Shay Whitcomb chops a single in 11th for 1st career game-ending RBI as
Giants beat Cardinals 5-4
[September 08, 2026]
By JANIE McCAULEY
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Shay Whitcomb chopped a single
with one out in the 11th inning for his first career game-ending RBI,
and the San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Monday
night.
Drew Cavanaugh’s sacrifice bunt against George Soriano (6-4) advanced
automatic runner Nate Furman and put him in position to score the
deciding run. |
St. Louis Cardinals' Alec Burleson, right, is congratulated by Leo
Bernal (13) after hitting a home run against the San Francisco Giants
during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in
San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) |
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Jason Foley (3-1) pitched two innings for the win.
Bryce Eldridge tied the game at 4 on a single in the bottom of
the 10th after St. Louis went ahead in the top of the inning
when Leo Bernal's fly ball dropped in front of diving center
fielder Jung Hoo Lee for a base hit.
Pinch-hitter José Fermín hit a tying sacrifice fly in the ninth
for St. Louis against Giants closer Dylan Smith, who allowed a
leadoff single to Joshua Báez and another base hit to Thomas
Saggese before a one-out walk by Bryan Torres loaded the bases
for Fermín.
Logan Webb struck out eight and shut down St. Louis over six
superb innings to bounce back from surrendering a career-high
nine runs his last time out at Pittsburgh, but had nothing to
show for it as his winless stretch reached four starts since he
beat Colorado on Aug. 15.
Rafael Devers hit an RBI double in the first for San Francisco,
making him the first Giants player with 35 home runs and 35
doubles in a season since Jeff Kent in 2002.
Alec Burleson splashed a solo home run into McCovey Cove beyond
the right-field arcade in the sixth for the lone run and third
hit off Webb, becoming the third Cardinals player to reach the
bay. It was the 183rd overall in Oracle Park history, and 72nd
by an opposing player — Matt Carpenter and Larry Walker had the
other two for St. Louis — while home run king Barry Bonds hit
35.
Eldridge added a sacrifice fly in the third as the Giants went
ahead 2-0. Devers doubled again with two outs in the fifth and
Eldridge followed with a run-scoring double to run his on-base
streak to 16 games.
Nathan Church’s seventh-inning double for St. Louis made it a
one-run game.
Up next
LHP Quinn Mathews (1-2, 4.38 ERA) pitches the middle game
Tuesday night opposite Giants RHP Landen Roupp (8-13, 4.17).
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