St. Louis Cardinals at San Francisco Giants

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St. Louis Cardinals

78-81, 34-44 Away

Final
3 - 4

San Francisco Giants

78-81, 39-39 Home

Cardinals eliminated from playoff contention following 4-3 loss to Giants

St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Francisco Giants: Game Highlights

Rafael Devers hit his 34th home run of the season, and Casey Schmitt had three hits to help the San Francisco avoid the series sweep.

One day after the Cardinals ended the Giants’ postseason hopes with a late comeback, manager Bob Melvin’s club returned the favor with a late rally of its own.

Christian Koss led off the eighth with a soft single over the outstretched glove of first baseman Nolan Arenado. Knizner, who had a sacrifice fly in the fifth, followed with a sharp liner off Riley O’Brien (3-1) that skipped past Cardinals diving center fielder Victor Scott and rolled to the wall as Koss raced around the bases.

Jose Butto (5-3), the third of four relievers used by Melvin, retired two batters to get the win, and Tristian Beck worked the ninth for his second save.

San Francisco did the majority of its scoring off St. Louis starter Sonny Gray. Gray had seven strikeouts in six innings, allowing three runs (two earned) and seven hits.

The Giants led 3-2 until Arenado tied it with a sacrifice fly in the eighth.

Giants starter JT Brubaker allowed two runs and four hits over four innings of his first start in the majors since 2022.

Key moment Cardinals reliever Kyle Leahy got Jung Hoo Lee to strike out swinging with the tying and go-ahead runs on base to end the seventh.

Key stat Gray now has 200 or more strikeouts in back-to-back seasons for the first time in his career.

Up next Cardinals RHP Miles Mikolas (8-20, 4.76 ERA) starts against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on Friday.

Giants rookie RHP Trevor McDonald pitches against the Colorado Rockies on Friday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Fermín bunt grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Fermín hit for Scott II
	9th Inning	Walker grounded into double play, second to first, Church out at second.
	9th Inning	Church ran for Pagés
	9th Inning	Pagés singled to center.
	9th Inning	Beck relieved Buttó

Statistics

STL		SF
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	15
10	Strikeouts	9
3	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
32	At Bats	35
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
2	Doubles	3
9	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	1
146	Pitches	128
0	Games Started	0
1	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	19
36	Plate Appearances	39
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	5
2.3	Runs Created	6.5
.219	Batting Average	.314
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.281	Slugging Percentage	.543
.156	Secondary Average	.286
.278	On Base Percentage	.359
.559	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.902
1.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.3
2.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.8
23.0	Batter Rating	36.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.06	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.28
.063	Isolated Power	.229
0.30	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.083	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.077
-.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.029
6.0	Runs Produced	7.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
73.3	MLB Rating	88.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0