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Giants Fall To Padres, 6-4; SF swept by San Diego as Pads win 7th straight game; Devers out for season

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San Diego Padres’ Manny Machado, right, hits a two-run home run in front of Giants catcher Andrew Kizner, left, during the second inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, Sept 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

By Maggie Akins

The San Francisco Giants have now been swept nine times this season. Their second against the San Diego Padres. 

The Padres sealed it with a final score of 6-4 at Oracle Park on Sunday evening. 

The Padres added to their resume, keeping themselves in playoff contention in the current sixth wild-card spot. Since the Giants are out of playoff contention, for the rest of the season they will be trying not to have 100 losses and are giving their young guns experience.

The Giants did have positives from start to finish besides the loss. They did not make it an easy win for the Padres and were fighting for runs on the board and continuously had batters in scoring position till the last pitch. 

OF Scott Bandura made his MLB debut after getting called up from Sacramento earlier today, following the news that Rafael Devers will be out for the remainder of the season due to a core muscle injury. 

“Just getting to be here is outstanding for him,” Manager Tony Vitello said. “He can tell his grandkids it was the hardest hit line drive of all time, and he ended up scoring on it too.”

Devers was put on the 60-day injury list and is expected to be back for spring training. Vitello noted pregame that Devers has been battling with this injury all year. 

“He wanted to keep playing, but this was mapped out a while ago,” Vitello said. 

Bandura secured his first major league hit in the sixth inning after hitting a single down center field. Christian Koss hit a single and brought home Bandura. His two previous strikeouts didn’t matter anymore to him and his parents in the crowd.

RHP Logan Webb started on the mound this afternoon with a 8-8 record and a 4.10 ERA. 

Webb’s first inning was not what Giants fans were hoping to see from their ace. The Padres tallied up five runs in the first two innings with their attacking offense led by Fernando Tatis Jr. Jackson Merrill carried the big weight with a double bringing home Tatis and Dustin Harris. 

Webb still managed a good outing, only allowing one run in the fourth inning.

“For today, he was, I thought, really good, if not exceptional, for three ining and not very good for two innings,” Vitello said. “Just for the series, the one continual theme was they were good at preparing for our starters, so takes two to tango.”

With the Padres’ early lead, it was enough to carry over the win, not scoring again after the fourth inning. 

Matt “Tugboat” Wilkinson came in for relief in the sixth inning. He walked onto that mound and did his thing, shutting out the Padres’ scoring throughout his outing. Trent Harris came in to close out the game in the ninth inning.

RHP Nick Pivetta made his return for the Padres, starting on the mound with a 2-2 record and a 3.43 ERA. Pivetta was recently activated off the injured list, missing five months with a right elbow flexor strain. 

Up next, the Giants face the St. Louis Cardinals in St. Louis on Monday, first pitch at 4:45 p.m. Giants starting pitcher will be RHP Landen Roupp (9-13, 4.00 ERA) against Cardinals LHP Quinn Matthews (1-3, 4.11 ERA)

In other news

Jackson Flora, the Giants’ fourth overall pick, was promoted to the Double-A Richmond Flying Squirrels today.

The Giants announced that Rafael Devers will be lost for the rest of the season due to a core injury. Devers before the injury was having quite a run agianst the Padres in this last series which included a grand slam home run on Friday night at Oracle Park. Devers for the season hit .258, 36 home runs, 143 hits and 96 RBIs.

San Francisco Giants game wrap: Giants fall short despite another spirited effort in 7-6 loss to Padres

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San Diego Padres closer Mason Miller (left) and catcher Luis Campusano (right) share congratulations after defeating the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sat Sep 12, 2026 (AP

San Francisco Giants game wrap:

Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026

Oracle Park

San Francisco, California

San Diego Padres 7 (80-68)

San Francisco Giants 2 (62-87)

Win: Michael King (11-9)

Loss: Cesar Perdomo (0-1)

Save: Mason Miller (36)

Time: 2:33

Attendance: 40,146

By Stephen Ruderman

SAN FRANCISCO–The fall sunshine shone on Oracle Park for another beautiful day for baseball, as Giants made another late charge Saturday, but a late mistake by Shea Whitcomb proved costly, and the Padres once again held on for a 7-6 win.

After the Giants came back to finally get their first sweep of the season on Wednesday, they nearly pulled off another one Friday night, but fell just short. However, the momentum remained, and the Giants looked to capitalize on it, and play spoiler against the Padres, who came into Saturday with a half-game lead for the third wild card spot in the National League.

Cesar Perdomo made his third start of the season, and survived a jam in the top of the first inning. Michael King took the ball for San Diego, and the Giants got to work on him right away.

Drew Gilbert singled to lead off the bottom of the first, and up came the white-hot Rafael Devers. Devers hit his 37th home run of the season to give the Giants a 2-0 lead. Devers also got his 97th and 98th RBIs of the season. He is two away from being the first Giant to have 100 RBIs in a season since Buster Posey in 2012.

The Padres responded in the top of the second. With the bases loaded and two outs, Dustin Harris grounded a base-hit the other way to left to tie the game.

Shea Whitcomb hit a home run out to the Giants’ bullpen in left-center to put the Giants back ahead. Though, once again, the Padres had a response, and tied the game in the top of the third on a home run by Jackson Merrill.

Perdomo and King got off to similar starts, but they would go in completely different directions in the third. King went on to retire 14-straight after Whitcomb’s home run. As for Perdomo, the Padres tacked on a run in the fourth, and another one in the fifth to take a 5-3 lead.

Perdomo was done after four and two thirds. In addition to the five runs, Perdomo gave up ten hits.

Fernando Tatis Jr. hit an absolute missile halfway up into the bleachers in left off Joel Kuhnel to start the top of the sixth to make it 6-3.

After Reiver Sanmartin finished the top of the sixth, Jason Foley was the man for the top of the seventh. The Padres had runners at first and second with two outs for Tatis, who hit a ground ball to Whitcomb at third. Whitcomb thought he could tag Xander Bogaerts, who was the lead runner at second. Whitcomb then looked over to Bogaerts, and without his eye on the ball, it went under his glove into left field. A run scored, and it was now 7-3.

Plain and simply, it was a rookie mistake by Whitcomb, who was notably flustered. For a young player like Whitcomb, it can be a learning experience.

The Giants now trailed 7-3. Hey, the Giants came back from down 6-1 to win on Wednesday, and almost came back from down 7-1 last night. 7-3 should be no problem.

The Giants would finally end King’s streak of 14-straight batters set down, when Jonah Cox singled to lead off the bottom of the seventh. However, that was immediately followed up by a double play.

So much for that. At least there were still two innings remaining. Bradgley Rodriguez came in for the bottom of the eighth. Drew Cavanaugh led off the inning with his first big league home run to right.

Alright, it was now 7-4. Christian Koss lined a base-hit to left, and Drew GIlbert hit one out to right that bounced into the water to make it 7-6. Now, it was exciting.

However, Adrian Morejon came in and set down the next three to end the inning. Mason Miller then came in to do his thing in the bottom of the ninth. By his thing, I of course mean that Miller threw a one, two, three inning to notch down the save.

Despite these two losses to the Padres, this is a Giants’ team with a lot of fight in them. To play this way against a talented Padres’ team that could very well find themselves in the Playoffs, that is no small feat for the 2026 San Francisco Giants.

Michael King got the win, and Cesar Perdomo was dealt his first big league loss.

The Giants fall to 62-87.

Logan Webb (8-8 ERA 4.10) will take the ball on his football jersey day late Sunday night, as the Giants will look to avert the sweep. Nick Pivetta (2-2 ERA 3.43) will go for San Diego.

I said “late,” because Sunday’s game is the NBC Sunday Night Game of the Week. That means first pitch will be at 4:20 p.m PDT.

San Fancisco Giants podcast Stephen Ruderman: Giants-Pads match up in game 2 of 3 game set Saturday; Devers slam not enough in Friday loss

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San Francisco Giants Rafeal Devers (16) is congratulated by teammates at home plate in the fifth inning after hitting a grand slam against the San Diego Padres at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Fri Sep 11, 2026 (AP News photo)

San Francisco Giants podcast Stephen Ruderman:

#1 How did Rafael Devers’ grand slam in the fifth inning change the momentum of the game?

#2 What impact did Bryce Eldridge have on the Giants’ offense, and how did his final at-bat against Mason Miller end?

#3 How did Jonah Cox contribute to the Giants’ late-inning comeback attempt?

#4 What went wrong for Giants starting pitcher Anthony Molina during his three innings against the Padres?

#5 How did Yunior Marte help keep the Giants within striking distance after Molina left the game?

Stephen Ruderman is a San Francisco Giants beat reporter for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Padres beat Giants 7-5, snapping San Francisco’s 3-game winning streak

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San Francisco Giants (#16) Rafael Devers is all smiles after hitting his ninth career grand slam and his 36th home run of the season in an MLB game against the San Diego Padres on Friday, September 11th, 2026, at Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA. (Photo credit to Jae Choi)

By Michael Villanueva

SAN FRANCISCO – After the San Francisco Giants’ 3-game winning sweep at home on the St. Louis Cardinals. The San Francisco Giants (62-86) hosted the San Diego Padres (79-68) on Friday night in San Francisco for game one out of three starting this weekend. However, it was the Padres taking game one 7-5, and San Diego’s starting pitcher, former San Francisco Giants pitcher as well, Robbie Ray would get the win. This gave Giants starter Anthony Molina his first loss.

This was the first time the San Francisco Giants faced off against LHP Robbie Ray since dealing him to San Diego at the trade deadline. Ray has gone 1-2 with a 4.71 ERA in his six starts with San Diego with the Padres losing four of the six games. Ray also posted a 6-1 record over 11 starts with San Francisco at Oracle Park earlier this year. This game was Robbie’s 100th career win as the winning pitcher.

The San Francisco Giants would strike first with Jonah Cox scoring. Cox would get on base with a single on a line drive to right field. Setting up his teammate Bryce Eldridge to bring him in, he delivers as Eldridge got himself a single and helped give the Giants their only lead of the night, 1-0.

Right after that, going into the top of the second inning, the San Diego Padres would respond. Padres Jackson Merrill hits a ground-rule double, his 24th of the season, to left-field. Then Dustin Harris would get a single on his turn at-bat and bring in Merrill to score and tie the game 1-1. Next, Freddy Fermin would also hit a double, his 12th of the season, and bring in Harris to score for San Diego 2-1.

After a quick three-out trip for San Francisco. The Padres weren’t done with their hitting spree. At the top of the third inning, Jake Cronenworth singles on a sharp line drive to right field. Luis Campusano would get a double, his 12th double of the season, and bring in Cronenworth to score for San Diego 3-1. Then Jackson Merrill comes back to hit and himself a single. With Campusano stealing to third base, and Merrill on first base. Padres Xander Bogaerts joins the fun with a double and brings in Campusano and Merrill to score, 5-1.

The Padres still weren’t done with the Giants; after Bogaerts’ double, Dustin Harris would get a triple to bring Bogaerts to score, 6-1. Then Freddy Fermin was still feeling hot as het would got another double at Oracle Park. So Harris would add on to the runs and change the score to 7-1, Padres leading through the third inning.

It wouldn’t take long for the Giants to get their hitting going. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Giants Andrew Knizner gets on base with a double, then Cox and Koss gets walked, getting the bases loaded and setting up big hitter Rafael Devers. So Devers delivers for San Francisco as he hits a grand slam to right field, also making this his 36th homer of the season. The score would get as close as 7-5 after Devers big hit in Oracle Park.

The Padres tallied up 12 hits in this game against the Giants bullpen. This was the team’s eleventh meeting this season, with the Padres extending their season series lead to 7-4. Losing pitcher Anthony Molina for San Francisco had a shot at becoming the team’s third pitcher to win his first four games with the Giants since the franchise moved to San Francisco.

In the last and final moments of the game, San Francisco did have a chance for a comeback win. With the bases loaded and two outs. Giants Bryce Eldridge stepped up to the plate with the team on his back, hoping for a miracle. Eldridge in the last series had five hits and seven RBI’s, so the fans were right behind him for a miracle. However, going against the Padres closer Mason Miller would be brutal, as Miller would strike out Eldridge and give the team and the fans a home loss in this Friday night game. The final score for the game would be 7-5.

With two more games still to play this weekend, the San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres will come back tomorrow, here at Oracle Park, for game two. First pitch will be at 1:05 p.m. with the game being broadcast on NBCS BA. San Diego will send RHP Michael King (10-9, 3.00 ERA) to hopefully keep the wins coming for them on their seven game road trip. The Giants will bring out LHP Cesar Perdomo (0-0, 0.90 ERA), who’s looking for his first win as a starter for San Francisco.

San Francisco Giants podcast Lincoln Juarez: Padres Robbie Ray returns to face former team; Pads-Giants open series Friday night

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Former San Francisco Giant now with the San Diego Padres Robbie Ray will face his former teammates Fri Sep 11, 2026 at Oracle Park in San Francisco (photo from Instagram)

SF Giants podcast Lincoln Juarez:

#1 Can Logan Webb set the tone for the Giants against a Padres lineup featuring Fernando Tatis Jr., Manny Machado and Jackson Merrill? Webb is coming off a strong outing against St. Louis, striking out eight while allowing one run.

#2 Will Rafael Devers continue to carry the Giants’ offense against San Diego? Devers has been one of San Francisco’s biggest offensive threats, while rookie Bryce Eldridge has also emerged as a key power bat.

#3 Can Bryce Eldridge keep making an impact in the middle of the Giants’ lineup? The rookie has 16 home runs and recently delivered a crucial game-tying hit against St. Louis.

#4 Will Grant McCray’s speed create problems for the Padres? McCray has been one of San Francisco’s standout baserunners as the Giants have emphasized aggressive stealing and taking extra bases.

#5 Can the Giants’ young core—including Shay Whitcomb and Dylan Smith—help them challenge a Padres club still fighting for the postseason? San Francisco has leaned heavily on rookies and newcomers, while San Diego entered the final weeks of the season in the NL wild-card race.

Lincoln Juarez does the San Francisco Giants podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: Giants 2026 Season Organizational Failure

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San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer can only hope for a better future as poor decisions and a struggling team have hampered the club all 2026 season long (photo from Axios)

Giants 2026 Season Organizational Failure

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi-González

The San Francisco Giants’ failure this season is an organizational failure. I cannot blame a rookie manager who has never played or managed a single game in the minor leagues or the majors for this failure. The team signed Tony Vitello for three years with an option for a fourth season. Personally, I didn’t like the novice manager hire, like a pilot telling passengers, “Buckle your seat belt; this is my first flight, and I’ve never flown before, so wish me good luck”

But it is silly to blame him; the best Jockey in the world cannot win if his horse is limping. I thought the Giants should have given the skipper’s job to Ron Washington, their current infield coach. He has managed before, unlike Vitello, and has a great reputation in the baseball world. This team’s failure rests with the front office and the people who built it. The front office allocated minimal financial resources to upgrade or heavily retool the back end of the bullpen, which proved to be a liability all season long. Nobody wins without a good bullpen; today, the average starter throws between 5 to 6 innings.

The Giants now have offered to pay it’s fans to come to September games as ticket sales have fallen.

Numbers do not lie: The San Francisco Giants have recorded 22 blown saves out of 48 save opportunities, a 54% save success rate, contributing directly to a large portion of their late-game struggles. The Giants are #11 in total payroll among the 30 teams in Major League Baseball. Teams with much smaller payrolls are fighting for a postseason berth. In fact, the Tampa Bay Rays have the #17 payroll, the Chicago White Sox #29, and the Miami Marlins #30. With about 15 games left for most teams, the Rays lead the American League East, the Chicago White Sox lead the American League Central, and the Miami Marlins are in third place behind two powerhouses: the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies. I would not be surprised if the Marlins make it as a wild card team. The Marlins won two World Series (1997 and 2003) as a Wild Card.

If money won you anything in baseball, the Mets today should have close to 100 wins, but look at the standings, living around the cellar of the NL East with a Payroll the size of the Pentagon. The Dodgers are also in that group, and with all that talent and bankroll behind them, yes, they are in first place, but teams like Milwaukee and the Cubs, with half those riches, are there contending with a real shot at a World Series. Dodgers Shohei Ohtani’s injuries are hurting the World Champs, but he was back in the lineup on September 7th; he probably will not pitch anymore this season.

.I am old enough to remember how important Major League scouts were to the game, but today front offices are all about Analytics; soon, if not already, AI (Artificial Intelligence) will be running baseball. Why not? They are already running everything else, and Data Centers are on the way. WAR in baseball stands for Wins Above Replacement, an advanced statistic that estimates the total number of wins a player contributes to their team compared to a minor-league replacement player or a free-agent fill-in. About Artificial Intelligence: Former Anthropic and OpenAI researcher Jacob Coxon stated that AI could kill all of humanity by the end of this decade, so by then we will not need a bullpen.

The San Francisco Giants have about a dozen games left this year, and then, like they say in New York, “fuhgeddaboudit”

Jorge Posada, former catcher for the New York Yankees, criticized the modern game as “garbage” and too analytical, arguing that the heavy reliance on numbers has made the sport overly robotic.

The Giants now have offered to pay it’s fans to come to September games as ticket sales have fallen. For any season ticket holder that attended the last series against the St Louis Cardinials they will be offered a credit “equal to 15% of that ticket’s value.” Including a five percent credit as season ticket holders got in the three game series with the Cards which works out to 20%.

Quote: “Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer: –Ted Williams.

Amaury Pi-Gonzalez – Cuban-born Pi-González is one of the pioneers of Spanish-language baseball play-by-play in America. Began as Oakland A’s Spanish-language voice in 1977 ending in 2024 (interrupted by stops with the Giants, Mariners and Angels). Voice of the Golden State Warriors from 1992 through 1998. 2010 inducted in the Bay Area Radio Hall of fame.

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Giants mount eighth inning comeback to sweep the Cardinals 7-6

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San Francisco Giants Jung Hoo Lee slugs a single in the second inning against the St Louis Cardinals at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Wed Sep 9, 2026 (AP News photo)

By Lincoln Juarez

SAN FRANCISCO – The Giants hoped to continue to play spoiler to the St. Louis Cardinals Wednesday afternoon in the final game of a three-game set. St. Louis dropped the first two games of the series plunging them to 6.0 games back of the Arizona Diamondbacks for the final Wild Card spot in the National League. For the Giants, a sweep of the Cardinals at home would’ve been their first since June 29-July 1, 2001.

A beautiful 80 degree afternoon at Oracle Park began with a 95mph called strike one to Cardinal leadoff hitter Bryan Torres who popped out to Shay Whitcomb at third for the first out of the day. The first of three quick outs to set the Cardinals down in order with the help of another great diving play by Bryce Eldridge at first base to end the inning.

Drew Gilbert leadoff the home first with a line drive up the middle and in the blink of an eye he was testing his luck for two bases. He dove in well ahead of Nathan Church’s throw for a leadoff double. Two batters later, Bryce Eldridge, who extended his on-base streak to 17 games Tuesday night, blooped a base-hit to left field to bring home Gilbert, extending his streak to 18 games. After reaching on a fielder’s choice, Jonah Cox was caught stealing to end the Giants rally in the first with a 1-0 lead.

It was the third time in as many games against the Redbirds the Giants scored in the first inning hoping for the same result from the first two games in which the Giants secured their first series win against St. Louis since sweeping a three-game set at Busch Stadium in 2023.

The one-run lead wouldn’t last as the Cardinals brought a run home on two hits in the top of the second. In the third, the Cardinals added more after an unfortunate sequence of events for Giants’ starter Blade Tidwell. In the process of having Ivan Herrera picked off between first and second base Tidwell was called for interference after running through the baseline, making contact with Herrera, allowing him to advance to second base.

Tidwell then walked Alec Burleson and gave up a 378ft homerun to Leo Bernal putting the St. Louis ahead 4-1. A situation that could’ve been two out with nobody on resulted in Tidwell being visibly frustrated on his way back to the dugout after the three-run inning.

He would only last another full inning, getting pulled in the fifth with the bases loaded from a single, hit-by-pitch, and walk with nobody out. Tidwell’s final line was 4.0 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K. He was replaced by left-hander Philip Abner, making his Giants debut.

St. Louis was held to just one in the fifth thanks to Abner rolling a double-play on the first pitch he threw. They got one more in the sixth and had a 6-1 lead the rest of the way.

It was a game in which the Giants offense struggled to get anything going past the first inning thanks to Cardinals’ starter Andre Pallante giving up the lone run across 5.0 innings of work. San Francisco was shutout after the first inning until the bottom of the eighth, when Bryce Eldridge came through with his second RBI-hit of the afternoon. It knocked in two to make it a 6-3 Cardinal lead. Jonah Cox followed with a base-hit of his own driving in another run to get the Giants within two.

Edridge stood on second base with Cox at first and Jung Hoo Lee in the box with two out. Jung Hoo lined a double off the brick wall in right bringing home both Eldridge and Cox, who shared a long, celebratory hug after Cox scored. On the next pitch Shay Whitcomb, who had been great all day defensively, smacked one to centerfield also off the wall to trade places with Jung Hoo Lee. The Giants came all the way back and had a 7-6 lead.

As the Oracle Park crowd gave a standing ovation to the Giants offense at the end of the eighth inning, Trent Harris made the trek to the mound to close out a Giants comeback win. Jose Fermin leadoff the ninth with a single on the first pitch prompting the Cardinals to pinch-hit with the Homerun Derby champion, Jordan Walker. Walker rolled into 6-4-3 double-play and one pitch later Trent Harris got his first career big-league save and Matt “Tugboat” Wilkinson earned his first career win courtesy of the Giants’ eighth inning comeback.

St. Louis could not avoid the sweep heading into their nine-game homestand, their final of the season, where the final three games of the Giants, Cardinals season series will be played next Monday through Wednesday. The Cardinals look to make one last run at the final National League Wild Card spot with 15 games remaining.

The Giants swept a team in 2026 in three consecutive days for the first time, they won all three games in their road series against the Atlanta Braves but the final game of that series was over two months after the first two.

Tony Vitello and his squad of young prospects will welcome the San Diego Padres to town for a three-game series beginning Friday night at 7:15pm, hoping to spoil more playoff hopes. The Padres, another team trying to overcome the Diamondbacks for the final Wild Card spot.

Starters for Friday for San Diego LHP Robbie Ray (11-8 ERA 3.38) for San Francisco RHP Anthony Molina (3-0 ERA 2.79) first pitch 7:15pm PDT.

Giants win 2-1, on 2-game Winning Streak

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San Francisco Giants (#50) Christian Koss hit his fourth home run this season against the St. Louis Cardinals in an MLB game on Tuesday, September 8th, 2026, at Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA. (Photo credit to Jae Choi)

By Michael Villanueva

SAN FRANCISCO – Tuesday morning, the San Francisco Giants learned the door to their postseason had closed. Due to tiebreaker procedures, the Giants are eliminated from the playoffs for the fifth straight year. So Tuesday evening, the Giants’ mentality was now just to have fun and win ball games. The Giants are in game two of three, hosting the St. Louis Cardinals. In Game 2 tonight at Oracle Park, the Giants (61-85) would get the win over the Cardinals (72-74), 2-1, and win this home series.

The Giants’ starting and winning pitcher of the game, Landen Roupp, would allow 2 hits, 0 runs, 4 BB, and 2 strikeouts in this game. This is also Roupp’s ninth win as a starter for San Francisco. St. Louis pitcher Quinn Mathews received his third loss as the starting pitcher for the Cardinals. Mathews would allow 5 hits, 2 runs, 2 ER, 4 strikeouts, and 2 homeruns.

San Francisco Giants first baseman Rafael Devers was named one of MLB Players of the Week. Devers batted .385 with six home runs, 13 RBI’s, and a 1.669 OPS from August 31st to September 6th. This is now his fifth career award and second straight for the Giants.

This game really off in San Francisco’s direction from early homers from Eldridge and Christian Koss. With one more win in tomorrow’s afternoon game, they can have the chance to sweep the Cardinals in this homestands. In the bottom of the first inning, Giants Bryce Eldridge would get the game started with his sixteenth homer of the season. Eldridge sent that ball to the left outfield and got the ballpark rocking early.

The Cardinals would have no response on their offensive side. So Giants Christian Koss decided to join in on the home run fun. In the bottom of the second inning, Koss would drill his third home run in the past four games. These two homers from Eldridge and Koss would be enough to give the Giants the lead and ultimately win this game.

St. Louis was able to find themselves in scoring positions. However, with smart pitching from Roupp and the Giants defense holding up. They were able to prevent the Cardinals from converting any runs. Especially by placing the ball low on his sinkers, forcing the Cardinals’ hitters to ground out.

It wouldn’t be until the top of the ninth inning that the game would see a drastic change. The St. Louis Cardinals weren’t gonna let up that easy against the Giants. With two outs, it was now or never to make a move. Cardinals Nathan Church would be able to get a single. On the next batter, Church would steal to second base on the first pitch. Leading up his teammate Bryan Torres to get a single, and bringing in Church to score.

With the score now being 2-1, but with two outs for the Cardinals. The Giants would just need one more stop to call the ballgame. So next batter, Cardinals Ivan Herrera would get grounded out, and that would conclude the ball game. With the Giants finding out this morning, there will be no playoffs. The team was all smiles after getting this Tuesday night win.

The San Francisco Giants won’t get a lot of rest as the team has to come back tomorrow afternoon to finish off this homestand with the Cardinals. Tomorrow’s win will give the Giants a sweep of the Cardinals. San Francisco will send out RHP Blade Tidwell (0-2), and St. Louis will go with RHP Andre Pallante (12-6). The game will be broadcast live on MLB.TV with first pitch at 12:45 p.m.

Bryce Eldridge AP photo

Giants survive bullpen meltdown, beat Cardinals 5-4 in extras

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Photo: San Francisco Giants’ Bryce Eldridge hits an RBI double against the St. Louis Cardinals during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

By Vince Cestone

SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants nearly suffered another loss to a bullpen meltdown, but they survived on a clutch Bryce Eldridge hit in the 10th and a Shay Whitcomb infield hit in the 11th to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 in extra innings.

With the Giants up 3-2 in the ninth inning, manager Tony Vitello went to Dylan Smith for a two-inning save, but just like it did against the Cincinnati Reds in the third game of the series, his outing went south but to a lesser extent. The Giants didn’t blow a 9-3 lead this time, but the Cardinals were able to even the score. After Joshua Baez started the inning with an infield hit, shortstop Thomas Saggese singled. The next batter Nathan Church tried to bunt but popped out. With the runners staying put, Bryan Torres then walked, setting it up for pinch hitter Jose Fermin, who hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game at three. Smith retired the next batter Alec Burleson on a flyout to send the game to extra innings.

Before all the craziness, it looked good for the Giants. Ace Logan Webb was on the hill for the Giants, and he did a great job, pitching six innings of one-run ball. He struck out eight batters, gave up three hits, and walked only two batters. Webb looked like he was going to get the win, until the bullpen meltdown happened a few innings later.

Before then, the Giants started the scoring in the very first inning. Left fielder Turner Hill led off the bottom of the first with a walk. The following batter Rafael Devers doubled him in to give the Giants a 1-0 lead. The next three batters were retired in order by Cardinals starting pitcher Michael McGreevy.

The Giants added on in the third inning, with the help of the Cardinals defense. After Christian Koss singled on a comebacker to the pitcher who seemed to have mishandled the ball but still was deemed a hit, McGreevy airmailed the ball to first over the head of Burleson, allowing Koss to get to second. The next batter Hill grounded out to first, advancing Koss to third. The hot-hitting Devers then walked. That set it up for Eldridge, who hit a sacrifice fly to center field to increase the Giants’ lead to 2-0.

The Giants tacked on a third run in the fifth inning on back-to-back doubles from Devers and Eldridge. Both collected two hits in the game.

But then the Cardinals came roaring back. In the top of the sixth inning, the Cardinals got on the board with a two-out, solo home run by Burleson off Webb. That made the score 3-1 and the comeback was on.

St. Louis scored again in the seventh inning after a leadoff walk by Nolan Gorman. After the relief pitcher Trent Harris struck out the next two batters, Nathan Church doubled in Gorman, who advanced to second earlier in the inning on a passed ball, to cut the Giants’ lead to 3-2. This set up the ninth-inning comeback by the Cardinals.

After the Giants left the bases loaded with two outs in the ninth, the Cardinals brought in their ghost runner in the 10th. Right fielder Jordan Walker grounded out to start the inning, advancing the ghost runner Burleson to third. The next batter Leo Bernal hit a bloop single to right, just in front of Jung Hoo Lee, to give St. Louis a 4-3 lead.

But the Giants answered right back in the bottom of the 10th. With Hill as the ghost runner at second for San Francisco, the Cardinals intentionally walked Devers when the count got to 3-1. The next hitter Eldridge promptly singled to center, brining Hill home to tie the score at four. Later in the inning, the Giants had the bases loaded and one out, but Drew Gilbert grounded into an unusual 2-1 double play that ended the rally for the Giants. The catcher Bernal picked up the little tapper that landed right in front of home plate, stepped on home, and then threw to first to end the threat. The Cardinals had survived and went to the 11th with the game still tied.

After Giants reliever Jason Foley held St. Louis scoreless in the top of the 11th, San Francisco went to work in their half of the inning. Drew Cavanaugh, who came into the game as a pinch hitter in the ninth, led off the inning with a sacrifice bunt, advancing the ghost runner Nate Furman to third. That left it up to the third baseman Whitcomb, who punched a high chopper over the head of the shortstop Saggese, bringing in the winning run as the Giants walked off the Cardinals 5-4.

For the Cardinals, the starting pitcher McGreevy went 6 2/3 innings, giving up six hits, three runs, and two walks. He struck out four batters.

Nearly 26,000 fans showed up at Oracle Park on Labor Day Monday, an unusually small crowd on a holiday. But the ones that showed up saw a great game, as the Giants’ grit displayed on Monday night bodes well for 2027.

Up next, the Giants will try to make it two in a row against the Cardinals on Tuesday night. The Giants’ Landen Roupp (8-13, 4.17 ERA) will take on the Cardinals’ Quinn Matthews (1-2, 4.38 ERA). Game time is at 6:45 p.m. at Oracle Park.

San Francisco Giants podcast Marko Ukalovic: Giants open up three game set against Cardinals Monday

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San Francisco Giants starter Logan Webb gets the call against the St Louis Cardinals Mon Sep 7, 2026 at Oracle Park in San Francisco (AP News photo)

San Francisco Giants podcast Mark Uklavoic:

#1 How would you evaluate César Perdomo’s performance, especially his six scoreless innings against the Mets on Sunday?

#2 How important were Jung Hoo Lee’s two RBIs in giving the Giants their early 2–0 lead?

#3 What went wrong for Carson Seymour in the eighth inning, when the Mets scored four runs to take the lead?

#4 What could the Giants have done differently in the eighth inning to prevent Bo Bichette’s three-run homer from deciding the game?

#5 The St Louis Cardinals will open a three game series against the San Francisco Giants on Monday night at Oracle Park starters for St Louis RHP Michael McGreevey (6-9 ERA 3.97) for San Francisco RHP Logan Webb (8-8 ERA 4.21) first pitch at 6:40pm PDT.

#6 Speaking of the St Louis Cardinals the and the Colorado Rockies tilted the caps Sunday in Denver after St Louis pitcher Hancel Rincon was odered to fix his hat by plate umpire Doug Eddings on Saturday night. Eddings said ‘not going to wear his hat on my field that way.’ Cardianls manager Oliver Marmol came out of the dugout to argue Eddings order for Rincon to straighten out his hat. Eddings threw Marmol out of the game. Eddings reportedly apologized to Rincon before Sunday’s game.

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