Cardinals Rally Eliminates Giants; SF Avoids Sweep

The St. Louis Cardinals staged a dramatic 9-8 comeback to beat the San Francisco Giants, scoring six unanswered runs highlighted by Iván Herrera’s three‑run homer and Brendan Donovan’s four doubles. That Tuesday loss eliminated the Giants from postseason contention. The following night at Oracle Park, San Francisco avoided a sweep with a 4-3 win as Andrew Knizner’s go-ahead RBI triple in the eighth held up and Rafael Devers hit a 376-foot solo shot — his 34th of the season. J.T. Brubaker and Carson Seymour combined to limit the Cardinals over seven innings, and San Francisco capitalized on three Cardinal errors to manufacture early runs. Despite Sonny Gray’s seven-strikeout outing for St. Louis in the rematch, defensive miscues and Knizner’s clutch hit decided the tight late-season matchup between the two teams.