Game result and context
Giants beat Cardinals 5-4 in 11 innings, leaving St. Louis 5.0 games out of a wild-card spot
The San Francisco Giants scored in the bottom of the 11th to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 at Oracle Park. St. Louis erased a three-run deficit with single runs in the sixth, seventh and ninth, and the teams traded runs in the 10th before San Francisco finished it. The Cardinals fell to 72-73, 5.0 games back in the wild-card race. The Giants improved to 60-85.
Final result
The San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 in 11 innings on September 7, 2026, at Oracle Park. The winning run came in the bottom of the 11th, ending a game the Giants had once controlled before the Cardinals pulled even late.
San Francisco moved to 60-85. St. Louis dropped to 72-73. The announced attendance was 25,833.
How the game changed
The Giants built their lead one run at a time, scoring in the first, third and fifth innings. Through five, the Cardinals had nothing on the board.
St. Louis chipped back. Alec Burleson homered in the top of the sixth, the only home run of the game, and the Cardinals added a run in the seventh. Another run in the ninth tied it at 3 and sent the game to extra innings.
Each side scored once in the 10th. The Giants then pushed across the decisive run in the bottom of the 11th.
Key performances
Logan Webb gave the Giants six innings, striking out eight and allowing one earned run. Bryce Eldridge had two hits in four at-bats and drove in three runs. Rafael Devers had two hits in three at-bats with a run scored and an RBI, and Shay Whitcomb added two hits in five at-bats with an RBI.
For St. Louis, Michael McGreevy pitched 6.2 innings, striking out four and allowing two earned runs. Burleson went one for five, but his hit was the solo homer, and he scored twice.
Season and playoff context
The loss carried weight for St. Louis. The Cardinals are third in their division and have been eliminated from the division race at 17.0 games back. They rank sixth in the wild-card standings, 5.0 games out, with a wild-card elimination number of 11.
The Giants are fourth in their division, 27.5 games back, and 11th in the wild-card standings, 17.0 games out. San Francisco has been eliminated from both the division and wild-card races.
Series context
This was the first game of a three-game regular-season series between the Cardinals and Giants at Oracle Park.