Sometimes they have my back and then sometimes they struggle and I try to give what I’ve got for them, for the team.”The Cardinals appeared to have won the game in the eighth when Alec Burleson’s two-out comebacker ricocheted off reliever Ben Casparius to the right of the mound.

Saturday's victory over the Dodgers served as the latest example of how the Cardinals generate their scrappy style of baseball into wins.

Pinch-hitter Nolan Arenado hit a game-ending RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.