Final
Cardinals beat Giants behind Martinez's arm, bat
Jul 4, 2014 - 2:36 AM San Francisco, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Carlos Martinez tossed five solid innings and knocked in two runs, as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Francisco Giants, 7-2, in the rubber match of a three-game series.Martinez (2-3) allowed one run on five hits while striking out six and walking one.
Jhonny Peralta hit a two-run homer for the Cardinals, who went 5-5 on a 10- game road trip. Jon Jay, Shane Robinson and Oscar Taveras added an RBI apiece.
"To be able to go home 5-5 is a huge accomplishment, especially after losing a real tough one in L.A. that really could have changed the view of this whole trip," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said.
Madison Bumgarner (9-6) gave up five runs -- four earned -- on six hits with six strikeouts and three walks over five innings. Bumgarner had the only RBI for the Giants, who went 2-8 on a 10-game homestand.
"We'd like to see things turned around from the way they are," Bumgarner said. "We've shown signs of it -- it just hasn't happened where we've been able to get back to playing the kind of baseball we played the first two months or whatever."
The Cardinals jumped out to a 2-0 lead on Peralta's homer in the first. Matt Carpenter led off with a walk and crossed the plate on Peralta's two-out blast to left.
San Francisco got on the board in the third. Gregor Blanco doubled to right and raced home on Bumgarner's single to left.
St. Louis responded with three runs in the fourth. Yadier Molina led off with a single and moved to second two batters later on Adam Duvall's throwing error. Jay followed with an RBI double down the left-field line, and Martinez helped his own case with a two-run single to left-center field.
The Giants left the bases loaded in the fifth.
The Cardinals took a 6-1 lead on pinch-hitter Robinson's RBI triple in the sixth. But the Giants got the run back in the bottom half when Tyler Colvin scored on Taveras' fielding error.
St. Louis put another run on the board in the seventh to make it 7-2.
Game Notes
The Cardinals went 3-for-17 with runners in scoring position and stranded 10, while the Giants went 2-for-6 with RISP and left seven men on ... St. Louis had 14 hits.
- ST. LOUIS: 7
SAN FRANCISCO: 2
Final
Jul 3 6:58 PM - Oscar Taveras grounded into a fielder's choice to pitcher scoring Matt Adams. On the play, Jhonny Peralta advances to third on Yusmeiro Petit's throwing error. Runners on first and third with one out and Mark Ellis due up.
Cardinals 7, Giants 2 Top 7, 1 OutJul 3 6:16 PM - Brandon Crawford singled to right. On the play, Oscar Taveras' fielding error scored Tyler Colvin. Duvall advances to third. Runners on first and third with one out and Gregor Blanco due up.
Cardinals 6, Giants 2 Bot 6, 1 OutJul 3 6:02 PM - Pinch-Hitter Shane Robinson tripled to right scoring Jon Jay. Runner on third with one out and Matt Carpenter due up.
Cardinals 6, Giants 1 Top 6, 1 OutJul 3 5:44 PM - Carlos Martinez singled to left scoring Mark Ellis and Jon Jay. Runner on first with one out and Matt Carpenter due up.
Cardinals 5, Giants 1 Top 4, 1 OutJul 3 4:53 PM - Jon Jay doubled to left scoring Yadier Molina. On the play, Mark Ellis advances to third. Runners on second and third with one out and Carlos Martinez due up.
Cardinals 3, Giants 1 Top 4, 1 OutJul 3 4:51 PM - Madison Bumgarner singled to left scoring Gregor Blanco. Runner on first with none out and Hunter Pence due up.
Cardinals 2, Giants 1 Bot 3, 0 OutsJul 3 4:35 PM - Jhonny Peralta two-out, two-run Home Run (12) to left center scored Matt Carpenter. Yadier Molina due up.
Cardinals 2, Giants 0 Top 1, 2 OutsJul 3 3:54 PM - ST. LOUIS: 0
SAN FRANCISCO: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Jul 3 3:45 PM
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