St. Louis Cardinals Jhonny Peralta signals to the dugout after hitting a RBI single in the eighth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on May 31, 2015. Peralta had all three RBI’s in the win over Los Angeles 3-1. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
The Cardinals took two out of three from the Los Angeles Dodgers after Jhonny Peralta’s two-run shot in the first inning and his RBI single in the eighth backed a solid start from Carlos Martinez in a 3-1 victory Sunday afternoon at Busch Stadium.
Peralta finished the day 2-for-3 with all three runs driven in, while Martinez struck out eight and allowed just one hit over seven innings.
The Dodgers scored a run in eighth off Kevin Siegrist and Trevor Rosenthal picked up his 15th save.
Matt Holliday was out of the lineup for the second time in three days.