St. Louis Cardinals at San Francisco Giants

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St. Louis Cardinals

72-74, 38-36 Away

Final
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San Francisco Giants

61-85, 35-36 Home

Home runs by Bryce Eldridge, Christian Koss lead Giants past Cardinals 2-1

Giants right-hander Landen Roupp (9-13) allowed two hits over six scoreless innings with four walks and two strikeouts. He escaped a bases-loaded jam in the third as San Francisco won for a third straight time with him on the mound. And Roupp won a second straight decision spanning three outings on the heels of a five-start losing streak.

Joel Kuhnel made his home debut after being claimed off waivers from the Brewers last Friday and recorded the final four outs for his seventh save, allowing a two-out single to Nathan Church and Bryan Torres' RBI single before Iván Herrera grounded out to end the 2-hour, 25-minute game. Pinch-runner Victor Scott II replaced Torres and stole second to put the tying run in scoring position.

Dylan Smith, who has been used for regular ninth-inning duties, had pitched a night earlier and blew a save, but the Giants hung on to win 5-4 in 11 innings.

Alec Burleson singled in the first then drew three walks a day after the Cardinals slugger hit his career-best 22nd home run with a splash shot into McCovey Cove beyond right field.

Lefty Quinn Mathews (1-3) surrendered the two home runs and five hits with four strikeouts and two walks making his sixth career start and fifth on the road for St. Louis.

Cardinals second baseman Thomas Saggese extended his career-best hitting streak to nine games when he singled in the seventh inning.

The Giants hadn't earned a winning series against the Cardinals since sweeping a three-game set in June 2023. This series marks the first meeting of the year between the clubs, who will play their second three-game set next Monday to Wednesday in St. Louis.

Up next RHP Andre Pallante (12-6, 3.51 ERA) pitches the series finale for St. Louis on Wednesday afternoon opposite Giants RHP Blade Tidwell (0-2, 4.43).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Herrera grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Scott II stole second.
	9th Inning	Scott II ran for Torres
	9th Inning	Torres singled to right, Church scored.
	9th Inning	Church to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Church singled to left.

Statistics

STL		SF
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
20	Ground Balls	11
3	Strikeouts	6
1	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
5	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	1
6	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
19	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
9	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
149	Pitches	131
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
5	Total Bases	13
38	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
0	Extra Base Hits	3
1.3	Runs Created	4.0
.156	Batting Average	.200
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.156	Slugging Percentage	.433
.219	Secondary Average	.367
.289	On Base Percentage	.273
.446	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.706
2.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
1.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.3
10.0	Batter Rating	23.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.92	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.85
.000	Isolated Power	.233
2.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.158	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.088
.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.167
2.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
65.3	MLB Rating	75.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0