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St. Louis Cardinals @ San Francisco Giants

2026-09-08 · Night game · AT&T Park · Att: 27787 · 72°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 10 mph, Varies · 2:25

San Francisco Giants defeated St. Louis Cardinals 2–1. San Francisco Giants opened the scoring in the 1st — Bryce Eldridge homers (16) on a fly ball to left center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Jordan Walker grounds into a double play, third baseman Shay Whitcomb to second baseman Osleivis Basabe to first baseman Rafael Devers. Iván Herrera to 3rd. Alec Burleson out at 2nd. Jordan Walker out at 1st — worth 16% in win probability.

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Line score

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bryan Torres 2B	4	0	1	1	1	0
Victor Scott PR	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ivan Herrera DH	5	0	1	0	0	0
Alec Burleson 1B	1	0	1	0	3	0
Jordan Walker RF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Leo Bernal C	3	0	0	0	1	1
Nolan Gorman 3B	2	0	0	0	0	1
Joshua Báez LF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Saggese 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Masyn Winn SS	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nathan Church CF	3	1	1	0	1	0

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jonah Cox CF	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rafael Devers 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bryce Eldridge DH	3	1	1	1	1	2
Nate Furman 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jung Hoo Lee PH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Osleivis Basabe 2B	2	0	0	0	1	1
Turner Hill LF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Andrew Knizner C	4	0	0	0	0	1
Shay Whitcomb 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0
Grant McCray RF	2	0	1	0	1	0
Christian Koss SS	3	1	2	1	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Gordon Graceffo	2.0	1	0	0	1	2
Quinn Mathews	6.0	5	2	2	2	4

San Francisco Giants — pitching