Giants hand Cardinals their 8th loss in last 10 games

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Jun 12, 2023; St. Louis, Missouri, USA;  San Francisco Giants left fielder Mitch Haniger (17) hits a one run double against the St. Louis Cardinals during the third inning at Busch Stadium.
Jun 12, 2023; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; San Francisco Giants left fielder Mitch Haniger (17) hits a one run double against the St. Louis Cardinals during the third inning at Busch Stadium.
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Mitch Haniger drove in two runs as the visiting San Francisco Giants edged the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on Monday

Brandon Crawford hit the tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning for the Giants, who won for the fifth time in their last seven games

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San Francisco starting pitcher Logan Webb (5-6) allowed three runs on seven hits in seven innings. He struck out six and walked nobody.

Camilo Doval got the final four outs for his 17th save.

Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer and Paul DeJong hit a solo shot for the Cardinals, who lost for the eighth time in 10 games

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Cardinals starting pitcher Matthew Liberatore allowed two runs on seven hits in six innings. He struck out five and walked two

Reliever Chris Stratton (1-1) took the loss.

The Giants took a 2-0 lead in the third inning. After Austin Slater led off with an infield single, Liberatore hit Thairo Estrada with a pitch and advanced the runners with a one-out wild pitch

J.D. Davis drove in one run on a groundout, then Haniger's double scored another.

DeJong hit his homer in the bottom of the fifth to cut the deficit to 2-1.

The Cardinals surged ahead 3-2 in the sixth inning. Brendan Donovan hit a leadoff single and Goldschmidt followed with his 11th homer of the season

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But the Giants tied the game 3-3 in the seventh inning with a two-out rally against reliever Andre Pallante. Wilmer Flores walked, Davis hit a single and Haniger delivered an RBI single

San Francisco move back ahead 4-3 in the eighth inning. Patrick Bailey hit a one-out double off Stratton, and Crawford punched an RBI single through the left side of the infield.

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Donovan hit a leadoff single in the bottom of the inning off reliever Tyler Rogers, and Nolan Gorman hit a one-out single. But Nolan Arenado popped out, then Doval came on to walk Willson Contreras before retiring Dylan Carlson on a flyout.

--Field Level Media