San Francisco Giants at St. Louis Cardinals

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San Francisco Giants

62-89, 26-50 Away

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St. Louis Cardinals

75-76, 37-39 Home

Quinn Mathews pitches Cardinals past Giants 2-1 as Alec Burleson adds to MLB-best RBI total

Cardinals hold on for a 2-1 win over the Giants

Rookie catcher Leo Bernal also singled home a run for the Cardinals. Mathews (2-3) retired his first 10 batters before walking Bryce Eldridge in the fourth and didn't give up a hit until Grant McCray doubled leading off the sixth.

The 25-year-old rookie left-hander struck out eight and allowed a run on four hits and two walks in 6 2/3 innings — the longest of his seven major league starts.

Ryne Stanek stranded two in a scoreless eighth and Riley O'Brien retired Christian Koss on a groundout with runners at second and third for his 37th save in 45 opportunities.

Thomas Saggese singled with one out in the fifth off Giants starter Landen Roupp (9-14) and stole second. Iván Herrera walked to chase Roupp, and Burleson singled on the first pitch from Reiver Sanmartin for his 110th RBI and 61st hit with runners in scoring position — both totals top the majors.

Burleson advanced on a wild pitch, Jordan Walker walked to load the bases and Bernal singled for a 2-0 lead. Bernal had three of the Cardinals' eight hits, and Burleson and Saggese both finished with two.

Jonah Cox singled to drive in McCray in the sixth, but Bernal threw out Cox trying to steal as Mathews struck out Eldridge to keep it 2-1.

Justin Bruihl replaced Mathews with two outs and the bases loaded in the seventh and retired McCray on a groundout to preserve the one-run lead.

Up next Giants RHP Blade Tidwell (0-2, 4.82 ERA) starts Tuesday opposite Cardinals RHP Andre Pallante (12-6, 3.45).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Koss grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Cavanaugh to second on wild pitch by O'Brien, Lee to third on wild pitch by O'Brien.
	9th Inning	McCray struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Cavanaugh walked, Lee to second.
	9th Inning	Cavanaugh hit for Knizner
	9th Inning	Lee singled to right.

Statistics

SF		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	12
12	Strikeouts	6
1	Runs Batted In	2
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
9	Fly Balls	12
1	Caught Stealing	0
151	Pitches	146
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	9
36	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
1.8	Runs Created	3.1
.194	Batting Average	.267
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.226	Slugging Percentage	.300
.129	Secondary Average	.200
.286	On Base Percentage	.353
.512	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.653
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
1.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.5
12.0	Batter Rating	19.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.19	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.29
.032	Isolated Power	.033
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.67
.111	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.118
-.065	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.067
2.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
65.8	MLB Rating	74.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0