Perhaps suffering a hangover after the big series win against the rival Dodgers, the San Francisco Giants returned home and suffered a three-game sweep at the hands of the St. Louis Cardinals in the season’s penultimate series.
The result puts the NL West title in jeopardy. In the final home series against the Colorado Rockies, the Giants must win two of three to win the West outright.
Willy Adames batted .333 (4-for-12) with his 38th home run of the season. The Giants managed only six runs and Christian Koss drove in half of them.
replay 86-73, actual 78-81
Sept. 22 — replay L 1-7 — actual L 5-6
Sept. 23 — replay L 3-5 — actual L 8-9
Sept. 24 — replay L 2-4 — actual W 4-3
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Sept. 22 (7-1 loss): The Cardinals led 2-1 after three innings and put the game away with a five-run fourth inning, which included a two-run single by Alec Burleson and a three-run homer by Nolan Arenado. Justin Verlander fell to 7-13 with the loss. The Giants managed only a solo homer by Jerar Encarnacion in the third inning.
2025 STL CARDINALS AB R H BI 2025 SF GIANTS AB R H BI
Lars Nootbaar 3 2 1 1 Heliot Ramos 4 0 1 0
Ivan Herrera 4 1 1 0 Rafael Devers 2 0 1 0
Alec Burleson 5 1 2 2 Willy Adames 4 0 0 0
Nolan Arenado 5 1 1 3 Matt Chapman 4 0 1 0
Thomas Saggese 5 0 3 1 Bryce Eldridge 2 0 0 0
Pedro Pages 5 0 1 0 Casey Schmitt 4 0 1 0
Jordan Walker 5 0 0 0 Patrick Bailey 4 0 1 0
Jose Fermin 4 0 2 0 Jerar Encarnacion 4 1 1 1
Victor Scott 3 2 2 0 Drew Gilbert 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 39 7 13 7 TOTALS 31 1 7 1
2025 STL CARDINALS 110 500 000 -- 7
2025 SF GIANTS 001 000 000 -- 1
LOB--2025 STL CARDINALS 9, 2025 SF GIANTS 7. ERR--Rafael
Devers. 2B--Thomas Saggese, Jose Fermin (2), Alec Burleson,
Victor Scott, Casey Schmitt, Rafael Devers, Drew Gilbert.
HR--Nolan Arenado, Jerar Encarnacion. HBP--Ivan Herrera,
Bryce Eldridge (2). SB--Victor Scott (2).
2025 STL CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Michael McGreevy Z [W] 7.00 6 1 1 1 4 1
Kyle Leahy Y 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
JoJo Romero Y 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
2025 SF GIANTS
Justin Verlander Y [L] 3.67 9 7 7 2 4 1
Tristan Beck 3.33 3 0 0 1 2 0
Matt Gage Y 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Joel Peguero Y 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sept. 23 (5-3 loss): The Giants scored first on a Christian Koss RBI single in the second inning. The Cardinals tied it in the fifth on Ivan Herrera’s RBI double. It stayed 1-1 until the eighth inning. The Cardinals got a two-run homer by Alec Burleson and RBI singles by Jimmy Crooks and Victor Scott to make it 5-1. The Giants cut the deficit in half in the bottom of the eighth on a two-run double by Koss, but that was it. Logan Webb pitched well in the no-decision.
2025 STL CARDINALS AB R H BI 2025 SF GIANTS AB R H BI
Brendan Donovan 5 0 1 0 Heliot Ramos 5 0 1 0
Ivan Herrera 4 1 2 1 Rafael Devers 5 0 0 0
Alec Burleson 4 1 1 2 Willy Adames 4 0 2 0
Nolan Arenado 4 1 0 0 Matt Chapman 4 0 0 0
Lars Nootbaar 5 1 1 0 Bryce Eldridge 3 2 1 0
Thomas Saggese 4 0 0 0 Jung Hoo Lee 3 1 1 0
Jimmy Crooks 4 0 1 1 Patrick Bailey 3 0 0 0
Jordan Walker 4 1 2 0 Christian Koss 4 0 2 3
Victor Scott 4 0 1 1 Drew Gilbert 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 38 5 9 5 TOTALS 34 3 7 3
2025 STL CARDINALS 000 010 040 -- 5
2025 SF GIANTS 010 000 020 -- 3
LOB--2025 STL CARDINALS 9, 2025 SF GIANTS 10. ERR--Heliot
Ramos, Willy Adames, Christian Koss. 2B--Lars Nootbaar, Ivan
Herrera, Willy Adames, Bryce Eldridge, Christian Koss.
HR--Alec Burleson. HBP--Ivan Herrera, Bryce Eldridge.
2025 STL CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Andre Pallante 5.00 5 1 1 3 6 0
John King RZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Matt Svanson XY [W] 1.00 0 0 0 1 2 0
JoJo Romero Y 1.00 2 2 2 1 0 0
Riley OBrien Y [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 SF GIANTS
Logan Webb XZ 6.00 4 1 1 1 5 0
Joey Lucchesi Z 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Spencer Bivens [L] 1.00 4 4 2 1 3 1
Ryan Walker YZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
Sept. 24 (4-2 loss): The Cardinals batted around the order in the top of the first. The first three batters had hits, including an RBI double by Ivan Herrera and an RBI single by Alec Burleson. Thomas Saggese later had a two-run double to make it 4-0. That would be all the runs the Cardinals would score, but it would also be all that they would need. Willy Adames had an RBI single in the fourth and a solo homer in the sixth, his 38th of the season.
2025 STL CARDINALS AB R H BI 2025 SF GIANTS AB R H BI
Brendan Donovan 5 1 2 0 Heliot Ramos 4 0 1 0
Ivan Herrera 5 1 1 1 Rafael Devers 4 1 1 0
Alec Burleson 4 1 2 1 Willy Adames 4 1 2 2
Nolan Arenado 4 0 1 0 Bryce Eldridge 4 0 1 0
Lars Nootbaar 4 1 1 0 Casey Schmitt 4 0 0 0
Thomas Saggese 4 0 2 2 Jung Hoo Lee 4 0 1 0
Pedro Pages 4 0 0 0 Christian Koss 4 0 0 0
Jordan Walker 3 0 0 0 Drew Gilbert 3 0 1 0
Victor Scott 3 0 1 0 Andrew Knizner 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 4 10 4 TOTALS 34 2 7 2
2025 STL CARDINALS 400 000 000 -- 4
2025 SF GIANTS 000 101 000 -- 2
LOB--2025 STL CARDINALS 7, 2025 SF GIANTS 5. ERR--Heliot
Ramos, Willy Adames. 2B--Thomas Saggese, Brendan Donovan,
Lars Nootbaar, Ivan Herrera, Heliot Ramos, Rafael Devers.
HR--Willy Adames. SACB--Victor Scott.
2025 STL CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Sonny Gray XZ [W] 6.00 7 2 2 0 8 1
Kyle Leahy Y 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Svanson XY 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Riley OBrien Y [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
2025 SF GIANTS
JT Brubaker [L] 4.00 7 4 4 0 4 0
Carson Seymour 3.00 2 0 0 0 4 0
Matt Gage Y 1.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
Jose Butto YW 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
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