Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas lasted just three innings Tuesday, Aug. 5, as the Los Angeles Dodgers struck early and held off St Louis 12-6 at Dodger Stadium.

Mikolas was victimized by the long ball, giving up two home runs to Max Muncy and another to Teoscar Hernández. A sacrifice fly in the first brought home Shohei Ohtani, followed by Muncy’s first home run. The Cardinals would tie the game with a home run of their own, a two-run shot to right-center field by Nolan Gorman. After the Dodgers’ two home runs in the third, the offenses cooled until the seventh, when the Cardinals strung together three singles to score Nolan Gorman.

However, the Dodgers would respond with five runs, starting with a single from Muncy and then a three-run home run by Hernández. Andy Pages delivered a double, then scored on Alex Freeland’s single. Willson Contreras led off the eighth with a home run, and the Cardinals would add two in the ninth off a wild pitch and sacrifice fly, but it would be too little too late, and offset by RBIs in the bottom of the eighth from Freddy Freeman and Michael Conforto.

Mikolas took his ninth loss of the year, allowing five runs on seven hits with one walk and one strikeout. Ryan Fernandez and Andre Granillo combined to allow the remaining seven runs on eight hits, with two walks.

The Cardinals drop to 57-58 and will wrap up their series at Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon when Matthew Liberatore gets the start. The Dodgers will send Ohtani to start, with first pitch at 3:10 p.m.