MLB

San Francisco Giants at St. Louis Cardinals

· Major League Baseball
San Francisco Giants
36-32, 18-15 Away
Final
8 - 5
St. Louis Cardinals
27-42, 13-21 Home

Giants rally for 8-5 win over Cards in 10 innings to complete 3-game sweep

Yastrzemski hit a game-tying two-run homer in the ninth inning and Thairo Estrada had the go-ahead single in 10th, and the San Francisco Giants rallied to complete a three-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals with an 8-5 victory.

“The kind of thought process is, I’ve struck out plenty of times in my life, like one more doesn’t change anything,” Yastrzemski said. “So, there’s a calmness in that.”

Yastrzemski’s shot, which came on a 2-2 count with two outs in the ninth inning off Cardinals closer Giovanny Gallegos, made it 5-5. The Cardinals extended their skid to five games and fell to a season-worst 15 games under .500. It was the third blown save of the season for Gallegos.

“We just don’t execute,” Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado said. “This has nothing to do with the coaches, it has to do with the players and as players we don’t execute.”

The late offensive spark lifted the Giants’ winning streak to four games.

“Nobody we’d rather have up in those kind of moments because his heartbeat is so slow,” Giants manager Gabe Kapler said of Yastrzemski. “You know he’s going to be totally prepared for the moment. Nothing’s going to be too big for him and he’s going to get a good swing off. Not always going to end like that, but obviously we’ve seen him with some pretty big home runs over the last couple of years.”

Estrada’s single scored Yastrzemski, who was the automatic runner at second base. Wilmer Flores and LaMonte Wade Jr. followed with RBI singles off Steven Matz (0-7).

“We just have to play better,” Cardinals catcher Andrew Knizner said. “There’s a lot of things that don’t go our way, but you usually can fight through that stuff when you’re playing good baseball.”

Tommy Edman’s second career grand slam gave the Cardinals a 4-2 lead in the second inning and Jordan Walker added an RBI single in the third as St. Louis chased Giants starter Anthony DeSclafani after just three innings.

But the San Francisco bullpen shut the door from there as five relievers combined for seven scoreless innings. Tyler Rogers (1-4) got the win with a perfect ninth inning and Camilo Doval earned his 18th save in 19 opportunities.

“Those guys are a grindy group and I have faith in every single one of them,” Yastrzemski said. “So, it’s really cool when they have that moment to kind of step up and do what they do. And it’s not easy for them to mentally stay in when we go down early like that and to keep us in the game. That’s probably the biggest thing that allows us to come back there.”

Cardinals starter Jordan Montgomery gave up three runs in 6 1/3 innings, allowed seven hits, walked two and struck out seven.

Highly touted rookie Luis Matos made his debut for the Giants in center and singled in his first major league at-bat as part of a two-run first inning. Estrada and Patrick Bailey had RBI singles during the rally.

“I had a little bit of nerves, just a little bit not that much, but at the same time since I saw the team in spring training that kind of helped me get more comfortable,” Matos said through an interpreter.

Yastrzemski ended Montgomery’s day with an RBI single in the seventh to make it 5-3 and start the Giants rally.

MOVES

San Francisco recalled Matos and INF David Villar from Triple-A Sacramento. Matos, 21, was hitting .398 with a 1.120 OPS and seven home runs in 24 games at Sacramento. He went 1 for 3 before being lifted for pinch hitter Michael Conforto in the seventh. RHP Keaton Winn was optioned to Sacramento.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Giants: OF Mitch Haniger (fractured right forearm) was placed on the 10-day Injured List. … INF J.D. Davis (right ankle sprain) was not in the lineup after being removed from Tuesday’s game in the third inning.

Cardinals: LHP Packy Naughton (left forearm strain) got a second opinion and is deciding on treatment options.

UP NEXT

Giants: Neither team has announced a starter as the Giants start a three-game series at the rival Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday.

Cardinals: RHP Miles Mikolas (4-3, 4.02 ERA) kicks off a three-game series on Friday night at New York against the Mets. Mikolas is 1-1 with a 1.64 ERA in four career appearances (three starts) against the Mets.

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Matchup Prediction

Cardinals: 57.3%
Giants: 42.7%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

10th Inning Walker lined out to right.
10th Inning Arenado struck out swinging.
10th Inning Gorman walked.
10th Inning Goldschmidt struck out swinging.
10th Inning Doval relieved Ty. Rogers
10th Inning Sabol grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
10 Ground Balls 6
14 Strikeouts 17
8 Runs Batted In 5
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
11 Hits 9
1 Stolen Bases 0
3 Walks 2
0 Catcher Interference 0
8 Runs 5
1 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
40 At Bats 39
1 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 1
15 Runners Left On Base 18
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
1 Doubles 0
16 Fly Balls 16
0 Caught Stealing 0
164 Pitches 159
0 Games Started 0
4 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
15 Total Bases 12
43 Plate Appearances 41
162.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
2 Extra Base Hits 1
4.8 Runs Created 3.1
.275 Batting Average .231
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.375 Slugging Percentage .308
.200 Secondary Average .128
.326 On Base Percentage .268
.701 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .576
0.6 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.4
4.4 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 2.8
49.0 Batter Rating 32.0
40.0 At Bats Per Home Run 39.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.81 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.88
.100 Isolated Power .077
0.21 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.12
.070 Walks Per Plate Appearance .049
-.075 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.103
16.0 Runs Produced 10.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.4 Patience Ratio 0.3
0.4 Balls In Play Average 0.4
91.3 MLB Rating 78.8
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Busch Stadium

Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 39,165 | Capacity:

2024 National League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Los Angeles 98 64 .605 - W5
San Diego 93 69 .574 5 L1
Arizona 89 73 .549 9 W1
San Francisco 80 82 .494 18 L1
Colorado 61 101 .377 37 L3

2024 National League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Milwaukee 93 69 .574 - L1
St. Louis 83 79 .512 10 W1
Chicago 83 79 .512 10 L1
Cincinnati 77 85 .475 16 W1
Pittsburgh 76 86 .469 17 L1
Full Standings