Saggese hits go-ahead single in the 10th in the Cardinals' 8-6 victory over the Dodgers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thomas Saggese hit a go-ahead, two-strike infield single in the 10th inning and the St. Louis Cardinals outlasted the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-6 on Wednesday night.

Nathan Church singled to center off reliever Brock Stewart (0-2), moving automatic runner José Fermín to third. He scored on Saggese's single to second for a 6-5 lead — St. Louis' first of the game. The Cardinals added two more runs on a double by Joshua Báez, who entered as a pinch-hitter in the eighth.

The NL West-leading Dodgers have lost six of eight. Shohei Ohtani struck out four consecutive times for the first time this season, including in the 10th with an automatic runner at third.

The Dodgers had leads of 3-0, 5-2 and 5-4 before the Cardinals tied it in the eighth. Báez doubled off reliever Tanner Scott and scored on Alec Burleson’s sacrifice fly.

Los Angeles had the potential winning run on third in the ninth. Teoscar Hernández hit a ground-rule double and moved up on a wild pitch by Justin Bruihl (1-1), but pinch-hitter Kiké Hernández struck out and pinch-hitter Will Smith flied out to end threat.

Riley O'Brien pitched the 10th to earn his 35th save.

The Dodgers led 3-0 on Freddie Freeman's three-run drive that snapped his 47-game homerless streak in the first. The 416-foot shot to center — his first since July 3 — scored Ohtani, who walked, and Tommy Edman, who was hit by a pitch.

Besides Ohtani, Cardinals opener Brycen Mautz walked two more batters and gave up a single to Miguel Rojas while the Dodgers batted around in the inning.

Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto walked Fermín for his only baserunner through five innings.

Fermín broke up the no-hit bid with a single leading off the sixth. He was forced out on Church's fielder's choice groundout to short before Saggese homered, pulling the Cardinals to 3-2. Saggese had two of the Cardinals' five homers in a 13-8 win on Tuesday.

Yamamoto allowed four runs and five hits in seven innings with eight strikeouts.

Betts' two-run shot off reliever George Soriano extended the Dodgers' lead to 5-2 in the sixth.

The Cardinals got within a run again in the seventh. Leo Bernal hit his first major league homer, a two-run shot, to cut the deficit to 5-4. He had a two-run single in his MLB debut on Tuesday.

Cardinals LHP Quinn Mathews (1-2, 5.03 ERA) was set to start the series finale Thursday against Dodgers LHP Tarik Skubal (8-7, 2.84).

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St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Brycen Mautz delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani (17) steals second base during the second inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)

St. Louis Cardinals right fielder Jordan Walker (18) and first baseman Alec Burleson (41) are unable to catch a flyout during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police are pushing for an indictment of music tycoon Bang Si-Hyuk, the chairperson of the agency behind K-pop supergroup BTS, over alleged investor fraud.

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency referred Bang to the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office on Thursday, asking him to be indicted on a charge of violating the capital markets act, according to the police agency and the prosecutor’s office.

Police have been investigating Bang, the billionaire founder and chairperson of Hybe, over allegations that he misled investors in 2019 by indicating that Hybe had no immediate plans to go public, prompting them to sell their shares to a private equity fund shortly before the company proceeded with an initial public offering.

Police earlier said that the fund may have paid Bang somewhere around 200 billion won ($147 million) in a side deal that promised him 30% of post-IPO stock sale profits.

South Korean media reported that police referred four other people, including Hybe executives and private equity fund officials, to prosecutors on Thursday as well, asking for their indictment.

Hybe officials have said Bang denies any wrongdoing.

“We have consistently responded to the allegations with objective evidence and facts," Bang's legal team said in a statement Thursday. "We expect the allegations to be fully and transparently resolved through the legal process.”

Police earlier sought Bang’s arrest twice in April and May. But prosecutors rejected those requests, saying police failed to provide sufficient grounds for his arrest and failed to comply with prosecutors' demand for further investigation of Bang.

Observers say prosecutors could again ask for further police investigation, rather than indicting Bang immediately.

News of Bang’s legal troubles flared after BTS returned and launched a much-awaited world tour earlier this year after a nearly four-year musical hiatus due to the band members’ mandatory military service in South Korea.

FILE - Bang Si-Hyuk, a chairman of Hybe, answers reporters' question upon his arrival at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Seoul, South Korea, on Sept. 15, 2025. (Kim Keun-soo/Newsis via AP, File)