The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-0 in the first game of their weekend series. Heading into Saturday's matchup, the Cardinals had their work cut out for them against Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto , a National League Cy Young candidate. In a close game, St. Louis closer Ryan Helsley allowed Shohei Ohtani to tie the game on a wild pitch. Lucky for him, Nolan Arenado came off the bench and hit a walk-off single against Ben Casparius to win the game 2-1.

Arenado's walk-off hit was not his first of the season. The former All-Star hit a walk-off home run to give the Cardinals a win over the Milwaukee Brewers earlier this season. Amid hearing his own name in trade rumors, Arenado came through in the clutch yet again. His walk-off RBI single keeps the Cardinals

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