The San Francisco Giants 2024 season ended on a weak liner to third off the bat of Tyler Fitzgerald. The 27th out in a 6-1 loss to the Cardinals ensured the Giants have come up a game shy of the .500 mark they’ve been chained to all season.
For both clubs on the field, Game 162 had little to do with the 2024 season, but proved to be an exciting teaser of what was to come in 2025.
23-year-old Hayden Birdsong collected 11 strikeouts in just 4.1 innings pitched while Cardinals 24-year-old, 2021 first-round pick, Michael McGreevy, needed just 91 pitches to toss 8 innings, allowing just one-run.