Brandon Crawford‘s tiebreaking RBI single helped the Giants to a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.
Mitch Haniger drove in two runs, and Wilmer Flores had three hits for the Giants, who have won five of seven.
Chris Stratton takes the loss in relief. Matt Liberatore worked six innings, allowed just 2 runs on seven hits and struck out 5.
Logan Webb (5-6) allowed three runs on seven hits over seven innings. He struck out six.
San Francisco RHP Alex Cobb (5-2, 3.01) will face RHP Jack Flaherty (3-4, 4.15) in the second game of the three-game series on Tuesday, 5:50 with the pregame and the first pitch at 6:45 on KIRX.