Shohei Ohtani homered for his 1,000th career hit and struck out a season-high eight in four innings on the mound, but the St. Louis Cardinals rallied to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3

Jordan Walker had a game-tying single in the eighth inning and Masyn Winn scored the go-ahead run on an error as the visiting St. Louis Cardinals rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday afternoon.

With the count being 1-1, Ohtani timed Cardinals pitcher Kyle Leahy 's 92 miles-per-hour sinker before winding his bat up to launch the ball 440 feet to center field into the stands to help gain Los Angeles' first lead of the game, 2-1.

The Los Angeles Dodgers will host the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday, and Shohei Ohtani will take the mound for the eighth time this season. He's pitched three innings in each of his last three starts,

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Its Wednesday, August 6 and the Cardinals (57-57) are in Los Angeles to take on the Dodgers (65-48). Matthew Liberatore is slated to take the mound for St. Louis against Shohei Ohtani for Los Angeles.