ST. LOUIS — In a vacuum, the Giants had an appropriate highway journey. They dropped the rubber match to the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday at Busch Stadium, however with a sweep of the Colorado Rockies, they’ll fly dwelling with 4 wins to 2 losses.
The Giants don’t exist in a vacuum. With 19 video games remaining and a file of 72-71, acceptable isn’t sufficient. That they had a possibility in St. Louis to inch nearer to that remaining NL wild card spot, however Saturday’s walk-off loss mixed with Sunday’s 4-3 loss leaves them 4 video games behind the New York Mets.
Now, they enter their most necessary homestand of the season: Three video games in opposition to the surging Arizona Diamondbacks, who’re making their very own late push for the ultimate wild card spot, and three video games in opposition to the Los Angeles Dodgers, who’re clinging to the division lead.
San Francisco has revived its playoff hopes during the last two-and-a-half weeks, profitable 11 of its final 15 video games even after dropping two of three to the Cardinals. A very good homestand will maintain the Giants within the hunt, particularly if the Mets proceed to stumble. A foul homestand may see their playoff odds fall nearer to zero.
Kai-Wei Teng and Sonny Grey traded zeros for the primary 4 innings, however St. Louis put up a four-spot within the backside of the fifth when Teng immediately misplaced his command.
The appropriate-hander started the body by strolling the Cardinals’ seven, eight and 9 hitters — Jordan Walker, Nathan Church, José Fermín — and setting the desk for the highest of the order. Lars Nootbaar’s RBI single broke the scoreless tie, knocking Teng out of the sport within the course of.
Proper-handed reliever José Buttó couldn’t stop the Cardinals from padding their lead, permitting all three inherited runners to attain. By the top of the body, St. Louis led 4-0 and San Francisco had but to file a success. Teng allowed 4 runs over four-plus innings with eight strikeouts and 5 walks.
Willy Adames walked to load the bases, and Dominic Smith drove within the second run of the inning with a bases-loaded single of his personal, knocking Grey out of the sport within the course of.
The Giants received inside one run when Matt Chapman drove in Devers with a single in opposition to reliever Matt Svanson, however Svanson maintained the Cardinals’ 4-3 lead by retiring Jung Hoo Lee and Casey Schmitt.
Initially Revealed: September 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM PDT
