San Francisco Giants’ Wilmer Flores, left, scores past St. Louis Cardinals catcher Andrew Knizner (7) during the 10th inning at Busch Stadium in St Louis on Wed Jun 14, 2023 (AP News photo)

San Francisco Wins In Extra Innings Beating St. Louis 8-5

By Barbara Mason

Wednesday afternoon the San Francisco Giants (36-32) finished up their three game series with the St. Louis Cardinals (27-42) coming back from a 5-3 deficit to win in ten innings 8-5 for a three game sweep at Busch Stadium in St Louis.

In game one, the Giants came back from behind to win 4-3 and on Tuesday they crushed St. Louis 11-3. Wednesday afternoon Anthony DeSclafani took the mound for the Giants and Jordan Montgomery was on the hill for the Cards.

Tuesday game recap: The Giants got an early lead in the opening inning. Thairo Estrada and Patrick Bailey both singled giving San Francisco a 2-0 lead. Austin Slater and Luis Matos scored in the first inning.

St. Louis had a quiet first inning but had a most productive second inning loading the bases. Tommy Edman knocked a long ball right (385 feet) into the stands giving St. Louis a 4-2 lead. Nolan Arenado, Dylan Carlson and Paul DeJong all scored on that Edman home run.

The Cardinals would add another run in the third inning. Nolan Gorman walked and then advanced to second base on a wild pitch. Jordan Walker singled Gorman home and it was starting to look like DeScalfani’s time on the mound was coming to an end.

Jakob Junis would take over on the hill for the Giants in the fourth inning. The Cardinals starting pitcher J Montgomery was having a great game once he settled down after a shaky first inning. He had retired 16 players in a row going into the sixth inning once he got on track.

San Francisco continued to trail after five innings 5-2 but have a number of come from behind wins under their belt lately. They had four innings left in the game to make a move.

The Giants would pull a little closer in the seventh inning scoring one run. Mike Yastrzemski singled David Villar home. After a quiet eighth inning, the Giants had one inning left to either tie or win this game. It was a three and out eighth inning for San Francisco. They badly needed some offense in the ninth inning.

In the ninth inning LaMonte Wade Jr. walked but with two outs it came down to San Francisco’s final out and Mike Yastrzemski. He answered with a two run home run (417 feet) and the tie game 5-5. Late inning offense has been on point for San Francisco of late.

The game would go into extra innings. The Giants had gone from their final out, their final strike in the ninth inning to a remarkable 8-5 lead in the tenth inning. Thairo Estrada, Wilmer Flores and LaMonte Wade Jr. all singled driving three runs home. Camilo Doval closed this game for San Francisco and the Giants had the sweep, their third of the season in this come from behind win 8-5.

San Francisco will have the day off Thursday before heading to Los Angeles on Friday to take on the Dodgers in a three game series. Bobby Miller will take the mound for Los Angeles with a 3-0 win/loss record and a 0.78 ERA. San Francisco is still undecided. First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 PM.