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ST. Custom Lakers T-shirts . LOUIS -- The Los Angeles Dodgers knocked out Shelby Miller after just two pitches. Then they poured it on against the replacements, bouncing back a night after their franchise-record 15-game road winning streak ended. "We swung the bats great," starter Ricky Nolasco said after a 13-4 victory on Wednesday night. "Everybody was swinging the bats today." The good news for the Cardinals: Miller is optimistic hell be ready to pitch in five days. "It feels good," Miller said. "I mean, it doesnt feel good but its better than it could be. Im planning on making my next start." Andre Ethier and Skip Schumaker each had three hits and a season-best four RBIs and Carl Crawford had a season-best four hits and a walk. The Dodgers had 18 hits to top their previous best by one, a night losing 5-1 to the Cardinals, and are 16-3 since the All-Star break. "We dont even look into that stuff, man," Jerry Hairston Jr. said of the road streak. "I know its big and we had a lot of things go our way and we know thats not going to be the norm. "Were a confident group, we feel we can get the job done." X-rays were negative for the 22-year-old Miller, among the league leaders with a 2.89 ERA while going 11-7 in 22 starts, on what the team described as an elbow contusion. Miller pivoted after the pitch to Crawford with his back to the plate, but couldnt get his arm out of the way of the liner that bounded into shallow left field for a double. "Its not what you want to see on the first batter of the game for any pitcher," manager Mike Matheny said. "Hes sore, but its good we didnt have any fracture or break." Schumaker and Hairston had two RBIs apiece in a six-run second off Jake Westbrook, the scheduled starter Thursday working on three days rest. Cardinals third-string catcher Rob Johnson got the last out in the Dodgers four-run ninth in his second career pitching appearance, striking out Dodgers reliever Paco Rodriguez. Nolasco (8-9) opened with four scoreless innings before giving up three runs in the fifth, all of them unearned because of the pitchers wild throw to first for a three-base error. "That one error cost me pretty much," Nolasco said. "Thats what that team does, you give them an extra out and they put together four hits in a row like that." Rookie Michael Blazek worked out of a bases-loaded jam to finish a scoreless first before the Dodgers took off, sending 10 batters against Westbrook (7-7) in the second. "Three days rest is sufficient for most people, you want to come in there and do what you can," Westbrook said. "The bottom line is I didnt do that." Carlos Martinez, among the Cardinals top pitching prospects, was recalled from Triple-A Memphis to start Thursday against the Dodgers and Hyun-Jin Ryu. The 21-year-old right-hander is 4-2 with a 1.76 ERA in the minors and made his major league debut earlier this year out of the bullpen, with a 5.56 ERA in 11 1-3 innings over 10 appearances. The 35-year-old Westbrook made his first regular-season relief appearance since April 19, 2004, when he worked seven perfect innings for Cleveland against Detroit. In 4 2-3 innings he gave up nine runs on 13 hits. A Star Wars-themed night that featured graphically-enhanced images of Cardinals players on the video board, and storm troopers at home plate for the exchange of lineup cards fell flat with Matheny, who said hed never seen any movies in the series. "We werent a movie-going family," said Matheny, who recalled a childhood minus cable TV, too, and days spent playing football, baseball and Wiffleball. Notes: The Dodgers Matt Kemp was eligible to come off the DL Tuesday from a left ankle injury but manager Don Mattingly said hes not ready to sprint and make sudden stops and cuts. ... Holliday has grounded into a career-high 25 double plays, by far the most in the majors, and David Freese is among the leaders with 18 after getting victimized in the fourth. Former Cardinal Albert Pujols twice led the league, totalling 29 in 2011. ... Dodgers RF Yasiel Puigs attempt at a leaping catch in the stands was thwarted by a fan who gloved the ball on Matt Adams long foul. Cheap Lakers Jerseys .com) - Manchester City midfielder David Silva is expected to miss the next four weeks because of a calf problem. Lakers Jerseys China . And when it opened, every player was at his stall. Thats a sure sign that a team is in a slump and is searching for answers. "Its embarrassing to be at home and play the way we did," said defenceman Josh Gorges. http://www.customlakersjersey.com/ . SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. Wests Tigers coach Jason Taylor admits hes disappointed he wont be able to play future No.9 Jacob Liddle more this NRL season.Injuries to Matt Ballin and Manaia Cherrington, as well as NSW Origin duties for bench rake Robbie Farah, meant the club was forced to apply for a cap exemption to field a second hooker in Saturdays loss to Canterbury.But if first impressions count for anything, then Taylor was more than delighted to have handed an NRL debut to 20-year-old Liddle, who celebrated his first game with a try in a dynamic cameo off the bench.I thought he was great, Taylor said.Especially against a team with those big guys, his defence was superb and his try was great. He just did a really solid job and he didnt look out of place for a second, which is really exciting for us.He also tallied 17 tackles, one line break and one tackle bust, however Taylor was particularly rapt with Liddles defence against arguably the biggest pack in the league.And it was on the back of the fact that he played in our Intrust Super Cup team against the Warriors last week and he handled that really well, Taylor said.That was a good trial for us. Wholesale Custom Lakers Shirts. . He played plenty in that competition this year but we knew playing in that game against that team over there was going to be a really good test for him last week.From a defensive perspective he handled that well so we were confident he would handle tonight, and he did.An Australian Schoolboys representative, Liddle is regarded as the clubs long-term No.9 after re-signing with the club until the end of the 2018 season just last month.However, with Cherrington and Farah set to be available for selection next week, Taylor said it is unlikely the Wyong Roos junior would appear in the NRL again this season.For salary cap reasons he probably wont play anymore part, which is disappointing, he said.I dont think theres anything we can do. We cant get him in. Thats how it works.Both Ballin and Farah are signed until the end of the 2017 season, while Cherrington is off-contract at the end of the year and has been linked with a move to Penrith in the summer. ' ' '