San Francisco Giants at St. Louis Cardinals

· Major League Baseball

San Francisco Giants

64-89, 28-50 Away

Final
6 - 5

St. Louis Cardinals

75-78, 37-41 Home

Drew Gilbert's two-run homer in the 10th lifts Giants to a 6-5 win over the Cardinals

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

Gilbert’s first home run came off Riley O’Brien (3-9) and scored Grant McCray, who was on second.

The Giants improved to 7-6 in extra-inning games; the Cardinals dropped to 8-8.

Reiver Sanmartín (3-0) earned the win after getting the final out in the ninth. Joel Kuhnel picked up his eighth save despite giving up a sacrifice fly to Thomas Saggese.

Jonah Cox had three hits and two stolen bases. He also scored a run and drove in a run, helping the Giants win the three-game series.

Andrew Kizner added three hits and drove in a run for San Francisco.

The Cardinals fought back in the ninth with two runs off Dylan Smith, who blew his fifth save. Nolan Gorman drew a leadoff walk and Saggese reached on an infield single. With one out, pinch hitter Iván Herrera walked. José Fermín's sacrifice fly drove in a run and Leo Bernal’s single made it 4-4.

Anthony Molina pitched 5 2/3 shutout innings before leaving after throwing 82 pitches.

Left-hander Matthew Liberatore allowed one run in six innings.

San Francisco extended its lead to 3-0 in the seventh against Luis Gastelum. Kizner was hit by a pitch and Christian Kross singled with one out. Cox then singled to right. Jordan Walker’s throw eluded Gorman at third base, allowing Kross to score.

The Giants went up 1-0 in the third inning. Brett Harris grounded into a double play, but Cox scored from third.

Walker recorded his first 20-20 season, stealing his career-high 20th base in the fourth inning. He has also hit a career-high 28th home run.

Up next Giants: Off Thursday. LHP Cesar Perdomo (0-1, 3.68) will face a Dodgers starter to be announced Friday in Los Angeles.

Cardinals: Off Thursday. RHP Kyle Leahy (10-4, 3.33) will face Washington. The visiting Nationals have not announced a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Church flied out to right.
	10th Inning	Saggese hit sacrifice fly to center, Burleson scored, Scott II to third.
	10th Inning	Gorman walked, Scott II to second.
	10th Inning	Scott II ran for Torres
	10th Inning	Torres walked.
	10th Inning	Torres hit for O'Brien

Statistics

SF		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	9
5	Strikeouts	10
4	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
13	Hits	5
2	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	5
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	2
38	At Bats	35
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
22	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
18	Fly Balls	18
2	Caught Stealing	0
138	Pitches	175
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
17	Total Bases	6
43	Plate Appearances	44
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
6.3	Runs Created	2.3
.342	Batting Average	.143
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.447	Slugging Percentage	.171
.211	Secondary Average	.257
.419	On Base Percentage	.273
.866	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.444
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
5.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.0
40.0	Batter Rating	24.0
38.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.21	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.98
.105	Isolated Power	.029
0.80	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.70
.093	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.159
-.132	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.114
10.0	Runs Produced	8.0
0.7	Runs Ratio	0.6
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
92.8	MLB Rating	70.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0