Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright delivered a respectable seven-inning performance but faltered in the fourth, when San Francisco scored two runs on four singles. Joe Panik and Buster Posey singled to begin the rally before Brandon Belt and Brandon Crawford drilled run-scoring hits. Trevor Rosenthal walked three batters in the ninth, and all three ended up scoring to give the Giants a cushion.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Crawford's cookin': The RBI single Crawford stroked in the fourth inning was no accident. He's 12-for-34 (.353) with eight RBIs in his last 10 games. It's easy to overlook that Crawford thrived in May, driving in 23 runs to tie Washington's Daniel Murphy for the NL's third-highest total.
Grichuk's gaffe: Randal Grichuk came to the plate after Matt Holliday walked, Stephen Piscotty singled home Matt Carpenter and Matt Adams drew another walk to load the bases in the third inning. Grichuk fought off two pitches and watched another ball to push the count full. Cueto threw another ball nearly in the dirt, which fooled Grichuk, and he hit a weak dribbler toward the mound. Cueto fielded it cleanly and threw to first base to end the threat.
WHAT'S NEXT
Giants: Right-hander Jeff Samardzija, who will confront St. Louis in Saturday's rematch starting at 4:15 p.m. PT, is coming off his shortest outing of the season. He worked five innings on Monday at Atlanta, yielding all of the Braves' runs in a 5-3 Giants loss. The Shark owns a 3-2 record with a 3.86 ERA in eight career starts against the Cardinals.
Cardinals: Michael Wacha will look to get back on track after five losses in six starts in May. The right-hander has lost six straight decisions, tied for the longest streak in the Major Leagues this season, but is 1-0 with a 0.47 ERA in three career regular-season starts against the Giants. First pitch is scheduled for 6:15 p.m. CT.
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Chris Haft has covered the Giants since 2005, and for MLB.com since 2007. Follow him on Twitter at @sfgiantsbeat and listen to his podcast.
Nick Krueger is a reporter for MLB.com based in St. Louis.
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Cueto holds off Cards to outduel Wainwright
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