Maeda a dual threat as Dodgers top Cards

Kenta Maeda pulls a ball down the left-field line for a two-out, two-run base knock before getting thrown out trying to stretch a singleThe Cardinals' Michael Wacha was handed a 3-0 lead in the first inning behind a Jedd Gyorko two-run double and a Yadier Molina RBI single, but he allowed six runs in four-plus innings, his first start of the year pitching fewer than six innings.

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Dodgers' big fourth: During No. 8 hitter Yasiel Puig's at-bat in the fourth inning, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts had Logan Forsythe in the on-deck circle, preparing to hit for Maeda. But after Puig's two-out RBI single cut the Cardinals' lead to one, Roberts allowed Maeda to bat, and he hit a…