St Louis Cardinals starter Dakota Hudson throws against the Giants line up in the first inning at Busch Stadium in St Louis on Sat May 14, 2022. Hudson and the Cardinal bullpen shutout the Giants on a eight hitter (AP News photo)

St. Louis Beats San Francisco In a Shut Out 4-0

By Barbara Mason

In the first of this series the San Francisco Giants (20-13) handled the St. Louis Cardinals (18-15) without much trouble. They had eight hits and eight runs winning 8-2.

Saturday the two teams met in the second game of their series. In this game San Francisco again had eight hits with a completely different outcome. The Giants were shut out 4-0. St. Louis had seven hits in the second game of this series.

On the mound for the Giants was Jakob Junis who went 5.2 innings. He got relief pitching from John Brebbia and Camilo Doval for the loss.

St. Louis’ Dakota Hudson went five innings for the shut out and was relieved by Genesis Cabrera, Andre Pallante, Ryan Helsley and Giovanny Gallegos who all had a hand in this win.

The Cardinals scored in the second inning off a double from Brendan Donovan for the early 1-0 lead. They would tack on another in the fifth inning when Tommy Edman hit a solo home run to right and a 2-0 lead.

They would solidify the win in the seventh inning with two runs off a couple of doubles from Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado for the 4-0 final.

Notes: The Giants traded utilityman Mauricio Dubon to the Houston Astros for catcher Michael Papierski. Papierski who will report to the Giants minor league affiliate Sacramento. The Giants in turn called up infielder Donavon Walton.

Walton was picked up by the Giants on Wednesday from the Seattle Mariners. Walton played in Saturday’s game against the Cards playing at second and hitting for a double.

Giants infielder Tommy LaStella is coming right along after suffering from right Achilles inflammation he’s been looking good in rehab hitting for a grand slam and going 2-5 on Saturday in Sacramento.

The Cardinals activated RHP Drew VerHagen who suffered a right hip impingement and came off the IL. The Cards optioned LHP Packy Naughton to Triple-A Memphis.

The Giants were able to hit in this game but could not bring anyone home. The final game of this series will be Sunday in a late game. First pitch is schedule for 4:08 PM. Starting for San Francisco Sunday left hand pitcher Carlos Rodon (4-1 ERA 1.80) and for the Cards righthander Adam Wainwright (3-3 ERA 3.18)