San Francisco Giants at St. Louis Cardinals 5/13/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The San Francisco Giants will end a lengthy homestand Friday night as they travel to Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO to take on the St. Louis Cardinals. San Francisco comes into Friday night seven games above .500 on the season riding a five game win streak after a 7-1 win over the Colorado Rockies. Alex Cobb got the start for San Francisco last came out giving up one run on three hits across 5.1 innings of work leading to the victory. The San Francisco bullpen combined for the final 3.2 innings of work allowing no runs on one hit to complete the game.

Offensively SF hit the ball well going 10-35 as a team from the plate but struggled going 4-18 with runners in scoring position to leave 11 men on base. Brandon Crawford led the way for the San Francisco offense going 1-4 on the day to drive in three of the seven runs.

The St. Louis Cardinals will play their 4th consecutive home game Friday night three games above .500 after a blowout win against the Baltimore Orioles. Mike Mikolas was dominant on the bump for the Cardinals allowing only one run on four hits across 7 innings of work leading to the victory.

Paul Goldschmidt led the way for the Cardinals offense against Baltimore going 2-3 on the day to drive in three runs. Tommy Edman and Brendan Donovan chipped in as well driving in two runs each.