SAN FRANCISCO — Alec Burleson and Paul DeJong homered, Miles Mikolas pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Francisco Giants 6-0 on Thursday to keep away from a four-game sweep.

“That’s what Cardinal baseball is supposed to look like there,” St. Louis supervisor Oliver Marmol mentioned. “There are a lot of positive things that came out of today. That’s the style of baseball we need to play.”

Mikolas (1-1) scattered 4 hits and two walks, hanging out six to finish the Giants’ five-game profitable streak.

“That’s a more normal outing for me, I feel,” Mikolas mentioned. “Just better fastball command, throwing strikes with all of my pitches and being aggressive in the zone.”

With one out within the high of the seventh, Burleson despatched Logan Webb’s 2-2 fastball over the right-field wall to interrupt a scoreless tie. Later within the inning, Tommy Edman legged out an infield single to second base to drive in one other run. Edman was initially dominated out at first however the name was overturned upon video evaluation.

Dylan Carlson added an RBI double within the eighth, adopted by DeJong’s two-run homer to left. Paul Goldschmidt made it 6-0 with an RBI fielder’s alternative within the ninth.

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“You kind of look at how we’ve gone offensively throughout the past couple of weeks, whenever somebody goes, we all go,” Burleson mentioned. “So I think that’s huge for us just to get that spark and then everybody kind of follows suit.”

Webb (1-5) allowed two runs in 6 2/3 innings with seven strikeouts, struggling his MLB-leading fifth lack of the yr. Giants supervisor Gabe Kapler known as it a “really good game.”

“Totally in control. Nice, crisp rhythm. Lots of ground balls, strikeouts, low walks,” Kapler mentioned. “The one home run is really the only blemish.”

San Francisco had a number of alternatives to attain however went 0 for 7 with runners in scoring place and left 10 runners on base.

The Giants’ greatest probability got here within the fifth inning after they loaded the bases with one out. Thairo Estrada hit a dribbler in entrance of residence plate however Cardinals catcher Andrew Knizner leapt out of his crouch to subject it and made a diving tag on David Villar.

“It’s hard to practice those types of plays because it’s just one of those things where you just try to let your instincts take over,” Knizner mentioned. “And that’s what my instinct told me to do.”

Joc Pederson lined out to proper on the subsequent pitch to finish the risk.

St. Louis has not been swept in a four-game sequence since June 3-6, 2021, towards Cincinnati.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cardinals: After making two rehab begins for Double-A Springfield, RHP Adam Wainwright (groin pressure) will make a rehab begin Sunday for Triple-A Memphis. He is anticipated to throw roughly 90 pitches.

Giants: OF Mike Yastrzemski returned to the lineup after lacking Wednesday’s recreation with left indirect tightness. … C Joey Bart missed his third straight recreation with proper groin tightness. “He’s been trending in the right direction,” Kapler mentioned. “We feel good about the fact that he’s going to be ready to go full-force soon.”

UP NEXT

Cardinals: RHP Jack Flaherty (2-2, 3.29 ERA), a Los Angeles native, returns residence to open a three-game sequence towards the Dodgers on Friday evening. Flaherty has a 1.50 ERA in three profession begins at Dodger Stadium.

Giants: Following an off day Friday, LHP Sean Manaea (0-1, 6.61) begins the primary of two video games in Mexico City towards the Padres. Manaea pitched for San Diego final season, going 8-9 with a 4.96 ERA.

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