SF 6, STL 5 | Sep 16, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Wednesday, September 16, 2026•Busch Stadium•91°F, Cloudy

Giants

STL

Cardinals

Final

WIN

Reiver Sanmartin

LOSS

Riley O'Brien

SAVE

Joel Kuhnel

The Giants edged the Cardinals 6-5 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Jonah Cox3-for-4, 1 RBI

★Andrew Knizner3-for-4, 1 RBI

Key Moment

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

Weather: 91°F, CloudyWind: 4 mph, In From RFFirst pitch: 5:15 PM UTCT: 3:14Att: 24,960Venue: Busch Stadium

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92.5%B

13 missed calls

+10.5% SF

+0.70 runs SF

Win Probability

STL WinSF Win

Team	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

Game 823004 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

San Francisco Giants

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jonah Cox2B	4	1	3	1	1	1	.294/.333/.445	100.4	.847	.796
Grant McCrayRF	0	1	0	0	0	0	.155/.259/.296	-	-	-
Drew GilbertCF	1	1	1	2	0	0	.233/.322/.387	104.3	.726	.1451
Jung Hoo LeeDH	4	0	0	0	1	1	.274/.317/.397	96.2	.057	.066
Shay Whitcomb1B	5	1	2	0	0	0	.194/.219/.355	105.1	.385	.407
Turner HillLF	5	0	1	0	0	0	.247/.343/.353	97.6	.370	.352
Andrew KniznerC	4	1	3	1	0	0	.212/.293/.385	103.9	.274	.275
Osleivis Basabe3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202/.262/.353	-	-	-
Christian KossSS	4	1	1	0	0	1	.240/.285/.337	83.7	.185	.167
Bench
Bryce Eldridge1B	3	0	0	0	2	1	.269/.364/.461	86.9	.134	.121
Brett Harris3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.118/.286/.176
Totals	38	6	13	4	4	5	-	-	-	-

HR:Gilbert (10th off O'Brien, 1 on, 0 out)

2B:Bandura

TB:17

RBI:Cox; Knizner; Gilbert 2

SB:Cox 2

CS:Cox; Eldridge

GIDP:Whitcomb; Harris

Team LOB:8

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
José FermínLF	1	0	0	1	0	0	.241/.304/.352	101.3	.076

Pitching

San Francisco Giants

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Anthony Molina	5.2	2	0	0	1	6	82-57	90.7	4.18
Philip AbnerH	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	4-3	82.3	5.09
Carson SeymourH	0.2	0	2	0	2	0	29-17	96.9	5.06
Trent HarrisH	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	14-10	87.5	2.33
Dylan SmithBS	0.2	2	2	2	2	1	28-15	93	3.50
Reiver SanmartinW	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	86.6	4.22
Joel KuhnelS	1.0	0	1	0	2	0	17-7	94.4	4.54
Totals	10.0	5	5	2	7	10	175-110	-	-

WP:Harris

Inherited runners-scored:Harris 3-1; Sanmartin 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Molina 82-57; Abner 4-3; Seymour 29-17; Harris 14-10; Smith 28-15; Sanmartin 1-1; Kuhnel 17-7

Groundouts-flyouts:Molina 2-9; Abner 0-0; Seymour 2-2; Harris 1-1; Smith 0-1; Sanmartin 1-0; Kuhnel 0-3

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Matthew Liberatore	6.0	6	1	1	3	2	0	81-51	87.2	5.36

Top 3 • SF

1-0

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.

EV: 100.9 mph19 ftLA: -9°

Top 7 • SF

3-0

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.

EV: 75.1 mph199 ftLA: 19°

Bot 7 • STL

3-1

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

EV: 83.2 mph39 ftLA: -2°

3-2

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

EV: 92.1 mph4 ftLA: -30°

Top 8 • SF

4-2

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

EV: 91.5 mph21 ftLA: -10°

Bot 9 • STL

4-3

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

EV: 101.3 mph293 ftLA: 18°

4-4

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

EV: 103.0 mph261 ftLA: 17°

Top 10 • SF

6-4

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

EV: 104.3 mph💣 415 ftLA: 32°

Bot 10 • STL

6-5

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

EV: 100.0 mph379 ftLA: 25°

HBP:Knizner (by Gastelum)

Inherited runners-scored:Graceffo 1-1

Pitches-strikes:Liberatore 81-51; Gastelum 17-12; Bruihl 10-7; Graceffo 14-10; O'Brien 16-9

Groundouts-flyouts:Liberatore 5-8; Gastelum 0-1; Bruihl 1-1; Graceffo 2-0; O'Brien 1-1

Bench
JJ Wetherholt2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.240/.341/.368	99.2	.177	.257
Joshua BáezLF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.230/.278/.510	95.1	.041	.058
Pedro PagésC	2	0	0	0	1	1	.209/.263/.308	92.6	.117	.189
Matthew LiberatoreP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Luis GastelumP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Justin BruihlP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Gordon GraceffoP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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San Francisco Giants

St. Louis Cardinals

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