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ST. LOUIS -- Michael Morse rewarded his manager for giving him a rare day off. Morse homered and drove in three runs and Pablo Sandoval homered and scored twice to propel the San Francisco Giants to a 6-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series. "It looked like the day off served him well," said manager Bruce Bochy, who sat Morse for the first time this season Wednesday against the Chicago Cubs. "A home run and that big hit off of one of the more dominant closers in the game with the power arm that he has." The Giants, at the start of a seven-game trip to St. Louis and Cincinnati, have won seven of eight. The Cardinals have dropped three of four to start their nine-game home stand. Gregor Blanco scored from second on Angel Pagans single to centre to tie the score at 4-all in the eighth. Third base coach Tim Flannery initially held Blanco at third because of centre fielder Peter Bourjos strong arm. But Blanco scored when the throw bounced on the home plate side of the mound and past three Cardinals, including Carlos Martinez (0-3), who was in front of catcher Yadier Molina rather than backing up the throw. Pagan moved up to second on the throw. Trevor Rosenthal came in after Martinez intentionally walked Sandoval, but Morse doubled just past a diving Bourjos to drive in Pagan and Sandoval and give the Giants a 6-4 lead. "I knew he was going to come with something hard," Morse said. "I just tried to be short. I just tried to touch something." Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said Martinez stopped when he saw Blanco stayed at third. He stabbed at the throw from Bourjos, keeping Molina from making the catch and allowing the ball to go to the screen. "Yaddy never was able to see the ball," Matheny said. "As soon as that balls hit, they all know, theyve got to get behind the catcher. He was in the wrong spot and it ended up hurting." Javier Lopez (1-0) got two groundouts in relief of Ryan Vogelsong for his first win since Sept. 22, 2013, at the New York Yankees. Sergio Romo gave up a run on Matt Carpenters two-out single, but held on for his 17th save in 19 chances. Romo has surrendered four runs in the past three games and had his ERA rise to 3.52. Morse, in his first season with the Giants, has nine hits in his past 16 at-bats, with five doubles, a triple and the home run. Hes driven in eight during that five-game span and has a team-high 37 RBIs for the year. "Were just playing," he said. "The mentality we have and the fun were having, I think winning is contagious and we love to win. Were just going to keep going at it." Vogelsong allowed four runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out five in 6 1-3 innings. Sandovals eighth homer of the season tied the score at 3-3 in the sixth inning. The third baseman has an RBI in each of the past nine games. Hes the first Giant to do that since Barry Bonds in 2000. Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia went seven innings, giving up three runs on five hits. He struck out seven and has yet to issue a walk this season. He was in line for the victory after Allen Craig hit his sixth homer of the season and second in three games off Vogelsong in the bottom of the sixth. "We definitely had a bead on that game," Craig said. "It felt like we were going to win it, but thats baseball. We didnt make enough plays." Vogelsong got into trouble in the fourth when the Cardinals loaded the bases with none out on Matt Hollidays single and consecutive walks to Craig and Molina. Jhonny Peralta, batting .111 (5 of 45) with runners in scoring position, grounded into a double play, plating Holliday. John Jay drove in Craig with a single to give St. Louis a 3-2 lead. Morse tied the score at 1-1 with his ninth homer of the season, a 442-foot blast to left centre to lead off the second. Brandon Hicks scored on Blancos single to give the Giants a 2-1 lead. St. Louis snapped Vogelsongs scoreless streak at 13 2-3 innings with a run in the first. Craigs ground-rule double brought home Carpenter, who singled to lead off and stole second with two outs. NOTES: Carpenters first-inning single extended his NL-best hitting streak to 11 games. ... The Giants improved to 9-14 when their opponents score first. ... Holliday has reached base safely in all 25 home games. . San Francisco C Buster Posey didnt play because of an ongoing back issue. Bochy said he is day to day. ... St. Louis 1B Matt Adams sat for the second consecutive night with a stiff left calf, though he was available as a pinch hitter. . The Cardinals entered the game without a home run off Vogelsong in 68 at-bats, and all but three of their 24 hits were for singles. The Giants had just one homer off Garcia in 66 at-bats, but seven of their 19 hits went for extra bases. . 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Chiasson snapped a third-period tie and lifted the Dallas Stars to a 3-2 victory on Monday night. Joe Carter Indians Jersey . PAUL, Minn. ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The playoff-bound Oakland Athletics hadnt lost consecutive games in a month while pushing for the majors best record. Then they ran into Jered Weaver and the Los Angeles Angels, who relished a chance to slow the As roll into October. Weaver pitched seven innings of five-hit ball, Josh Hamilton drove in two runs, and the Angels did a bit more damage to Oaklands home-field playoff hopes with a 3-1 victory Wednesday. Dan Straily (10-8) allowed seven hits while pitching into the seventh inning of his first loss since Aug. 17 for the As (94-65), who began the day trailing Boston by one game for the best record in baseball. The Red Sox play at Colorado later Wednesday. The two-time AL West champion As had the unfortunate luck to face the Angels during the best stretch of their big-budget rivals disappointing season. Oakland, which hadnt lost back-to-back games since Aug. 20-23, lost four of six over the past two weeks to the Angels. "This is a good division," said Coco Crisp, who scored the As only run. "The Angels are obviously one of the premier teams along with Texas, and weve come along and done a good job ourselves. So it is fun playing in this division against this calibre of teams, but it definitely makes it tougher." Oakland usually has trouble with Weaver, who was 7-1 with an 0.84 ERA in his previous 10 starts against the As. His personal string of 29 2-3 consecutive scoreless innings against the As ended in the sixth with Jed Lowries sacrifice fly, but Weaver finished strong before Dane De La Rosa and Ernesto Frieri -- who got his 37th save -- finished off Oakland. Straily struck out five, couldnt quite match Weaver despite another strong start. Los Angeles scored two unearned runs in the fifth in a rally catalyzed by first baseman Daric Bartons error. Straily chalked it up to experience for next months playoff tests. "Obviously its not the end result we were looking for, but I threw a lot of good pitches today," Straily said. "I threw a lot more changeups and curveballs than I had been, so there were a few positives from that." After scoring 49 runs in a five-game barrage ending Monday, Oakland managed just 10 hits in the past two games, including Jason Vargas four-hit gem for the Angels on Tuesday. The As have a day off Thursday before finishing the regular season in Seattle. Erick Aybar had three hits in the Angels final home game of their disappointiing season.dddddddddddd Los Angeles is unbeaten in its past 10 series while winning 23 of the past 32 games. Weaver (11-8) finished his season impressively after missing last weeks scheduled start with tightness in his right forearm. The Angels veteran right-hander missed nearly two months of the early season with a broken bone in his arm. He bounced back with a 10-4 record since July 2 to become only the third pitcher in AL history to have 10 wins and a winning record in each of his first eight seasons, joining Addie Joss and Andy Pettitte. "Obviously were not really playing for much right now, but we still want to go out and give them hell," Weaver said. "It was nice to be able to finish strong. Its kind of bittersweet. We wish we were still playing (next week). Thats the goal." Mike Trout wasnt in the Angels lineup for their home finale. The star outfielder is in a 9-for-52 slump over the past 15 games, seriously endangering his chances of picking up the final 13 hits necessary to reach 200 on the season. Aybar, who got a rare day off Tuesday, singled and scored the games first run in the fourth inning on Hamiltons grounder. Los Angeles added two in the fifth with a lengthy one-hit rally that included Chris Iannetta getting thrown out at the plate before Aybar and Hamilton singled in runs. Hamilton, the disappointing $125 million outfielder, had two hits to boost his average to a season-high .248. He also stole a base, just his fourth of the season, in the eighth. "The biggest thing was how we finished the season," Hamilton said. "We fought the last month-and-a-half, and played the way were capable of playing." Weaver allowed just two hits in the first five innings, and had retired nine straight before Crisp singled to lead off the sixth and scored on Lowries fly. Weaver stranded two runners by getting Josh Reddick to fly out, and Oakland had just one more baserunner in the final three innings. NOTES: Los Angeles finishes its season with four games at Texas. Jerome Williams is still scheduled to start Thursdays opener against Matt Garza. ... RHP Bartolo Colon is scheduled to go after his 18th victory when the As open their weekend series in Seattle on Friday. ... As 3B Josh Donaldson got the day off Wednesday, part of manager Bob Melvins plan to give his key players a bit of rest this week. Donaldsons streak of reaching base in 28 straight games ended Tuesday. ' ' '