ST. LOUIS -- - Rafael Devers and Willy Adames hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning, and the streaking San Francisco Giants matched their season best with 18 hits Friday night during an 8-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals .

San Francisco, which has won five straight and 11 of 12, remained four games behind the New York Mets for the final National League wild card.

Carson Seymour (1-2), making his second career start, earned his first major league win. He didn't give up a hit through his first four innings as the Giants built a 6-0 lead against Michael McGreevy (6-3).

Seymour ended up yielding one run and two hits in five innings, with one walk and two strikeouts.

Jimmy Crooks led off the fifth with a sharp grounder for a single, then scored on an RBI single

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