Nolan Arenado delivered a pinch-hit RBI double in the ninth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals stifled the Los Angeles Dodgers’ offense for a second straight game in a 2-1 victory on Saturday. Nolan Gorman led off the ninth with a ground-rule double before being replaced with a pinch runner.

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.

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.