Giants’ red-hot offense fuels Carson Seymour’s first MLB win against Cardinals

With Wild Card aspirations in mind, the Giants’ hot bats didn’t succumb to the fresher, early-September climate at Busch Stadium on Friday night.The bats stayed scorching hot, with San Francisco tying a season-high 18 hits against the Cardinals in its series-opening 8-2 win. After early back-to-back home runs from Rafael Devers and Willy Adames, the Giants extended their longest streak of games with a home run since the franchise moved to San Francisco to 18, assuring manager Bob Melvin that his team, which has won 11 of its last 12, is hard to contain.  Rafi wasting no time getting the Giants on the board pic.twitter.com/MIg7LwI2Lx — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) September 6, 2025“We go into the game feeling good about our offense, and there’s a reason for it over the last 18 games, whatever it’s been,” Melvin told reporters on Friday. “It’s contagious, just like it goes the other way. Right now, offensively, we feel like we’re as good as we’ve been all year, with [Patrick Bailey] hitting well, [Drew Gilbert] at the bottom of the lineup and getting...