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The San Francisco Giants couldn't avoid the sweep today as they fell 5-3 to the St. Louis Cardinals. The loss pushes the San Francisco Giants losing streak to five games. Sonny Gray was dominant on the mound for the St. Louis Cardinals and carried a perfect game into the 7th inning. Brandon Crawford made a nice play at third late in the game to spoil the San Francisco Giants comeback bid and drove in an insurance run in the 8th inning for the St. Louis Cardinals. A tough stretch for the San Francisco Giants right now.

The San Francisco Giants pitching was pulverized by the St. Louis Cardinals today as they fall 9-4 at Busch Stadium. Four home runs from the St. Louis Cardinals was more than enough to beat the San Francisco Giants today as the offense was inconsistent with runners in scoring position yet again. Jordan Hicks struggled in the humid heat today as he never found the grip on his signature splitfinger fastball in one of his worst starts as a San Francisco Giant. Hicks surrendered five runs and two homers before exiting after four innings pitched.

The San Francisco Giants fell to the St. Louis Cardinals tonight 6-5 in a historic game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama which paid homage to Willie Mays and the Negro Leagues. The event was dripping in pageantry, featuring numerous tributes to players of the Negro Leagues past. Amidst the historic moment, Keaton Winn was terrible on the mound as he gave up five runs in less than three innings of work for the San Francisco Giants.

The San Francisco Giants fell to the Chicago Cubs 6-5 today at Wrigley Field to wrap up their series on Chicago's North Side. Erik Miller got the start for the San Francisco Giants in yet another bullpen game for the orange and black. After falling behind 6-1, Jorge Soler launched an 8th inning grand slam 444 feet to bring the San Francisco Giants within one run. Ultimately, the orange and black couldn't pull off the comeback win.