Recap: Dodgers End 4-Game Losing Streak & Avoid Sweep Vs. Cardinals

The Los Angeles Dodgers entered today with a four-game losing streak and a chance to be swept by the St. Louis Cardinals as they wrapped up their series.

But they did enough to end the losing streak as they head out of St. Louis to face the Houston Astros and, hopefully, start a winning streak.

Dodgers 4, Cardinals 1: key takeaways

Justin Wrobleski continues breakout season

Justin Wrobleski entered the game as one of the Dodgers’ most consistent and best starters this season, and continued to be exactly that. The southpaw pitched six scoreless innings and pitched out of a few jams.

Wrobleki gave up six hits and walked one, but he didn’t record a strikeout in the game. He became the first Dodgers starting pitcher to throw six scoreless innings without striking out a hitter since Jamie Arnold did so on May 5, 1999, in his first career start.

However, Arnold struck out two in the seventh inning, making Mike Morgan in 1991 the last Dodgers starting pitcher to go at least six scoreless innings without a strikeout in the game.

Wrobleski is now 5-0 with a 1.25 ERA this season, but as a starting pitcher only, he has a 0.56 ERA.

Following Wrobleski, Will Klein pitched 1.2 innings, allowing one run with two outs in the eighth before Blake Treinen got out of the inning. Tanner Scott recorded the save, and picked up the first strikeout of the day for the Dodgers’ pitching staff.

Dodgers offense produces enough

Although the Dodgers’ offense remained quiet overall, they did enough to win the game, thanks partly to the shutout from Wrobleski and the pitching staff. They scored their first two runs of the game in the second inning to give them an early lead, and another in the fifth and ninth innings to add some insurance.

Kyle Tucker led off the second inning with a double, and Max Muncy followed with a walk. Tucker scored the first run of the game on a double from Andy Pages, and Muncy scored when Hyeseong Kim singled.

Freddie Freeman drove in Kim during the fifth inning after Kim reached on a single, and Alex Call pinch hit and singled home Pages in the ninth.

The Dodgers also grounded into four double plays this game after hitting into four yesterday. They’ve now hit into 31 this season, second most in MLB behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Dodgers home run drought continues

Once again, the Dodgers failed to hit a home run today, making it six games straight without leaving the yard. Their last home run came on April 26 when Shohei Ohtani slugged a solo shot in the seventh inning of a 6-0 win against the Chicago Cubs.