The St. Louis Cardinals try to tie up this series and keep their Wild Card hopes alive when they face the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday.
The San Francisco Giants go for the series win at home against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 2 on Tuesday night. The Giants are coming off a thrilling 5-4 walk-off victory in 11 innings in the opener. San Francisco is playing for pride right now as they became just the second team to be eliminated from playoff contention this season after their division rival, the Colorado Rockies. San Francisco will go for its third win in its last four games. With the win, the Giants improved to 60-85, and they are 34-36 at home. The Cardinals are still battling to keep their playoff hopes alive as they try to get back to .500 after the loss on Labor Day. St. Louis is now 72-73 with a 38-35 mark on the road. Time is running out, though, because the Cardinals are five games back of the Arizona Diamondbacks for the last National League Wild Card spot.
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Game Date: Tuesday, Sep. 8, 2026
Game Time: 9:45 p.m. ET
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Monday’s opener was actually the first game of the season between these National League foes. These two will play their final series of the season next week in St. Louis. San Francisco will start Landen Roupp in Game 2. He is 8-13 with a 4.17 ERA in 144.2 innings. The Cardinals will try to bounce back by starting Quinn Mathews, who is 1-2 with a 4.38 ERA in 24.2 innings.
Things started out great for the Giants, going up 3-0 with Bryce Eldridge driving in two runs through five innings. Alec Burleson got the rally started for the Cardinals in the sixth with a solo shot, and St. Louis scored the next four runs, including the first run of in the top of the 10th inning with an RBI single from Leo Bernal. The Giants tied the game with Eldridge’s third RBI of the night in the bottom of the 10th. San Francisco held the Cardinals scoreless in the 11th to set up heroics from Shay Whitcomb, who hit an RBI single with one out for his first career walk-off to win the opener.
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