Shay Whitcomb Chops a Single in 11th for 1st Career Game-Ending RBI as Giants Beat Cardinals 5-4
Shay Whitcomb delivered his first career walk-off RBI as San Francisco overcame three late ties and a 4-3 deficit.
- On Labor Day, the San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 at Oracle Park as Shay Whitcomb delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the 11th inning.
- Logan Webb tossed six innings of one-run ball with eight strikeouts, but the Giants' 3-2 lead entering the ninth evaporated when the Cardinals rallied to tie the game.
- Rafael Devers hit an RBI double for San Francisco, while Alec Burleson launched a 431-foot solo home run into McCovey Cove; Bryce Eldridge tied the game with a 10th-inning single.
- Drew Cavanaugh's sacrifice bunt advanced automatic runner Nate Furman to third in the 11th, setting up Whitcomb's high chopper that allowed Furman to score the winning run.
- Tuesday night's middle game features LHP Quinn Mathews pitching for St. Louis against Giants RHP Landen Roupp in the series continuation.
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The Bakersfield Californian
Owensboro Messenger-InquirerGiants face the Cardinals leading series 1-0
The San Francisco Giants lead 1-0 in a three-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Santa Maria Times
Independent EspañolSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Shay Whitcomb connected a single with an out in the 11th inning for his first decisive career as a professional, and the Giants of San Francisco beat the Cardinals of Saint Louis 5-4 the night...
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Shay Whitcomb chops a single in 11th for 1st career game-ending RBI as Giants beat Cardinals 5-4
Shay Whitcomb chopped a single with one out in the 11th inning for his first career game-ending RBI, and the San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4.
The Mercury news
East Bay TimesSF Giants’ Whitcomb delivers 11th-inning walk-off single to defeat Cardinals
Bryce Eldridge recorded three RBIs while Rafael Devers reached base four times
KMJ-AF1
thesportsleader.comGiants shake off Cardinals’ late rally, prevail in 11 innings
Shay Whitcomb's infield single scored automatic runner Nate Furman from third base with one out in the bottom of the 11th inning Monday night, allowing the host San Francisco Giants to hand the playoff-contending St. Louis Cardinals a costly 5-4 loss i...
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