Piscotty scores go-ahead run, Cardinals beat Giants 2
The San Francisco Giants have lost their last four road games. Bumgarner also went 2 for 6 with his fourth home run of the season. 182 and socking his first homer….
Michael Wacha is tied for the Major League Baseball lead with 14 wins in 2015. The San Francisco Giants rookie pitcher couldn’t find the strike zone. His ERA is the lowest by a Giants rookie who qualified for the ERA title since Bill Laskey in 1982 (3.14).
San Francisco (64-54), which tied the game in the sixth on Crawford’s two-out RBI double, fell three games behind the idle Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West and four games in back of the Chicago Cubs for the second wild-card spot.St. Louis broke the scoring seal in the bottom of the fourth when catcher Yadier Molina blasted his third homer, a 403-foot shot that reached the third deck in left field.
Louis Cardinals begin their series Monday night.
St. Louis Rams cornerback E.J. Gaines will miss the entire season with a foot injury, depriving the secondary of a probable starter.
But the Monday night showdown – the first time the two teams have squared off since the Giants eliminated the Cardinals in the 2014 National League Championship Series – is also important for the Cardinals as they try to hold off a surge from the division rival Pittsburgh Pirates who have won eight of their last 10 games to close Cardinals’ lead to five games. The Giants have scored 25 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in four of their last eight games. As for second baseman Joe Panik, Bochy said he won’t be playing on this trip, and the question now is when.
ST. LOUIS – Chris Heston didn’t give the St. Louis Cardinals much to hit.
St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Michael Wacha towels off in…
Wacha failed to become the first 15-game victor in the majors despite a good outing. Wacha pitched six innings in a 2-0 win at Busch Stadium in his only start against San Francisco on May 31, 2014. Chris Heston gets the nod, and he’s 11-7 with a 3.38 ERA and 106 strikeouts this season. The right-hander is 0-2 with a 5.40 ERA in his three starts in August, yielding one run over 6 1-3 innings in a 2-0 loss to Houston on Wednesday.
Manager Bruce Bochy gives the 27-year-old right-hander credit for allowing just one run. Earlier in the day, the Cardinals placed outfielder Randal Grichuk on the 15-day disabled list. Grichuk is batting. 284 with 15 homers and 44 RBIs in 85 games….