Giants lose 4-3 to Cardinals, miss chance to gain on Dodgers

The Cardinals are 77-43 overall and 46-19 at home, both tops in the majors.

“I probably would have gotten a hit”, starter Ryan Vogelsong said.

“Good timing”, Molina said, encapsulating the day. “I’m here trying to help us win games”, Bumgarner said.

The crowd of 40,278 demanded and got a curtain call from Molina. But in came Bumgarner, who singled off of starter Lance Lynn with two outs, and eventually scored when Brandon Belt was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

From his perch in the dugout, Matheny enjoyed watching Molina’s all-around performance.

“I think he just started getting on top of the ball a little better and executing the secondary stuff down in the zone”, Susac said. “That’s the type of leadership he brings”.

Kevin Siegrist pitched a scoreless eighth inning and Trevor Rosenthal picked up his 37th save. However, pinch hitting Madison Bumgarner in the ninth inning has Giants, Cardinals, baseball fans and I totally puzzled.

Hunter Pence of the San Francisco Giants was undergoing an MRI exam for a left oblique injury and was not in the lineup against the St. Louis Cardinals. Moreover, his club is still only two games back in the N.L. West through the first leg of this tough road trip. “We scratched and clawed, but we just couldn’t hold on”. They sport a 16-10 record against southpaws.

The Cardinals collected six hits in the first three innings and opened a 2-0 lead. Gregor Blanco, Brandon Crawford, and Matt Duffy each had hits as the Giants scored two runson six hits.

Albert Pujols homered for that Angels, who returned home for that very first time since July 2 from the reduction at Kansas Town out-of a playoff place.

ORIOLES 4, ATHLETICS 2 Steve Clevenger hit a three-run home run, Chris Tillman won his seventh consecutive decision and host Baltimore completed a four-game sweep of Oakland.

Juan Perez might have taken the lead in “Play of the Year” voting Wednesday. Rodney (5-5) only retired one of the batters he faced. He’s one of the best closers in the game. “Good for him. I wish i would have had that homer but that was a nice play”.

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Hellickson (9-8) allowed one run in 5 1-3 innings.

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