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St. Louis Cardinals @ San Francisco Giants

2024-09-29 · Day game · AT&T Park · Att: 32348 · 62°F, cloudy · Wind 8 mph to CF · 2:29

St. Louis Cardinals defeated San Francisco Giants 6–1. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 3rd — Brendan Donovan homers (14) on a fly ball to right field. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Brendan Donovan singles on a ground ball to second baseman Brett Wisely, deflected by first baseman LaMonte Wade Jr. Thomas Saggese scores. Pedro Pagés to 3rd — worth 12% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	6	7
SFN	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7

W: Michael McGreevy L: Hayden Birdsong SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Vic Carapazza · 1B: Alex MacKay · 2B: Jacob Metz · 3B: Adam Hamari · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brendan Donovan	3	1	2	2	2	0
Alec Burleson	4	0	2	3	1	1
Paul Goldschmidt	2	0	0	0	0	2
Lars Nootbaar	4	0	0	0	0	2
Matt Carpenter	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jordan Walker	4	1	1	0	0	2
Thomas Saggese	3	1	0	0	1	1
Pedro Pages	3	1	0	0	1	3
Jose Fermin	4	1	1	1	0	2
Michael Siani	2	1	0	0	1	1
Luken Baker	3	0	0	0	0	0

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Mike Yastrzemski	2	0	0	0	0
Jerar Encarnacion	4	0	0	0	1
LaMonte Wade	2	0	0	0	0
Matt Chapman	1	0	0	0	0
Michael Conforto	4	0	1	0	0
Tyler Fitzgerald	4	0	0	0	2
Brett Wisely	3	0	1	1	0
Curt Casali	3	0	1	0	0
Grant McCray	3	0	1	0	2
Casey Schmitt	3	1	2	0	1
Luis Matos	2	0	0	0	0
Donovan Walton	2	0	1	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Michael McGreevy	8.0	5	0	6
Steven Matz	1.0	2	0	0

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hayden Birdsong	4.1	4	3	11
Taylor Rogers	0.2	0	0	1
Randy Rodriguez	1.0	3	2	1
Trevor McDonald	3.0	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Brendan Donovan: W
Alec Burleson: 8/F89
Paul Goldschmidt: K
Lars Nootbaar: K

Bot 1

Mike Yastrzemski: 43/G34
Jerar Encarnacion: 43/G4
LaMonte Wade: 13/BG1S

Top 2

Matt Carpenter: S7/F78S
Jordan Walker: K
Thomas Saggese: K
Pedro Pages: K

Bot 2

Matt Chapman: 13/G15-
Michael Conforto: S9/L89
Tyler Fitzgerald: K
Brett Wisely: 43/G34

Top 3

Jose Fermin: K
Brendan Donovan: HR/F9LD
Alec Burleson: K
Paul Goldschmidt: K

Bot 3

Curt Casali: 13/G1S-
Grant McCray: K
Mike Yastrzemski: 43/G4

Top 4

Lars Nootbaar: 43/G4
Michael Siani: K
Jordan Walker: K

Bot 4

Jerar Encarnacion: 9/F9D+
LaMonte Wade: 31/G34
Casey Schmitt: K

Top 5

Thomas Saggese: W
Pedro Pages: W.1-2
Jose Fermin: K
Brendan Donovan: S34/G3.2-H;1-3
Alec Burleson: S9/G34+.3-H;1-2
Luken Baker: 6/L6
Lars Nootbaar: K

Bot 5

Michael Conforto: 53/G56
Tyler Fitzgerald: K
Brett Wisely: 6/L6M

Top 6

Michael Siani: W
Jordan Walker: S9/L9LS.1-3
Thomas Saggese: 9/F9S
Pedro Pages: K
Jose Fermin: S9/G4.3-H;1-3
Brendan Donovan: W.1-2
Alec Burleson: S8/L89D.3-H;2-H;1-3
Luken Baker: CS2(24)

Bot 6

Curt Casali: S8/L8
Grant McCray: S6/G6+.1-2
Luis Matos: 7/L78D
Jerar Encarnacion: 5/L56+
Donovan Walton: 8/L8D

Top 7

Luken Baker: 53/G56S
Lars Nootbaar: 31/G34
Michael Siani: 3/G3

Bot 7

Casey Schmitt: D7/L7L+
Michael Conforto: 8/F78XD+
Tyler Fitzgerald: E6/G6.B-1
Brett Wisely: S8/L8D+.2-H;1-2
Curt Casali: 4(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 8

Jordan Walker: 63/G6
Thomas Saggese: 9/F9S
Pedro Pages: K

Bot 8

Grant McCray: K
Luis Matos: 13/G15-
Jerar Encarnacion: K

Top 9

Jose Fermin: 43/G4
Brendan Donovan: 3/G3
Alec Burleson: W
Luken Baker: 64(1)/FO/G6+.B-1

Bot 9

Donovan Walton: S7/G56
Casey Schmitt: S6/G56.1-2
Michael Conforto: 36(1)1/GDP/G3+.2-3
Tyler Fitzgerald: 5/L56

Notes & reviews

Giants challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was overturned.

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