ST. LOUIS — Sonny Gray allowed one hit in seven innings and Alec Burleson drove in two runs and the St. Louis Cardinals completed a three-game series sweep by beating the San Francisco Giants 5-3 on Sunday.
Brendan Donovan and Matt Carpenter also drove in runs for the Cardinals, who have won five of seven games.
St. Louis swept the three-game series, which began in Birmingham, Alabama, on Thursday night with a tribute to the Negro Leagues.
Patrick Bailey homered for San Francisco, which has lost five straight games.
Gray (9-4) retired the first 20 batters he faced. He struck out eight and walked none. He threw 80 pitches, 57 of them for strikes, and improved his ERA to 2.81.
Bailey hit a liner that left no doubt over the right field fence to end the no-hitter with two outs in the seventh. Gray recovered to strike out Cuban Jorge Soler to end the inning.
Closer Ryan Helsley made it to 26 saves, to be the leader in the Major Leagues by putting the team in order in the ninth. He has only blown one save this year.
For the Giants, Venezuelans Wilmer Flores went 1 for 1 with an RBI, Thairo Estrada went 0 for 2 with a run scored.
For the Cardinals, Venezuelan Pedro Pages went 2-for-4 with one run scored.
