SAN FRANCISCO — Turns out even Paul Goldschmidt cannot do everything.
The reigning National League MVP attempted to single-handedly turn the wheel around on the Cardinals’ disastrous road trip along the West Coast, but his two homers and four hits were not enough to outdrive another set of jarring mistakes. The alignment is off.
An error in center field and a wild pitch conspired to help San Francisco break a tie game in the fifth inning and then pull away for a 7-3 victory Wednesday night at Oracle Park. Goldschmidt provided four of the Cardinals’ seven hits through eight innings and all of their runs on two solo homers.