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09/07 22:52 CDT Shay Whitcomb chops a single in 11th for 1st career game-ending
RBI as Giants beat Cardinals 5-4
Shay Whitcomb chops a single in 11th for 1st career game-ending RBI as Giants
beat Cardinals 5-4
By JANIE McCAULEY
AP Baseball Writer
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.
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 Jos Fermn hit a tying sacrifice fly in the ninth for St. Louis
against Giants closer Dylan Smith, who allowed a leadoff single to Joshua Bez
and another base hit to Thomas Saggese before a one-out walk by Bryan Torres
loaded the bases for Fermn.
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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