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Cain keeps Giants in it, but Cardinals win on late homer

ST. LOUIS — The Giants’ starting pitchers are playing musical chairs, and Matt Cain may have just found himself a seat. Or kept the one he had.

Cain, fighting to maintain his spot in the starting rotation, steadied from a shaky start Wednesday night and had his best outing in over a month, making a strong bid to stay in the starter mix.

Alas, the Cardinals came from behind to win it 4-3 on Yadier Molina’s solo homer in the eighth off Hunter Strickland.

Go figure. Molina had two homes on the season until the Giants came to town.