{"id":839383,"date":"2026-09-07T10:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T10:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/839383\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T10:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T10:28:11","slug":"giants-begin-3-game-series-against-the-cardinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/839383\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants begin 3-game series against the Cardinals"},"content":{"rendered":"

St. Louis Cardinals<\/a> (72-72, third in the NL Central) vs. San Francisco Giants<\/a> (59-85, fourth in the NL West)<\/p>\n

San Francisco; Monday, 8:10 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Michael McGreevy<\/a> (6-9, 3.97 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 102 strikeouts); Giants: Logan Webb<\/a> (8-8, 4.21 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 119 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

LINE: Giants -135, Cardinals +110; over\/under is 7 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants host the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday to begin a three-game series.<\/p>\n

San Francisco has a 33-36 record at home and a 59-85 record overall. Giants hitters have a collective .407 slugging percentage to rank sixth in the NL.<\/p>\n

St. Louis is 72-72 overall and 38-34 in road games. The Cardinals have the 10th-ranked team batting average in the NL at .244.<\/p>\n

The teams meet Monday for the first time this season.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Jung Hoo Lee<\/a> has 28 doubles, four triples, nine home runs and 53 RBI while hitting .280 for the Giants. Rafael Devers<\/a> is 15 for 39 with three doubles and six home runs over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

Jordan Walker<\/a> leads the Cardinals with 60 extra base hits (32 doubles and 28 home runs). Thomas Saggese<\/a> is 13 for 24 with three doubles, three home runs and eight RBI over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Giants: 4-6, .240 batting average, 5.57 ERA, outscored by six runs<\/p>\n

Cardinals: 6-4, .279 batting average, 5.45 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Giants: Marcelo Mayer<\/a>: 10-Day IL (forearm), Jesus Rodriguez<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Willy Adames<\/a>: 10-Day IL (elbow), Victor Bericoto<\/a>: 10-Day IL (knee), Keaton Winn<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Matt Gage<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Adrian Houser<\/a>: 60-Day IL (forearm), Sam Hentges: 15-Day IL (forearm), Casey Schmitt<\/a>: 60-Day IL (leg), Carson Whisenhunt<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), J.T. Brubaker: 15-Day IL (ribs), Joel Peguero<\/a>: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Harrison Bader<\/a>: 60-Day IL (plantar fasciitis), Daniel Susac<\/a>: 60-Day IL (knee), Trevor McDonald<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Matt Chapman<\/a>: 60-Day IL (leg), Jose Butto<\/a>: 60-Day IL (arm), Hayden Birdsong<\/a>: 60-Day IL (forearm), Randy Rodriguez<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Rowan Wick<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

Cardinals: Hunter Dobbins: 15-Day IL (forearm), JJ Wetherholt<\/a>: 10-Day IL (wrist), Blaze Jordan<\/a>: 10-Day IL (ankle), Masyn Winn<\/a>: 10-Day IL (thumb), Peter Strzelecki: 15-Day IL (forearm), Everson Pereira<\/a>: 10-Day IL (hand), Max Rajcic<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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