Pablo Sandoval homered and had five RBIs to back an uneven start by Madison Bumgarner as the San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 13-8 on Sunday.
Matt Carpenter hit his 17th home run and Yairo Munoz also went deep for St. Louis.
Cardinals starter Jack Flaherty gave up three runs, two earned, in 2 1/3 innings.
Cardinals: CF Tommy Pham left in the seventh after fouling a ball off his left foot. … C Yadier Molina sat out for the second consecutive day because of soreness in his right shoulder. … OF Dexter Fowler was back on the bench, one day after making his first start since June 27.
After a day off today, Cardinals: All-Star RHP Miles Mikolas (9-3, 2.63 ERA) starts Tuesday in Chicago against the White Sox