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Game Recap Final

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

San Francisco Giants at St. Louis Cardinals

SF

San Francisco Giants

62-90 · W1

6
Final

STL

St. Louis Cardinals

73-79 · L1

5

San Francisco Giants beat St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 at Busch Stadium. Reiver Sanmartin earned the win; Riley O'Brien took the loss. Joel Kuhnel recorded the save.

San Francisco Giants 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5 MLB game recap for September 16, 2026
Pre-game preview

Linescore

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SF 0010002102 6 13 2
STL 0000002021 5 5 2

Scoring Summary

▲ 3rd

Brett Harris grounds into a double play, first baseman Alec Burleson to shortstop Thomas Saggese. Jonah Cox scores. Bryce Eldridge out at 2nd. Brett Harris out at 1st.

1-0
▲ 7th

Jonah Cox singles on a line drive to right fielder Jordan Walker. Andrew Knizner scores. Christian Koss scores. Jonah Cox to 2nd. Throwing error by right fielder Jordan Walker.

3-0
▼ 7th

Nathan Church reaches on a throwing error by shortstop Christian Koss. Jordan Walker scores. Thomas Saggese to 3rd. Nathan Church to 2nd.

3-1
▼ 7th

José Fermín grounds out, third baseman Brett Harris to first baseman Bryce Eldridge.

3-2
▲ 8th

Andrew Knizner singles on a ground ball to left fielder Joshua Báez. Shay Whitcomb scores.

4-2
▼ 9th

José Fermín out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jonah Cox. Nolan Gorman scores.

4-3
▼ 9th

Leo Bernal singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Scott Bandura. Thomas Saggese scores. Masyn Winn to 3rd.

4-4
▲ 10th

Drew Gilbert homers (10) on a fly ball to center field. Grant McCray scores.

6-4
▼ 10th

Thomas Saggese out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Drew Gilbert. Alec Burleson scores. Victor Scott II to 3rd.

6-5

Key Performers

Drew Gilbert

SF

1-1, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 R

Jonah Cox

SF

3-4, 1 RBI, 1 R

Andrew Knizner

SF

3-4, 1 RBI, 1 R

Thomas Saggese

STL

1-4, 1 RBI, 2 R

Batting

SF AB R H RBI BB K AVG
Jonah Cox 2B 4 1 3 1 1 1 -
Shay Whitcomb 1B 5 1 2 0 0 0 -
Scott Bandura RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 -
Andrew Knizner C 4 1 3 1 0 0 -
Drew Gilbert CF 1 1 1 2 0 0 -
Jung Hoo Lee DH 4 0 0 0 1 1 -
Brett Harris 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 -
Grant McCray RF 0 1 0 0 0 0 -
Christian Koss SS 4 1 1 0 0 1 -
Turner Hill LF 5 0 1 0 0 0 -
Bryce Eldridge 1B 3 0 0 0 2 1 -
Osleivis Basabe 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Totals 38 6 13 4 4 5
STL AB R H RBI BB K AVG
Nolan Gorman 3B 3 1 0 0 2 0 -
Bryan Torres PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
Jordan Walker RF 3 1 0 0 2 2 -
Nathan Church CF 5 0 2 0 0 1 -
Victor Scott II PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
José Fermín LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 -
JJ Wetherholt 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 -
Alec Burleson 1B 5 1 1 0 0 2 -
Thomas Saggese 2B 4 2 1 1 0 1 -
Pedro Pagés C 2 0 0 0 1 1 -
Joshua Báez LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 -
Leo Bernal C 5 0 1 1 0 2 -
Masyn Winn SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Iván Herrera PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
Totals 35 5 5 3 7 10

Pitching

SF IP H R ER BB K P-S ERA
Molina 5.2 2 0 0 1 6 82-57 4.18
Abner (H, 1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 4-3 5.09
Seymour, C (H, 8) 0.2 0 2 0 2 0 29-17 5.06
Harris (H, 5) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 14-10 2.33
Smith, D (BS, 5) 0.2 2 2 2 2 1 28-15 3.50
Sanmartin (W, 3-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 4.22
Kuhnel (S, 8) 1.0 0 1 0 2 0 17-7 4.54
Totals 10.0 5 5 2 7 10
STL IP H R ER BB K P-S ERA
Liberatore 6.0 6 1 1 3 2 81-51 5.36
Gastelum, L 1.0 2 2 1 0 2 17-12 4.64
Bruihl 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 10-7 3.54
Graceffo 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 14-10 2.56
O'Brien (L, 3-9) 1.0 2 2 1 1 0 16-9 4.21
Totals 10.0 13 6 3 4 5
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