Official San Francisco Giants @ St louis Cardinals 5/30/2011

vs.

4:15 PM ET at Busch Stadium

Giants 28-24. 15-16 on the road.
Cardinals 32-22. 14-9 at home.

Madison Bumgarner 1-6 vs. Kyle McClellan 6-1

Bumgarner a left hander. 57 innings. 58 hits 28 runs(24 earned). 2 HR's 20 BB 41 K's. ERA 3.79
McClellan a right hander. 63.2 innings. 58 hits 24 runs(22 earned). 7 HR's. 18 BB. 22 K's. ERA 3.11

 

The Giants went 2-1 against the Cardinals in early April, coming away with two one-run wins. These teams have split 36 games (18-18 each) in St. Louis since 2000.

After losing two in a row and five of their past six games, the Giants have slipped into second place in the NL West, a half-game behind Arizona.

The Cardinals return home after going 6-3 on their recent road trip. They took two of three games at all three stops, including this past weekend's series in Colorado.

Freddy Sanchez is batting .423 (22-for-52) since May 14 to raise his season average from .257 to .302. He is 12-for-24 (.500) on Memorial Day in his career, the highest mark by any active player on the holiday (minimum 20 PA).

After opening the season with a 7.79 ERA in his first four starts, Madison Bumgarner has fashioned a 2.04 ERA over his last six outings. But his record is just 1-6 overall, as he's been supported by a puny 2.37 runs per nine innings.

Jon Jay leads all National League hitters with a .397 batting average in May (minimum 50 PA). He has hit safely in nine straight games (17-for-41, .415), and has scored a run in each of his last five games.

 

Injuries:

Giants; Mike Fontenot, 2B, Buster Posey, C, Darren Ford, PH, Mark DeRosa, LF

Cardinals; Gerald Laird, C, Matt Holliday, LF, Lance Berkman, 1B, Nick Punto, SS

 

Projected Giants lineup

A. Torres, CF .250
M. Tejada, 3B .212
F. Sanchez, 2B .302
A. Huff, 1B .224
C. Ross, RF .233
A. Rowand, LF .247
B. Crawford, SS .200
E. Whiteside, C .176
M. Bumgarner, P .176

 

Projected Cardinals lineup

R. Theriot, SS .302
A. Craig, 2B .321
A. Pujols, 1B .257
M. Holliday, LF .347
L. Berkman, RF .354
C. Rasmus, CF .287
Y. Molina, C .311
D. Descalso, 3B .233
K. McClellan, P .227

 

Torres grounded out, third baseman

 

M.Tejada singled to left.

 

F.Sanchez grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop, runner out at second.

 

Huff flied out to center fielder Rasmus

 

Theriot grounded out, second

 

Craig doubled to center

 

Pujols fouled out to first baseman

 

Holliday grounded out to short

 

Giants second. C.Ross homered to center

 

Rowand struck out

 

B.Crawford flied out to center

 

Whiteside grounded out to short

 

Berkman flied out to right

 

Rasmus grounded out to second

 

Y.Molina flied out to center