Off day: Cardinals fall 6-5 in 10 to San Francisco -- Saggese has posted a 1.101 OPS since May 29

SF   0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 -- 6
STL  0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 -- 5

The Cardinals lost 6-5 to San Francisco in 10 innings yesterday afternoon, dropping the series 2-of-3. Nathan Church went 2-for-5 to pace the offense, while Drew Gilbert's two-run homer in the top of the tenth put SF ahead for good. Leo Bernal tied it 4-4 with a ninth-inning single before Gilbert's blast ended any comeback hopes.

THE BREAKDOWN

WHAT WORKED
- Matthew Liberatore held SF to 1 run over 6.0 innings, allowing 6 hits and striking out 2.
- The Cardinals rallied to tie the game 4-4 in the ninth on Leo Bernal's RBI single.
- Nathan Church went 2-for-5, the lone Cardinals starter with a multi-hit game.
- Jordan Walker drew 2 walks and scored a run despite going 0-for-3 at the plate.

WHAT DIDN'T
- The Cardinals went 5-for-35 as a team, leaving SF's pitching staff in control for most of the afternoon.
- Drew Gilbert's two-run homer in the top of the tenth proved the decisive blow, putting SF up 6-4.
- The seventh inning got away: Jonah Cox's two-run single, with a Jordan Walker throwing error on the same play, pushed SF's lead to 3-0.
- Jordan Walker and Nolan Gorman each went 0-for-3 with 2 walks, combining for zero hits in six at-bats.