off his right elbow.
Westbrook (7-7) was tagged for nine runs on 13 hits over 4 2/3 innings to absorb the loss.
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