ST. LOUIS (AP) — Bryce Eldridge hit a two-run homer and drove in three runs, lifting the San Franciso Giants to a 10-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night.
Eldridge is hitting .343 (36 for 105) with 28 RBI in his last 28 games.
Christian Kross and rookie Turner Hill each added two hits and drove in two runs, helping the Giants snap a four-game losing streak. Hill hit his first career home run in the ninth.
Alex Burleson hit a two-out homer, his 23rd of the season, in the first inning. He has driven in league-leading 111 runs.
Blade Tidwell (1-2) allowed two runs on three hits over 6 2/3 innings. Since his Aug. 4 recall, the Giants are 2-6 in his eight starts, with both wins coming against the Cardinals.
Andre Pallante (12-7) lasted five innings, allowing eight hits and eight runs, six earned. He had allowed just one run or less in four of his last five starts.
The Giants got off to a fast start. Eldridge, who didn’t play on Monday, hit the longest home run this season at Busch Stadium when he smacked a 2-1 slider 461 feet deep into the right field bleachers. That snapped a 48-inning homerless streak by Pallante. Turner Hill’s single scored Jonah Cox, who had reached first on a catcher’s interference call and then stole second, giving the Giants a 3-0 lead.
San Francisco stretched its lead to 7-1 with four runs in the third.
A two-out double by Osleivis Basabe scored Eldridge in the fourth, extending the lead to 8-2.
The teams each scored in the eighth. Eldridge doubled home a run and Nolan Gorman drove in a run for St. Louis.
Giants RHP Anthony Munoz (3-1, 5.24 ERA) starts Wednesday in the series finale opposite Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (5-14, 5.53).
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San Francisco Giants' Grant McCray, right, and Drew Cavanaugh (61) celebrate after scoring during the third inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
San Francisco Giants' Bryce Eldridge, right, rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run off St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Andre Pallante (53) during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
San Francisco Giants' Christian Koss reacts after grounding out during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
CLEVELAND (AP) — Brayan Rocchio came through again, hitting a two-run double with two outs in the ninth inning to give the Cleveland Guardians a comeback 7-6 win over the Chicago White Sox that tightened the AL Central race on Tuesday night.
With runners at second and third, Rocchio, who has seven career walk-off plate appearances, hit a fly toward the left-field corner off Grant Taylor (7-3) that just eluded a diving try by outfielder Sam Antonacci.
When the ball hit the turf, Rocchio flung his helmet in the air and Cleveland's dugout emptied onto the field to celebrate. Rocchio has developed a knack for late-season heroics with four of his walk-off hits coming in September.
The Guardians' rally moved them within a half game of the first-place White Sox. The teams will play the series finale on Wednesday. The White Sox, who lost at least 100 games in each of the past three seasons, have held at least a share of first since July 4.
Rookie Travis Bazzana hit a pair of homers for Cleveland. Closer Cade Smith (6-1) got five outs — on just 16 pitches — and should be available Wednesday.
Jo Adell and Bazzana hit back-to-back homers in the first inning for the Guardians, who couldn't capitalize on their early 3-0 lead and fell behind before coming up with a victory that kept their division title hopes alive.
Down 4-2, the White Sox scored four in the sixth with Miguel Vargas delivering his two-out single.
Chicago loaded the bases off Cleveland's Craig Yoho on a pair of walks and a single before Chase Meidroth hit an RBI single, Randal Grichuk had a sacrifice fly and Vargas ripped a single into left off reliever Hunter Gaddis.
Adell was acquired at the trade deadline to give Cleveland more power, and he provided plenty in the first with his 22nd homer — a 442-foot shot.
Rookie LHP Parker Messick (11-9, 2.51 ERA) starts the series finale for the Guardians. He's 1-1 against the White Sox, who have yet to name a starter.
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Cleveland Guardians' Travis Bazzana (37) is congratulated by Angel Genao, right, after hitting a home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Cleveland, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Cleveland Guardians' Brayan Rocchio dives for home plate in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Cleveland, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Cleveland Guardians' Brayan Rocchio, center, celebrates with teammates after hitting a game winning double in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Cleveland, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Chicago White Sox left fielder Sam Antonacci (17) can't get to the ball on a game winning double hit by Cleveland Guardians' Brayan Rocchio in the ninth inning of a baseball game in Cleveland, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Cleveland Guardians' Brayan Rocchio, right, celebrates with teammates after hitting a game winning double in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Cleveland, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
