Cardinals Announce Nolan Arenado News Before Dodgers Game originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Sonny Gray and the St. Louis Cardinals blanked the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-0 on Friday night to open a three-game series at Busch Stadium. In fact, they put L.A. on the wrong side of MLB history dating back 10 years.

Facing a series of pitchers who don’t rely on velocity, the Dodgers have only scored 17 runs while losing four of their past six games. They went 1 for 13 with runners in scoring position in

Betts’ progress at the position has gone so well that he’s even working with Muncy on the finer points of his defense. Take Wednesday, as infield coach Chris Woodward chopped Muncy ground ball after ground ball to recreate the funky hop that a Starling Marte ground ball took in the fifth inning of Tuesday’s win over the Mets.

For the first time in a long time, Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Mookie Betts looks, dare we say it, mortal. Lost amid Shohei Ohtani's latest incredible season is Betts' relatively quiet numbers, at least by his standards.