ST. LOUIS -- James Outman continued to add to his highlight-filled rookie season in the Dodgers’ 5-0 win over the Cardinals on Friday night at Busch Stadium. This time, it was with his glove.

In the bottom of the sixth, with Los Angeles ahead by one run, reigning National League MVP Paul Goldschmidt hit an 84 mph slider from Brusdar Graterol deep to right-center field. But Outman tracked it and timed his leap perfectly to come up with the catch while crashing into the wall.

“Actually, turned the wrong way to start, but then I spun, and I think the biggest thing is I just timed the jump correctly this time,” Outman said. “I just wanted to make sure I jumped early enough to give myself space between the wall and myself.”

The catch helped the Dodgers shut out St. Louis and even the four-game series at a game apiece.

Outman, who hit a grand slam to power the Dodgers to a win over the Twins on Wednesday, continues to impress after being named the NL Rookie of the Month for April. Fellow outfielder Jason Heyward said the catch was even harder than it looked.

“Things got to align,” Heyward said. “The ball has to be hit hard or soft enough, you've got to have enough time to get there and read the wall, make sure you're not running into the wall. So, that's why I say it's one of those plays that just, you almost don't believe happens when it does happen.”

The grab was a game-changer, as the Dodgers once again found themselves struggling to come through with a clutch hit. Goldschmidt’s bash had an expected batting average of .890, according to Statcast, and it would have been a home run in 15 of 30 MLB ballparks.

Graterol gave Outman a personal ovation as the outfielder trotted off the field.

“It was huge,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “Right there, you've got Goldschmidt, and he hangs a slider and that's a 1-1 ballgame.”

It was sweet redemption for Outman, who just missed pulling back a home run on a similar play the night before.

“I was just thinking, ‘You better freaking catch this one,’” Outman said.

Outman’s catch gave a boost to a strong effort from the Dodgers’ pitching staff. One night after allowing 16 runs, including seven home runs, four Los Angeles hurlers combined to silence the Cardinals’ bats on just two hits.

Tony Gonsolin (2-1) allowed one hit through five innings to earn his second winning straight decision. He struck out three, walked three and threw a season-high 94 pitches.

“I feel like the first two or three innings felt really long, threw a lot of pitches, and the fourth and the fifth were a little bit better,” Gonsolin said. “But overall, just kind of threw too many pitches.”

Graterol, Shelby Miller, Caleb Ferguson and Tyler Cyr, who was selected from Triple-A Oklahoma City before the game, combined for four innings. The quartet allowed one hit, one walk and struck out four.

“Our bullpen was great tonight and so it was also good to see [Cyr] get an inning tonight,” Roberts said. “It was good to get back in the win column.”

Chris Taylor’s RBI double in the fifth put the Dodgers on the board. Taylor snapped a 0-for-10 skid by lining a 93 mph sinker from Steven Matz into left field to score Mookie Betts.

Betts gave the Dodgers some breathing room with a three-run homer off Chris Stratton in the eighth. Will Smith tacked on another by singling home Freddie Freeman.

“I think I found like a little cue that I can keep repeating over and over again, so just doing that and fortunately, I'm getting some pretty decent pitches to hit,” Betts said. “So, I just got to keep on swinging at the right pitches.”

Until Taylor’s hit, Matz played the role of master escape artist, stranding runners in scoring position in each of his first four innings. The Dodgers were 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position before Taylor’s double.

“I was assuming that we're going to score more runs,” Outman said. “We got a good offense. Mookie is Mookie, so he came through big, CT came up with a really big hit early on.”