Dodgers 5, Cardinals 3: Adrian Gonzalez drove in three runs with a single, a double and a home run as host Los Angeles evened the three-game series.

Dodgers third baseman Nick Punto added three hits, a walk and scored twice and Mark Ellis broke a 3-3 tie with a two-out RBI double in the sixth. Dodgers starter Ted Lilly threw 5 1/3 innings, allowing two runs (one earned) and two hits, reliever Paco Rodriguez (1-2) earned his first career victory and Brandon League his 10th save.

St. Louis rookie left-hander John Gast left with shoulder tightness after walking Scott Van Slyke to start the second inning, and Seth Maness (3-1) took the loss after surrendering the unearned run in the sixth. Yadier Molina had three hits to pace the St. Louis offense.

An error by Punto kept the first inning alive and the Cardinals took a 1-0 lead on Molina’s double that just eluded Van Slyke in left field. The Dodgers got even in their half of the first on Gonzalez’s one-out double to center, took a 2-1 lead on his RBI single in the third and stretched it to 3-1 on a solo homer by Gonzalez in the fifth.

St. Louis tied the score with two runs in the sixth. Allen Craig scored on a broken-bat double by David Freese to cut the deficit to 3-2 and Pete Kozma's infield single tied the score.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Dodgers clean-up hitter Matt Kemp was removed from the game on a double switch in the eighth inning and Juan Uribe delivered an RBI double while hitting in his spot in the bottom half of the inning. … Dodgers SS Dee Gordon singled in the fourth inning to end an 0-for-25 slump. … Molina is the only major-league catcher to have caught more than 5,000 innings since 2009.