Devers, Adames hit back-to-back homers and Seymour earns 1st win as
red-hot Giants deck Cards 8-2
[September 06, 2025]
By JEFF LATZKE
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rafael Devers and Willy Adames hit
back-to-back home runs in the first inning, and the streaking San
Francisco Giants matched their season best with 18 hits Friday night
during an 8-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.
San Francisco, which has won five straight and 11 of 12, remained four
games behind the New York Mets for the final National League wild card. |
San Francisco Giants' Rafael Devers, right, rounds the bases after
hitting a solo home run off St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Michael
McGreevy, left, during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, Sept.
5, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) |
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Carson Seymour (1-2), making his second career
start, earned his first major league win. He didn’t give up a
hit through his first four innings as the Giants built a 6-0
lead against Michael McGreevy (6-3).
Seymour ended up yielding one run and two hits in five innings,
with one walk and two strikeouts.
Jimmy Crooks led off the fifth with a sharp grounder for a
single, then scored on an RBI single by Victor Scott II for St.
Louis’ first run. Iván Herrera added a solo homer in the eighth.
Jung Hoo Lee tied his career high with four hits, including an
RBI triple, and scored twice for San Francisco. Patrick Bailey
had three singles, and every Giants starter got at least one
hit.
Tristan Beck pitched the final three innings for his third big
league save and first this season.
Lee’s single started a four-run fourth as McGreevy lost for the
first time in seven starts. He gave up six runs and nine hits in
four innings.
After a fielding blunder on a popup to shallow center field
allowed Matt Chapman to reach in the seventh, Lee followed with
his 11th triple and then scored on Casey Schmitt’s single to
make it 8-1.
Key moment
Three pitches after Devers hit a 416-foot drive into the
right-field bleachers, Adames sent a 401-foot homer just over
the wall in left-center.
Key stat
The Giants equaled their hit total from an Aug. 29 win against
Baltimore.
Up next
In his 20th season, Giants RHP Justin Verlander (3-10, 4.29 ERA)
tries to win at Busch Stadium for the first time Saturday
against St. Louis RHP Andre Pallante (6-13, 5.38). Verlander’s
only previous starts at Busch came during the 2006 World Series
and the 2009 regular season.
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