
Lars Nootbaar homered, tripled and drove in three runs to raise the visiting Cardinals to a 6-3 win on Friday evening within the opener of a season-ending three-game sequence San Francisco Giants.
Masyn Wynn had a double, single and a brace for St. Louis (82-78), which secured its sixteenth win up to now 17 seasons.
The Giants (79-81) are actually assured a winless season as Jerar Encarnacion hit a two-run homer, his fifth, and Mike Ya Mike Yastrzemski hit an RBI double within the second triple to assist the house workforce win 3-1.
Nootbar’s twelfth homer within the third inning lower the deficit in half, and the Cardinals took the lead for good with 4 runs within the fourth inning.
Winn’s single tied the sport, Alec Burleson singled to Winn to offer St. Louis the lead, Nolan Arenado’s ground-rule double ended Landon Rupp’s evening, and Nutt Barr hit his three-pointer into midfield to make it 6-3.
Rupp (1-2) gave up six runs and 9 hits in 3 2/3 innings. He walked two and struck out 4.
Cardinals starter Myles Mikolas (10-11) allowed three runs and 7 hits in 5 innings, hanging out 4 and strolling one.
John King, Andrew Kittredge, Matthew Liberatore and Ryan Helsley recorded the ultimate 12 outs. Helsley gave up one hit and struck out two in his forty ninth save.
Arenado had two doubles and two singles for the Cardinals, who’ve received 5 of their previous six video games. Jordan Walker had a double and a single and Ivan Herrera had a double.
Yastrzemski, Michael Conforto and Brett Wiseley every had two hits for the Giants, who haven’t posted a win since 2021.
–Scene-level media