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- Max Muncy and Teoscar Hernandez each homer twice, lead Dodgers past Cardinals 12-6</p>
<p>JILL PAINTER LOPEZ August 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM</p>
<p>1 / 5Cardinals Dodgers BaseballLos Angeles Dodgers' Max Muncy gets showered with seeds at the dugout after a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jayne Kamin-Oncea)</p>
<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Muncy and Teoscar Hernandez each homered twice and Mookie Betts had three hits as the Los Angeles Dodgers shook off their offensive struggles with a 12-6 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night.</p>
<p>Muncy, in just his second game following a month-long break due to a bone bruise injury from a collision, went 4 for 5 with four RBIs and three runs scored. In his first game back on Monday, Muncy went 0 for 3 with a walk.</p>
<p>Muncy hit his first home run off Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas 416 feet to right field. In the third inning, he hit his homer 404 feet.</p>
<p>Hernandez was 4 for 5 with four RBI and two runs scored for the NL West-leading Dodgers.</p>
<p>The Dodgers (66-48) had three extra-base hits in the first inning, matching the total number of hits they had against the Cardinals on Monday. They had 17 hits Tuesday.</p>
<p>Shohei Ohtani finished with two hits and three runs scored.</p>
<p>Nolan Gorman hit a two-run homer in the second inning for the Cardinals.</p>
<p>Mikolas (6-9) was chased after three innings after allowing five earned runs. The Cardinals bullpen struggled, too, allowing six earned runs.</p>
<p>Dodgers starter Emmet Sheehan (3-2), who was called up to be part of a six-man rotation that will last at least one more week, allowed four hits and no runs in five innings. He struck out five and walked one.</p>
<p>Key moment</p>
<p>Muncy and Hernandez hit back-to-back home runs in the third to give the Dodgers a 5-2 lead. It was the first time the Dodgers had players hit consecutive homers since Ohtani and Betts did it against Arizona on May 18.</p>
<p>Key stat</p>
<p>Betts doubled in the third to snap a 0 for 22 hitless streak. He finished with three hits and a walk.</p>
<p>Up next</p>
<p>Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (6-9, 3.96 ERA) will face Dodgers RHP Ohtani (0-0, 2.40), who will make his eighth appearance of the season in a day game Wednesday.</p>
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