Max Muncy and Teoscar Hernandez each homer twice, lead Dodgers past Cardinals 12-6

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Muncy and Teoscar Hernandez each homered twice and Mookie Betts had three hits as the Los Angeles Dodgers shook off their offensive struggles with a 12-6 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night.

Muncy, in just his second game following a month-long break due to a bone bruise injury from a collision, went 4 for 5 with four RBIs and three runs scored. In his first game back on Monday, Muncy went 0 for 3 with a walk.

Muncy hit his first home run off Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas 416 feet to right field. In the third inning, he hit his homer 404 feet.

Hernandez was 4 for 5 with four RBI and two runs scored for the NL West-leading Dodgers.

The Dodgers (66-48) had three extra-base hits in the first inning, matching the total number of hits they had against the Cardinals on Monday. They had 17 hits Tuesday.

Shohei Ohtani finished with two hits and three runs scored.

Nolan Gorman hit a two-run homer in the second inning for the Cardinals.

Mikolas (6-9) was chased after three innings after allowing five earned runs. The Cardinals bullpen struggled, too, allowing six earned runs.

Dodgers starter Emmet Sheehan (3-2), who was called up to be part of a six-man rotation that will last at least one more week, allowed four hits and no runs in five innings. He struck out five and walked one.

Muncy and Hernandez hit back-to-back home runs in the third to give the Dodgers a 5-2 lead. It was the first time the Dodgers had players hit consecutive homers since Ohtani and Betts did it against Arizona on May 18.

Betts doubled in the third to snap a 0 for 22 hitless streak. He finished with three hits and a walk.

Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (6-9, 3.96 ERA) will face Dodgers RHP Ohtani (0-0, 2.40), who will make his eighth appearance of the season in a day game Wednesday.

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St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Miles Mikolas delivers to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jayne Kamin-Oncea)

St. Louis Cardinals' Nolan Gorman (16) is congratulated by Cardinals' Willson Contreras after hitting a two-run home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jayne Kamin-Oncea)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Teoscar Hernandez waves after a double during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jayne Kamin-Oncea)

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Emmet Sheehan delivers to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jayne Kamin-Oncea)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Max Muncy gets showered with seeds at the dugout after a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jayne Kamin-Oncea)

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison Friday in the first verdict from eight criminal trials over the martial law debacle that forced him out of office and other allegations.

Yoon was impeached, arrested and dismissed as president after his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024 triggered huge public protests calling for his ouster.

The most significant criminal charge against him alleges that his martial law enforcement amounted to a rebellion, and the independent counsel has requested the death sentence in the case that is to be decided in a ruling next month.

In Friday's case, the Seoul Central District Court sentenced Yoon for defying attempts to detain him, fabricating the martial law proclamation and sidestepping a legally mandated full Cabinet meeting.

Yoon has maintained he didn’t intend to place the country under military rule for an extended period, saying his decree was only meant to inform the people about the danger of the liberal-controlled parliament obstructing his agenda. But investigators have viewed Yoon’s decree as an attempt to bolster and prolong his rule, charging him with rebellion, abuse of power and other criminal offenses.

Judge Baek Dae-hyun said in the televised ruling that imposing “a grave punishment” was necessary because Yoon hasn’t shown remorse and has only repeated “hard-to-comprehend excuses.” The judge also restoring legal systems damaged by Yoon’s action was necessary.

Yoon, who can appeal the ruling, hasn’t immediately publicly responded to the ruling. But when the independent counsel demanded a 10-year prison term in the case, Yoon’s defense team accused them of being politically driven and lacking legal grounds to demand such “an excessive” sentence.

Prison sentences in the multiple, smaller trials Yoon faces would matter if he is spared the death penalty or life imprisonment at the rebellion trial.

Park SungBae, a lawyer who specializes in criminal law, said there is little chance the court would decide Yoon should face the death penalty in the rebellion case. He said the court will likely issue a life sentence or a sentence of 30 years or more in prison.

South Korea has maintained a de facto moratorium on executions since 1997 and courts rarely hand down death sentences. Park said the court would take into account that Yoon’s decree didn’t cause casualties and didn’t last long, although Yoon hasn’t shown genuine remorse for his action.

A supporter of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol shouts slogans outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hold signs and flags outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A supporter of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol waits for a bus carrying former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hold signs as police officers stand guard outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hold signs and flags outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hold signs outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A picture of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is placed on a board as supporters gather outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)