San Francisco Giants embarrass Wainwright and beat Cardinals 9-4

May 30, 2014; St. Louis, MO, USA; San Francisco Giants right fielder

(8) celebrates with

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(40) after hitting a home run against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports

The Giants dominated the Cardinals, and Adam Wainwright especially, in their 9-4 win in Saint Louis. By the second inning, Wainwright had thrown 46 pitches and the Giants were leading 5-0. Five runs is more than the Giants have ever scored on Wainwright, who had the lowest ERA in the National League prior to the start of this game.

Michael Morse hit a two-out RBI single in the first inning to score Angel Pagan. Morse now leads MLB with 20 RBIs with two outs and runners in scoring position.

The Giants had one run going into the second inning, when they scored four additional runs (again with two outs), including a

three-run home run, his 7th of the year, estimated at 447 feet.

Wainwright was taken out after 4 2/3 innings.  A very rare occurrence for the former National League ERA leader. His ERA went from 1.67 to 2.32 after tonight’s game.

Gregor Blanco hit a two-out single in the fifth inning to score Morse and Sandoval. Giants scored all 7 runs on two-out hits.

Pence hit a single in the seventh inning (with 0-outs, shockingly) then Pablo hit a double that was an inch shy of being a home run that the RF couldn’t catch off the wall. With Pence on third and Pablo on second, Morse was walked to load the bases. Hector Sanchez hit a single to right field that scored Pence and Sandoval to make the score 9-0 with no outs in the top of the 7th.  

Bochy took out Morse and Pagan in the eighth inning and put Joaquin Arias at first base and Tyler Colvin in left field.

David Huff came in and totally unraveled after hitting Kolten Wong. Huff walked two more batters, prompting Bochy to pick up the phone himself to call the bullpen. Huff then gave up a double to Jon Jay that scored three runs. J.C. Gutierrez came in and gave up a double to Allen Craig that scored an additional run, bringing the score to 9-4. 

Bumgarner could not have pitched a better game tonight. He went seven innings, only allowing three hits, one walk, with 10 strikeouts. Truly amazing to see.  In his last start, he also had 10 strikeouts which is the first time in his career he’s had double digit strikeout starts.  He is now 7-3, with a 2.85 ERA.