San Francisco Giants at St. Louis Cardinals

· Major League Baseball

San Francisco Giants

72-70, 37-36 Away

Final
2 - 3

St. Louis Cardinals

71-72, 40-34 Home

Jordan Walker's 2-run double in the 9th rallies Cardinals for a 3-2 win over Giants

The Cardinals' win spoiled a solid start by San Francisco's Justin Verlander, who threw six scoreless innings and passed Hall of Famer and Giants legend Gaylord Perry on the all-time strikeout list, moving into eighth place.

Ryan Walker (5-5) came in to pitch the ninth for the Giants. He gave up singles to Nolan Gorman and Masyn Wynn before hitting catcher Jimmy Crooks, loading the bases. Thomas Saggese singled, scoring Gorman, and Jordan Walker delivered his two-run double to left.

It was Ryan Walker's sixth blown save.

Riley O'Brien (4-0) threw one inning and earned the win.

The 42-year-old Verlander struck out the side in the sixth and finished with six strikeouts. Now in his 20th season, Verlander has 3,536 strikeouts. The three-time Cy Young Award winner gave up just three hits and did not walk a batter while throwing 88 pitches.

Cardinals starter Andre Pallante allowed two runs on five hits in six innings.

Jung Hoo Lee, Dominic Smith and Matt Chapman each had two hits for San Francisco.

The Giants broke a scoreless tie with two runs in the fourth. Casey Schmitt hit a sacrifice fly that scored Smith. Drew Gilbert followed with a double to left, driving in Chapman.

Key moment With two on and one out in the fifth, Victor Scott II attempted to steal third but was thrown out by Patrick Bailey. Verlander got Lars Nootbaar to ground out to end the threat.

Key stat The Giants didn’t hit a home run, ending their streak of 18 games with a long ball. The run was one short of franchise record of 19 consecutive games with a home run that was set in 1947 (Sept. 5-23).

Up next RHP Sonny Gray (12-8) will go for the Cardinals on Sunday. The Giants have not announced a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Walker doubled to left, Winn scored and Hampson scored, Saggese to third.
	9th Inning	Saggese singled to center, Gorman scored, Hampson to second, Winn to third.
	9th Inning	Hampson ran for Crooks
	9th Inning	Crooks hit by pitch, Winn to second, Gorman to third.
	9th Inning	Winn singled to right, Gorman to second.
	9th Inning	Gorman singled to center.

Statistics

SF		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	2
17	Ground Balls	11
5	Strikeouts	7
2	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	3
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
10	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	1
119	Pitches	125
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	8
35	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
2.1	Runs Created	2.1
.226	Batting Average	.226
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.290	Slugging Percentage	.258
.097	Secondary Average	.032
.286	On Base Percentage	.294
.576	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.552
1.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
2.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.3
19.0	Batter Rating	21.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.40	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.68
.065	Isolated Power	.032
0.20	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.14
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
-.129	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.194
4.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
72.8	MLB Rating	72.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0