ST. LOUIS -- The roaring offense that powered the Giants through their second-longest winning streak of the season petered out in the midst of Saturday’s shocking loss. By the time it re-emerged on Sunday, it was a little too late to dig out of the hole, which was dug in part by a lack of command from the mound. The Giants (72-71) fell to the Cardinals, 4-3, to miss an opportunity to make up ground on the Mets (76-67), and they remain four games back of the final Wild Card spot in the NL.

After failing to record a hit -- and tallying just one walk -- against Sonny Gray in the game’s first five innings, three walks and three singles in the top of the sixth brought nine men to the plate and trimmed a four-run deficit to just one. They would draw no closer.

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