Dodgers beat Cardinals, remain one game behind for the wild card

Saturday, September 15, 2012 | 4:12 p.m. CDT; updated 6:40 p.m. CDT, Saturday, September 15, 2012

LOS ANGELESLuis Cruz greeted St. Louis reliever Edwin Mujica with a first-pitch, three-run homer in the sixth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers tightened up the NL wild card race with an 8-5 victory over the Cardinals on Friday night.

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