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September 8, 2026 · NL West

St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants

September 8, 2026Oracle ParkPartly Cloudy 72°F · 10 mph, Varies
AWAY
St. Louis Cardinals
72-74
1
vs
HOME
San Francisco Giants
61-85
2

Game Highlights

Published September 9, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B1 Bryce Eldridge Bryce Eldridge homers (16) on a fly ball to left center field. STL 0, SF 1
B2 Christian Koss Christian Koss homers (4) on a fly ball to left field. STL 0, SF 2
T9 Bryan Torres Bryan Torres singles on a ground ball to right fielder Grant McCray. Nathan Church scores. STL 1, SF 2

Box score

  123456789 R
STL 000000001 1
SF 110000000 2

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Cardinals AWAY 1

Quinn Mathews started for Cardinals, leaving trailing 0–2.

workload · innings pitched
  • Quinn Mathews Starter 6.0 99 2 4 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Quinn Mathews threw
    CSW 25% 1st-pitch strike 68% 4.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 31 31% 4 2 9 9 7
    Slider 26 26% 1 4 5 9 7
    Changeup 16 16% 3 2 2 7 2
    Sinker 13 13% 0 5 1 6 1
    Curveball 13 13% 2 2 1 6 2
  • Gordon Graceffo Middle 2.0 32 0 2
Giants HOME 2

Landen Roupp started for Giants, leaving with a 2–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, Joel Kuhnel took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Landen Roupp Starter 6.0 81 0 2 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Landen Roupp threw
    CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 70% 3.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 26 32% 1 3 4 11 7
    Curveball 22 27% 3 6 3 6 4
    Changeup 17 21% 1 0 3 8 5
    Four-Seam Fastball 9 11% 1 1 1 5 1
    Cutter 7 9% 0 3 0 4 0
  • Reiver Sanmartin Middle 1.0 16 0 0 HLD
  • Carson Seymour Middle 0.2 31 0 1 HLD
  • Joel Kuhnel Middle 1.1 21 1 0 SV inherited 3, stranded 3

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 1st · off Mathews
  • Eldridge HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · STL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Iván Herrera DH 5 0 1 0 0 0 .251 .361 .387 .748
Alec Burleson 1B 1 0 1 0 3 0 .284 .349 .468 .817
Jordan Walker RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .282 .338 .490 .828
Leo Bernal C 3 0 0 0 1 1 .281 .361 .406 .767
Joshua Báez LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .238 .295 .550 .845
Thomas Saggese 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .275 .331 .450 .781
Masyn Winn SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .236 .312 .323 .635
Nathan Church CF 3 1 1 0 1 0 .243 .286 .364 .650
Bryan Torres 2B 4 0 1 1 1 0 .259 .329 .378 .707
Nolan Gorman 3B 2 0 0 0 0 1 .182 .261 .318 .579
HOME · SF
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jonah Cox CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .278 .316 .478 .794
Rafael Devers 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .258 .340 .518 .858
Bryce Eldridge DH 3 1 1 1 1 2 .265 .361 .458 .819 HR (16)
Turner Hill LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .283 .378 .383 .761 2B
Andrew Knizner C 4 0 0 0 0 1 .146 .222 .268 .490
Shay Whitcomb 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .157 .192 .314 .506
Grant McCray RF 2 0 1 0 1 0 .148 .268 .295 .563 SB
Christian Koss SS 3 1 2 1 0 1 .219 .263 .331 .594 HR (4)
Osleivis Basabe 2B 2 0 0 0 1 1 .207 .258 .360 .618
Jung Hoo Lee PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .279 .323 .405 .728

Pitching lines

AWAY · STL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Quinn Mathews 6.0 5 2 2 2 4 2 99 4.11 L
Gordon Graceffo 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 32 2.70
HOME · SF
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Landen Roupp 6.0 2 0 0 4 2 0 81 4.00 W
Reiver Sanmartin 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 4.35 HLD
Carson Seymour 0.2 0 0 0 2 1 0 31 5.63 HLD
Joel Kuhnel 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 21 4.74 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · STL
Oliver Marmol
Lineup 3.7 R Bunts 2.6 R IBBs 3.1 R
HOME · SF
Tony Vitello
Lineup 2.8 R Bunts 4.0 R IBBs 3.6 R

Recent form

AWAY · STL
4-6 W1 -12 run diff
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HOME · SF
3-7 L3 -11 run diff
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Season series: 1-5 with STL listed first across 6 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.