Arroyo’s double in 13th lifts Giants over Cardinals

ST. LOUIS — Christian Arroyo’s two-run double broke a scoreless tie and the San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 in 13 innings Saturday night.

Arroyo’s double off the wall in left field scored Buster Posey and Brandon Crawford and came on the 12th pitch he saw from Cardinals reliever Kevin Siegrist (0-1). Posey, Crawford and Eduardo Nunez singled to load the bases, giving the Giants their first runners in scoring position in the game.

Giants starter Jeff Samardzija threw 8 innings, scattering 5 hits and striking out 8. He threw 75 of his 105 pitches for strikes.

Hunter Strickland (1-1), Derek Law and Josh Osich pitched in relief for the Giants, who won for the seventh time in eight games.

Mark Melancon earned his eighth save.

The game was stopped for 42 minutes after the 10th inning for a rain delay.

Cardinals starter Carlos Martinez pitched nine innings for the first time in his career, but fell victim to lack of run support. Martinez gave up 2 hits, struck out 5 and needed just 93 pitches to get through 9 innings.

Matt Bowman and Trevor Rosenthal each pitched a scoreless inning in relief for the Cardinals, who dropped their fourth consecutive.

Matt Carpenter led off the bottom of the ninth with a double, but was thrown out at third trying to stretch it into a triple, thwarting the best chance either team had of scoring in regulation.

Cardinals second baseman Kolten

Wong left the game after three innings with left elbow discomfort. He was replaced by Greg Garcia.

Before the game the Cardinals traded Matt Adams to the Atlanta Braves for minor leaguer Juan Yepez and cash considerations. The Cardinals activated Stephen Piscotty from the 10-day DL. (2-1) pitched no-hit ball into the seventh inning and Andrew Miller and Cody Allen completed the three-hitter to give visiting Cleveland a victory over Houston.