The San Francisco Giants held off the St. Louis Cardinals in a quiet duel, with early home runs providing the margin and the bullpen surviving a late threat.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Landen Roupp anchored San Francisco with a sharp scoreless outing, keeping the Cardinals off the board before the Giants turned to their relievers. Joel Kuhnel recorded the save, while Reiver Sanmartin and Carson Seymour helped preserve the advantage.
Bryce Eldridge homered on a fly ball to left-center field in the first, giving the Giants the lead. Christian Koss homered on a fly ball to left field in the second, extending it. In the ninth, Bryan Torres singled on a ground ball to right fielder Grant McCray, allowing Nathan Church to score, but San Francisco held on.
Quinn Mathews absorbed the loss after allowing the Giants' early power to stand. The Cardinals created late pressure when Church scored, yet could not produce another scoring play.
San Francisco extended its winning streak, while St. Louis saw its losing streak continue. The game stayed defined by pitching control and two early swings.
San Francisco Giants defeated St. Louis Cardinals, 2-1.
- Christian Koss went 2-for-3 with 1 home run, 1 RBI and 1 run scored (batting .219 on the season).
- Bryce Eldridge went 1-for-3 with 1 home run, 1 RBI and 1 run scored (batting .265 on the season).
- Nathan Church went 1-for-3 with 1 run scored (batting .243 on the season).
- Landen Roupp allowed 0 runs on 2 hits over 6.0 innings, striking out 2, to earn the win (9-13) (4.00 ERA).
- Quinn Mathews allowed 2 runs on 5 hits over 6.0 innings, striking out 4, and took the loss (1-3) (4.11 ERA).
- Joel Kuhnel allowed 1 run on 2 hits over 1.1 innings, and closed it out for the save (4) (4.74 ERA).
San Francisco Giants improved to 60-85 (2 straight wins); St. Louis Cardinals fell to 72-74 (2 straight losses).