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 Correia (1-1) allowed five hits in 7 2-3 innings, struck out four, walked two and also singled for the Giants, who are on a little roll after losing six of their first seven games.
Fred Lewis doubled, tripled and scored twice and Randy Winn added a sacrifice fly for San Francisco, which went 19 innings without allowing a run before Troy Glaus' ninth-inning RBI double off Brad Hennessey ended the Giants' shutout bid.
Correia, a full-time starter for the first time after primarily relieving in parts of five previous major league seasons, beat the Cardinals for the first time in eight career outings. He left to a standing ovation after allowing Skip Schumaker's two-out double that followed a single by Cesar Izturis.
Correia appeared to feel something in his throwing arm on a pitch to pinch-hitter Aaron Miles, who grounded out to first before Izturis' single. Correia was checked on by the Giants' training staff but stayed in the game, then gave way to Jack Taschner after the double. Taschner got pinch-hitter Ryan Ludwick to fly out.
Hennessey recorded the first out in the ninth before Brian Wilson entered with runners on first and second and finished for his second save in three chances. He struck out pinch-hitter Rico Washington looking to end it.
Correia allowed only four base runners past first, including on Izturis' third-inning double that he tried to stretch into a triple only to be thrown out. The pitcher's seventh-inning single was his first hit since April 30, 2007, and the seventh of his career.
St. Louis had won seven of eight since a season-opening loss to Colorado, but the Cardinals couldn't do much offensively in their first game of the year away from Busch Stadium. They opened a four-game series in the Giants' waterfront ballpark.
Adam Wainwright (1-1) allowed four runs and eight hits, struck out six and didn't walk a batter in seven solid innings. After Lewis led off the third inning with a triple to right, Wainwright settled down and retired the next 12 batters he faced before giving up two doubles to start the seventh.
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The Giants added a pair of insurance runs on back-to-back doubles by Jose Castillo and Ray Durham to start the inning, followed by Rich Aurilia's RBI single. That gave Aurilia, in his second stint with the club, 1,092 hits as a Giant to tie him with Matt Williams for ninth place in San Francisco history.
Aurilia was caught stealing moments later. Bengie Molina singled in a run in the eighth.
His brother, Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina, went 0-for-3 with a walk and had his seven-game hitting streak snapped. It was the longest by a St. Louis player to start a season since 2003, when Scott Rolen hit in nine straight games and Mike Matheny eight.
Notes: St. Louis went 1-4 vs. San Francisco in 2007. ... The Cardinals didn't score first for just the second time this season. ... St. Louis will activate RHP Joel Pineiro from the 15-day disabled list (strained throwing shoulder) to start Sunday and make his season debut, replacing Brad Thompson. "Everything is good for Sunday to get back out there," said Pineiro, who pitched a rehab outing Tuesday for Triple-A Memphis.
[Associated Press; By JANIE McCAULEY]
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