The 16-inning game tied the longest ever between these two franchises, matching contests from Aug. 21, 1963, and May 2, 1957.
The two clubs combined to use 16 pitchers, the last of which, Bud Norris, was summoned two days after throwing 90 pitches in a start against Washington. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts had exhausted all of his other available relievers.
Norris worked around a leadoff double in the 15th and retired Matt Holliday to open the 16th. Two pitches later, Adams crushed his second career walk-off homer and 11th home run this season to end a game five hours and 10 minutes after it began.
The walk-off celebration was set up by lefty Tyler Lyons, who was terrific over 4 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. Lyons threw 53 pitches, limited the Dodgers to one hit, and left the Cardinals set up well for the weekend by preserving two unused pitchers in the 'pen. Seth Maness pitched a clean top of the 16th to earn the victory.
Gyorko's homer, his fifth this week, followed Justin Turner's go-ahead blast off Cardinals reliever Seung Hwan Oh earlier in the inning. Up to that point, the Dodgers had mustered two runs despite tallying 12 hits. Ten of those came off Cardinals starter Michael Wacha. The Dodgers' inability to find a timely hit with runners in scoring position -- they finished 1-for-13 in such spots -- stalled those repeated chances.
The Cardinals, on the other hand, maximized their minimal offensive output against starter Brandon McCarthy. An RBI single by Aledmys Diaz pushed the Cardinals in front, 2-1, in the third. It was the only hit the Cardinals tallied off McCarthy, who finished 6 1/3 innings before being removed due to an apparent right leg injury.
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Deja vu: After feasting against the Padres earlier this week, Gyorko rolled over some of that personal momentum into Friday. His game-tying blast was his fifth homer in as many games, just two off his total over the team's first 91 games of the season. Gyorko has driven in eight runs since Monday. Gyorko entered the night 2-for-8 against Jansen.
Gyorko's game-tying solo homer
LAD@STL: Gyorko ties the game with solo home run
Jedd Gyorko crushes a clutch solo jack to left field off Kenley Jansen to tie the game at 3 in the bottom of the 9th inning
Turning tables: Turner's home run in the ninth was his ninth of the season and third in the past two days. He has driven in six of the Dodgers' last nine runs.
Turner's go-ahead jack to center
LAD@STL: Turner delivers a clutch go-ahead homer
Justin Turner crushes a solo home run to center field in the top of the 9th inning to give the Dodgers a 3-2 lead over the Cardinals
Jenifer Langosch has covered the Cardinals for MLB.com since 2012, and previously covered the Pirates from 2007-11. Read her blog, follow her on Twitter, like her Facebook page and listen to her podcast.
Nick Krueger is a reporter for MLB.com based in St. Louis and covered the Dodgers on Friday.
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Adams' walk-off homer in 16th sinks Dodgers
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