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Molina’s homer, Reynolds’ RBI lift Cardinals past Giants

The winning run was scored in unusual fashion as first baseman Mark Reynolds reached safely on a fielder’s choice in the eighth when shortstop Brandon Crawford threw wide of first while attempting to complete a double play.

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The St. Louis Cardinals continue their series against the San Francisco Giants tonight in St. Louis.

Kevin Siegrist pitched a scoreless eighth inning and Trevor Rosenthal picked up his 37th save.

St. Louis Cardinals’ Yadier Molina, right, covers his face as he is…

The run came a little too late for Cardinals starter Michael Wacha, who allowed one run in seven innings with six strikeouts but had departed by the time the run was scored, meaning he did not become the majors’ first 15-game victor.

Heston walked a season-worst five in 4 2-3 innings of a 2-1 loss on Monday night and departed after 104 pitches. He had gone 0-4 with an 8.67 ERA in his previous six road starts.

To find out how to watch the San Francisco Giants vs. St. Louis Cardinals game live online, see the streaming links in the final paragraph of this article.

Tampa Bay’s Tim Beckham hit a three-run homer in the first inning to set up the Rays for a 9-2 win at Houston.

Baltimore’s Steve Clevenger struck a three-run homer to some win against Oakland to energy the Orioles, finishing a four-game sweep. Opponents are hitting. 236 against Heston in those games.

At the time, manager Bruce Bochy said the team did not want to take any chances.

Erasmo Ramirez (10-4) yielded six hits and two runs in 5 2-3 innings for his second straight win.

After surrendering Molina’s homer, Heston walked the bases full later in the fourth before striking out Kolten Wong to end the threat.

There were two Giant mistakes in the Cardinals half of the eighth inning with the score tied at 1-1.

St. Louis is 7-1 against the NL West, 10-3 in their last 13 games, and 4-1 in Lynn’s last five starts against the NL West. San Francisco is 25-8 in game two of a series, 2-6 in their last eight games as an underdog, and 1-4 in Vogelsong’s last five starts. Matheny said Heyward was undergoing tests after being unable to get the hamstring loose. “We’re not going to go any further”.

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“As I mentioned (Sunday)”, Mozeliak said, “I think he’s likely to go to Florida on Friday to allow him to be around baseball activity”.

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