San Francisco Giants humiliate St. Louis Cardinals 12-7 to clinch series 3-1 – MLB Update
The San Francisco Giants’ batting crushed the League rivals St. Louis Cardinals 12-7 in the rubber fixture of the four-game series at Busch Stadium, Missouri on Thursday, June 2 to clinch the series by 3-1.
After getting three-run deficit until the fourth inning, the Giants opened the account with an RBI double touched by first baseman Aubrey Huff in the top of the fourth inning to reduce the lead to 2-3.
As the Giants’ starter, Jonathan Sanchez who gave away two runs then bounced back in a great fashion and held the opposition scoreless until he was replaced by Santiago Casilla up the middle of the sixth inning. Sanchez threw five innings, gave three runs
on four hits and in spite of walking six batters and making just one strike-out received his fourth win of the season.
By the sixth inning, Andres Torres, Freddy Sanchez and Huff have scored an RBI each to take their team into leading position with 5-3. Casilla, on the other hand completed the sixth inning without allowing any run.
In the seventh inning, Torres added another RBI single and Sanchez launched a devastating three-run homer to left-field. Huff also blistered a one-run home run to right-field and the club moved to a 10-3 unassailable lead.
In the bottom half of this inning, Colby Rasmus launched a grand slam off the Giants’ struggling pitcher Mota, who gave Pujols a line-drive single, Allen Craig a walk and Daniel Descalso a single before allowing this homer. Mota allowed four runs on three
hits including a grand slam, walked one and struck-out one over one inning.
The score 10-7 in the top of the eighth inning and remained there until the top of the ninth inning when Huff launched another homer, this time for two runs which took the Giants into a position the Cardinals were unable to cross. The Giants’ closer, Jeremy
Affeldt held the Cardinals, the National League’s current leader, to just two hits in his last two innings when they were in dire need of a minimum three runs at least to tie the game.
Huff contributed six RBIs on four hits including two homers to improve his batting average to .233 this season. The player, who wears #17 shirt for the Giants, now has 30 RBIs including eight home-runs with a .403 slugging average.
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