The Cardinals played at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles for the first time on May 18, 1962.
Bill White drove in three runs and Ken Boyer drove Dodgers starter Johnny Podres out of the game. The Cardinals won, 8-3. Boxscore
In the first inning, with Red Schoendienst on first and two outs, Boyer hit a drive that struck Podres in the left forearm.
Podres threw three pitches out of the strike zone to the next batter, Gene Oliver, and walked off the field, unable to pitch. Stan Williams relieved and threw ball four to Oliver, loading the bases.
Charlie James followed with a two-run single and the Cardinals were on their way to a fruitful weekend.
The Cardinals won all three games in the series and never used a reliever. Larry Jackson, Ray Sadecki and Curt Simmons pitched successive complete-game victories.
Podres went to the hospital, where X-rays revealed no fracture. Six days later, he started against the Mets and Podres went on to enjoy a 15-win season.
If the Dodgers had won just once in that series, the pennant would have been theirs. They began to have trouble when Koufax suffered a seriously infected finger in mid-season. That set the tone for the next four years: As Koufax goes, so go the Dodgers.
Good points. Here’s a little more on the Sandy Koufax injury and how he tried to come back against the Cardinals in September 1962: https://retrosimba.com/2012/08/31/gibson-vs-koufax-a-grand-game-for-charlie-james/