The San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 on Sep 16, 2026 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Drew Gilbert went 1-for-1 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Giants.
- Anthony Molina pitched 5.2 innings for the Giants, allowing 0 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Leo Bernal went 1-for-5 with 1 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Matthew Liberatore pitched 6.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 1 earned run with 2 strikeouts.
San Francisco Giants box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turner Hill | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shay Whitcomb | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Koss | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew Knizner | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonah Cox | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jung Hoo Lee | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Harris | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryce Eldridge | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Drew Gilbert | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Molina | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Trent Harris | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Joel Kuhnel | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Smith | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Carson Seymour | 0.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Reiver Sanmartin | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philip Abner | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 10.0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
St. Louis Cardinals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Burleson | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Leo Bernal | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Nathan Church | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joshua Baez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Saggese | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordan Walker | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Nolan Gorman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pedro Pages | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jose Fermin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Torres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ivan Herrera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Liberatore | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Gordon Graceffo | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Luis Gastelum | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Riley O'Brien | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Justin Bruihl | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 10.0 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
Before and after
- Giants · 2026 season · Previous Sep 15, 2026: SF 10, STL 3 · Next Sep 18, 2026: SF 2, LAD 8
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous Sep 15, 2026: SF 10, STL 3 · Next Sep 18, 2026: WSH 9, STL 1