Cardinals vs. Giants Game Highlights (4/24/23) | MLB Highlights

The Giants at home against the St. Louis Cardinals two ancient National League rivals time for the Cardinals to pick up a series opening win their 0 and 7 so far and right now it's going to be Alex Cobb who takes the ball for the Giants tonight this first of four games against the Cardinals 0 and 1 on the year still looking for his first win ERA fantastic two point seven nine twenty two strikeouts against three walks in nineteen or the thirties but very good new far off to a good start hitting 280 slowly rolls this first one to Flores and that's how this game gets started and Paul Goldschmidt will stand in got him two up two down for the Cardinals here's Nolan Gorman slowly hit and that'll end the inning two ground balls and a strikeout let's see if Jordan Montgomery can get the ball on the ground here at Oracle Park loves he and Jordan Montgomery back out there great to see Austin Slater in the batter's box no score Giants and the Cardinals and the three two is driven into right center field but moving over is Burlington and it falls and Slater with a wide turn and he's a board. So here's the strata got him with a breaking ball and Panickers first at bat as a walk Davis with four home runs thirteen driven in shoots one to right Slater throws so he's going to get the third and the bases are loaded. So here's Conforto who's had six lifetime at bats against Montgomery and a little pop up and Conforto will not be happy with this. His contrarian puts it away five grand slam as it will before his career. The payoff he struck him out. What a job by Montgomery long inning the Giants load him up can't break through. We head to the second scoreless and the Cardinals are set in order in the second inning. We go to the bottom of the second nothing nothing in San Francisco two down runner at first Slater lines one to right field for a base hit. Yes goes to second he'll stop there Slater two for two. Welcome back slowly hit to Edmond and that'll end the inning. Giants have stranded five in this game nine up nine down for Alex Cobb another solid inning. Cardinals go down in order we'll go to the bottom of the third Giants and Cardinals nothing nothing. And Montgomery two quick outs he needs a quick inning. This one dribbled Contreras will slip and tumble to the turf. Good play and Montgomery does have an easy third inning one two three and out Cobb saved his best fastballs for Paul Goldschmidt. That's a couple of them at 96 in his first two trips to the plate tonight in the air to right that curling toward the corner long run that ball is fair off the base of the wall Goldie on his way to second big turn there and he's going to stop. But can Fordo tracked it down quickly. There's your first Cardinal base runner Paul Goldschmidt. Wrapped on the ground to V.R. and V.R. is going to throw him out. Goldschmidt is now at third Contreras with Goldschmidt at third and this is hit to Davis. Davis will shuffle and throw and that'll end the inning. So he has his aboard two on with one out. Joey Bart struck out in the second the two to pitch. He went around and Bart is down on strikes for the second time two outs another scoring chance for them here. This one on the ground smothered and a throw to first Donovan with a run saving grab at third. Beautiful play from the gold Glover. The bases are loaded now and the top of the order is coming up. Davis off balance. He got him and that'll end the inning. And went out and combed that into right field and the Cardinals have a one out single. Well they'll give Wilson Contreras the whole right side of the infield to play with here. That's one to the hard way. VR was able to come off the bag and then tag the runner going by and still complete the double play. And it's kept this score at nothing nothing with Montgomery and Cobb throwing up zeros line drive to left by Donovan. That'll continue the inning. He is something else. He's had a great game defensively and he has two of the Cardinals five hits up the middle and that'll do it. Seven pitch inning for Alex Cobb. He has his two for two. Last hit was a bunt down the third baseline. This one is Rose not in time. Edmond got it in between her. And that's why you run hard right. That's why you run hard. You never know. In a lot of ways Joey Bars glad that Montgomery's out of the game. Line drive base hit down the left field line. Yes it's on the move. Bart Diggins for two. He's going to make it for her. It's like it's his hamstring. Now Peterson just got one. He got him to chase it big first down. Here's Hennigar. Get out to right. Tagging is just Rimsky and the Giants take the lead. Good at bat and he had to go the opposite way to do it. His first RBI as a Jack comes on a sack fly. Davis is one for three. High drive. That's number five on the year for J.D. Davis. All right it comes with two outs is a bone crusher. Tommy Edmond will lead off for St. Louis on the ground a second. The air will charge Alex Cobb has just been so impressive tonight. Here's Nick Barr. He's grounded out three times. And a fly ball well hit toward left center field that ball carrying a long way to the wall and miscommunication it drops safely. So Nick Barr will stand at second with one out. The one pitch to Goldschmidt is wrapped up the middle. Something that he has not been doing much tonight. That's his third strikeout is all but he's got eight shutout innings in the books. Giants to the four nothing lead is Alex Cobb goes out. Lifted out to Conforto Davis at third two down. I think Giants recognize that this day and age you just don't see what's happening a lot right now. In his 12 year career he has one shutout twenty twelve when he was with Tampa two down in the ninth inning the Giants ahead for nothing. And Cobb needs one strike more swing and a miss the splitter for the strikeout for the shutout and for the complete game and a great night for Alex Cobb all the way around. I mean I was going out for the ninth and you start to hear the crowd cheer and there's different energy when you're going out for the ninth to close it out in front of the home fan. So you need it because it's exhausting even more so with the pitch clock now. But tonight it was the vintage Cobb at his best getting the ball on the ground again and again and again.