Bench clear, Cardinals now 14 under .500 after losing 11-3 to Giants

street. Lewis (AP) — Keaton Wayne’s first trip to a major league football field also became the site of his first major league save.

Wayne worked four solid innings of relief Tuesday night to help the San Francisco Giants win 11-3 over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Mike Yastrzemski and Patrick Bailey homered and Michael Conforto added four hits and three RBIs to speed up a balanced offense.

The Giants have won five straight games on the road and six of their last eight games overall. San Francisco won the first two games of the three-game set and grabbed just their third series in St. Louis in 10 attempts since 2013.

Winn allowed one hit in a 55-pitch effort and was doused with a mixture of hot sauce and toothpaste by his teammates after the contest.

“It was crazy, it was amazing, I don’t even know how to describe it,” Wayne said. “Really amazing.”

The 25-year-old from the small town of Ole, Iowa, with a population of about 200, had nearly 30 relatives, friends, and fans.

“I still can’t feel my legs,” Wayne said.

San Francisco’s Mitch Hanegger fractured his right forearm after being hit by a pitch from Jack Flaherty in the third inning. Hanegger drove in two runs in the Giants’ 4-2 victory over St. Louis on Monday.

“Anytime you get hit, the hand is warm and it doesn’t feel right,” Haniger said. “Injuries are part of the game, and at the same time you have to focus on what’s next.”

Hanegger suffered an oblique injury in spring training and was nearing form.

“He worked hard to come back and he was just starting to get going,” said Giants manager Gabe Kapler. “He’s starting to swing the bat really well and feels great. That’s a pretty big hit for Mitch and our club.”

St. Louis lost for the ninth time in 11 games. The Cardinals fell to 27-41 overall, and had the team’s worst start to sing in the 1978 campaign opener 24-44.

Yastrzemski and Bailey hit homers back-to-back in the sixth inning to take the lead 9-2.

Conforto, who went 4-for-6, had one run in the first and hit an RBI in the third. San Francisco is 18-4 this season when he leads the race.

The Giants scored three goals in the fifth and sixth innings to break the open game.

“Anytime we can help pitchers like that, make runs like that, it’s great,” said player Lamonte Wade Jr., who had two doubles. “The guys had a great game plan:

San Francisco’s Luke Jackson (1-0) won by a narrow margin. Starter Alex Cobb allowed two runs on five hits over four innings.

Flaherty (3-5) allowed six runs on 10 hits over ​4 1/3 innings pitched.

Wade Jr. got into a shouting match with Flaherty after the top of the fourth inning. Wade had to be held back by teammates. Seats and benches were emptied, but no punches were thrown and there were no ejections.

“It’s just baseball, nerves getting on,” Wade Jr. said. “Nothing came of it. I can’t speak for what he thought. I was doing my job at second base. That’s all I could do.”

Flaherty explained, “Just playing the game. That’s all you’ll get from me on that.”

San Francisco outfielder J.D. Davis suffered a sprained right ankle in the third inning after sliding hard into third base.

St. Louis has spent the last 49 days in last place in the NL Central after winning the division last season.

Coach room:

Giants: LHP Alex Wood could join the team this weekend in Los Angeles for a series against the Dodgers. Wood, who has been on the injured list since June 1 due to a lower back strain, threw 53 pitches for Triple-A Sacramento in a rehabilitation effort on Sunday. He will likely give a breakout session on Thursday.

Cardinals: Off-Lars Nottbar is expected to start rehab duty later this week. He was placed on the injured list on June 2 with a lower back contusion.

the next

RHP Anthony DeSclafani (4-6, 3.89) will take on LHP Jordan Montgomery (3-7, 3.88) in the finale of the three-way round set Wednesday afternoon. Montgomery threw six scoreless innings in his last outing, a 7-4 victory over Cincinnati on Friday.