Wainwright wins fourth straight decision, Cards beat Giants

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals arrived in San Francisco having just dropped three of four to the Rockies at Coors Field in frustrating fashion.

Holding off the Giants in two close games now has the Cardinals believing they're right back on track as the All-Star break nears.

Nolan Arenado and Edmundo Sosa homered to back Adam Wainwright's fourth straight winning decision, Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run single in the fourth inning, and St. Louis beat San Francisco 6-5 on Tuesday night.

“These wins right now, they feel like we can play with anyone, we can beat anyone, we just need that mojo,” Wainwright said.

St. Louis left fielder Dylan Carlson made a tremendous game-ending catch at the wall with runners on first and third.

"We fought our tails off the whole game," manager Mike Shildt said. “That was a huge play by Dylan.”

Yadier Molina added a run-scoring single in the seventh before Sosa connected in the eighth. The Giants scored twice in the bottom half, getting Mike Yastrzemski's RBI single and a double by Wilmer Flores.

Genesis Cabrera allowed two baserunners in the ninth, including a four-pitch walk to Donovan Solano, then gave way to Justin Miller one out later and he finished for his first save after Carlson's catch on a long fly by Jason Vosler.

Arenado hit a two-run homer in the first off Johnny Cueto (6-5) before Brandon Crawford’s two-run single in the third tied it.

Wainwright (7-5) came out on top pitching opposite Cueto for the fifth time, having beaten the Giants right-hander twice when he was with Cincinnati while losing two starts in 2016 — Cueto's first year in San Francisco.

Crawford had an RBI double with one out in the fifth but Wainwright escaped further damage.

“Tonight I thought we had really good at-bats,” Giants manager Gabe...

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