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St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants Recap - Cardinals Over Giants 6-5

St. Louis got a 6-5 victory over San Francisco on Tuesday, with Adam Wainwright earning the victory and helping Cardinals moneyline bettors cash out.

St. Louis was an underdog by +121 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 8.

Adam Wainwright earned the victory for the Cardinals, throwing 5 innings of work, striking out 3, walking 4, and allowing 6 hits and 3 earned runs. That effort was supported by 2 RBIs from Nolan Arenado in the win.

San Francisco's starting pitcher Johnny Cueto worked 6 innings, giving up 9 hits and 4 earned runs while striking out 7 in the loss. They got 4 hits from Brandon Crawford in a losing cause.

The battle of the bats favored St. Louis as they had 13 hits, while San Francisco only had 10.

Justin Miller pitched the final 0.2 innings for the save. He struck out 0 and allowed 0 hits in his outing.