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With the game tied at 1 in the seventh, Matt Carpenter dropped a
ground-rule double into the right-field corner off ex-Cardinal
John Brebbia. Two batters later, Bader beat out a check-swing
roller to first base that scored pinch runner Jose Rondon from
third to put St. Louis ahead.
San Francisco managed only a Darin Ruf homer against five
Cardinals pitchers. The Giants drew a pair of walks off St.
Louis closer Alex Reyes in the ninth, but stranded both runners
- and left 10 on base for the game.
After winning 7-2 in Friday's series opener, the Giants totaled
two runs in losing the next two.
DeJong continued his recent surge when he belted a Johnny Cueto
pitch into the left-field seats in the third inning to give St.
Louis a 1-0 lead. The Cardinals shortstop is 10-for-18 with
three homers and five RBIs in his past six games.
Ruff, however, answered with his own solo shot for the Giants in
the top of the fourth, into the third deck of the left-field
seats, off LeBlanc. San Francisco chased LeBlanc in the sixth
after putting runners on first and third with no outs, but was
unable to score.
In addition to Ruf's homer, LeBlanc, who got out of a
bases-loaded jam in the first, allowed two hits each to Donovan
Solano and Mike Yastrzemski and struck out three with a walk
over five innings.
Cueto also lasted five innings, giving up one run, two hits and
striking out five with a walk. On Sunday, he also became the
seventh Dominican-born pitcher to throw 2,000 career innings,
according to the Giants.
Four St. Louis relievers allowed four walks but no hits over
four innings of work. Reyes overcame the two ninth-inning walks
to record his 22nd save in as many chances.
--Field Level Media
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