Andrew Knizner lashed his first major league triple past a diving Victor Scott II in center field, scoring Christian Koss with the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and allowing the San Francisco Giants to outlast the visiting St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on Wednesday night.

The loss in the series finale was a costly one for the Cardinals (78-81), who had a chance to gain a game in the race for the final National League wild card. Instead, St. Louis will enter the final four days of the season 3 1/2 games behind the New York Mets (81-77).

After the Cardinals rallied into a 3-3 tie on a Nolan Arenado sacrifice fly in the top of the eighth, Koss led off the bottom of the inning against Riley O'Brien (3-1) with a blooper that fell between first baseman Alec Burleson and second baseman Brendan Do

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