The highwire acts of Rogers and Ryan Walker, who stranded runners at second and third the next inning, set up a 6-5 win that kept the Giants’ hopes of a .500 finish alive heading into the final day of the season. A win Sunday would prevent a fourth losing record in Farhan Zaidi’s six seasons as president of baseball operations.

Masyn Winn, coming off a one-hit showing in his last game (1-for-5), will take the field for the St. Louis Cardinals versus Hayden Birdsong and the San Francisco Giants on Sunday. First pitch is

It might not matter for postseason seeding, with both teams already eliminated, but don’t tell any of the 36,328 fans who assembled on the shores of McCovey Cove under beautiful blue skies Saturday afternoon for the second-to-last time this season.