ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rafael Devers and Willy Adames hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning, and the streaking San Francisco Giants matched their season best with 18 hits Friday night during an 8-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

San Francisco, which has won five straight and 11 of 12, remained four games behind the New York Mets for the final National League wild card.

Carson Seymour (1-2), making his second career start, earned his first major league win. He didn’t give up a hit through his first four innings as the Giants built a 6-0 lead against Michael McGreevy (6-3).

Seymour ended up yielding one run and two hits in five innings, with one walk and two strikeouts.

Jimmy Crooks led off the fifth with a sharp grounder for a single, then scored on an RBI single by Victor Sco

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