vs. Giants L 5–6

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 · 12:15 PM – 3:29 PM

Busch Stadium

St. Louis Cardinals

San Francisco Giants @ St. Louis Cardinals

Final: 6–5 · Busch Stadium · 2026-09-16

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
SF	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	6	13	2
STL	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	5	5	2

Decisions

W: Reiver SanmartinL: Riley O'BrienS: Joel Kuhnel

St. Louis Cardinals Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
JJ Wetherholt - 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.240	.341	.368
José Fermín - LF	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	.241	.304	.352
Leo Bernal - C	5	0	1	1	0	2	0	.295	.338	.492
Alec Burleson - 1B	5	1	1	0	0	2	2	.284	.350	.471
Jordan Walker - RF	3	1	0	0	2	2	2	.278	.336	.482
Joshua Báez - LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.230	.278	.510
Bryan Torres - PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.326	.362
Victor Scott II - PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.275	.258
Nolan Gorman - 3B	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	.186	.268	.314
Thomas Saggese - 2B	4	2	1	1	0	1	1	.267	.315	.407
Nathan Church - CF	5	0	2	0	0	1	5	.252	.298	.370
Pedro Pagés - C	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	.209	.263	.308
Iván Herrera - PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.242	.355	.374
Masyn Winn - SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.311	.323

a–Walked for Pagés, P in the 9th.
b–Walked for O'Brien in the 10th.
1–Ran for Herrera in the 9th.
2–Ran for Torres, B in the 10th.

St. Louis Cardinals Pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Matthew Liberatore	6.0	6	1	1	3	2	0	81-51	5.36
Luis Gastelum	1.0	2	2	1	0	2	0	17-12	4.64
Justin Bruihl	0.2	1	1	0	0	0	0	10-7	3.54
Gordon Graceffo	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	14-10	2.56
Riley O'Brien (L)	1.0	2	2	1	1	0	1	16-9	4.21

San Francisco Giants Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Jonah Cox - 2B	4	1	3	1	1	1	2	.294	.333	.445
Bryce Eldridge - 1B	3	0	0	0	2	1	3	.269	.364	.461
Grant McCray - RF	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.155	.259	.296
Brett Harris - 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	4	.118	.286	.176
Drew Gilbert - CF	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	.233	.322	.387
Jung Hoo Lee - DH	4	0	0	0	1	1	3	.274	.317	.397
Shay Whitcomb - 1B	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	.194	.219	.355
Turner Hill - LF	5	0	1	0	0	0	3	.247	.343	.353
Andrew Knizner - C	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	.212	.293	.385
Scott Bandura - RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	.200	.273	.300
Osleivis Basabe - 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.262	.353
Christian Koss - SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	.240	.285	.337

a–Homered for Harris, B in the 10th.
1–Ran for Eldridge in the 10th.

San Francisco Giants Pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
Anthony Molina	5.2	2	0	0	1	6	82-57	4.18
Philip Abner	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	4-3	5.09
Carson Seymour	0.2	0	2	0	2	0	29-17	5.06
Trent Harris	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	14-10	2.33
Dylan Smith	0.2	2	2	2	2	1	28-15	3.50
Reiver Sanmartin (W)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	4.22
Joel Kuhnel (S)	1.0	0	1	0	2	0	17-7	4.54

Game Info

Umpires: Home Plate: Mark Wegner · First Base: Bruce Dreckman · Second Base: Carlos Torres · Third Base: Jacob Metz

WP: Harris.

HBP: Knizner (by Gastelum, L).

Pitch timer violations: Liberatore (pitcher).

Weather: 91 degrees, Cloudy.

Wind: 4 mph, In From RF.

First pitch: 12:17 PM.

T: 3:14.

Att: 24,960.

Venue: Busch Stadium.