Miles Mikolas, Cardinals shut out Giants
Alec Burleson homered to end a scoreless tie in the seventh inning, right-hander Miles Mikolas outlasted Logan Webb in a battle of zeroes, and the St. Louis Cardinals avoided a four-game sweep at the hands of the host San Francisco Giants with a 6-0 victory in the series finale Thursday afternoon. Paul DeJong also homered for the Cardinals, who scored two in the seventh, three in the eighth and one in the ninth to win a