Dodgers increase lead in the NL West

The Arizona Diamondbacks (58-55) were idle, but the LA Dodgers played on and ended up beating the Cardinals 5-1 in St. Louis tonight.

The Dodgers add to their NL West lead and are now 5 1/2 games ahead of the second-place Diamondbacks. The Dodgers captured their seventh consecutive series and improved their record to 64-50, making the Diamondbacks' task that much harder.

Arizona will send Patrick Corbin (12-3) to the mound tomorrow night at Chase Field in the opener of a three-games series with the New York Mets (52-60).