SAN FRANCISCO (Interstat) — A four-run fifth inning, capped by a costly error, propelled the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-5 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Monday night at Oracle Park.

The win evened both teams’ records at 77-80, leaving them tied in the National League standings with five games remaining in the season.

Iván Herrera delivered the pivotal blow for St. Louis in the fifth, launching a two-run homer to center field off Giants starter Justin Verlander to tie the game at 4-4. The Cardinals then took advantage of a defensive miscue to seize the lead. After an Alec Burleson single and a Nolan Arenado double, Pedro Pagés hit a grounder to second baseman Casey Schmitt, whose fielding error allowed Burleson to score the go-ahead run. Jordan Walker followed with an RBI groundout to plate Arenado, providing the decisive sixth run.

The Giants had jumped to an early lead when Heliot Ramos led off the bottom of the first inning with a home run against Cardinals starter Michael McGreevy, snapping the right-hander’s 11-inning scoreless streak. San Francisco extended its lead to 4-2 in the fourth inning on a run-scoring single by Patrick Bailey and a two-run single by Ramos.

St. Louis chipped away with single runs in the third and fourth innings. Burleson drove in José Fermín with a single in the third, and Fermín doubled home Walker in the fourth to cut the Giants’ lead to 4-3.

San Francisco answered the Cardinals’ big fifth inning with a solo home run from Rafael Devers in the bottom of the frame, pulling within a run. However, the St. Louis bullpen combined for four scoreless innings to seal the victory. Ryan Fernandez, John King and Kyle Leahy provided key relief before JoJo Romero retired the side in order in the ninth for his eighth save.

McGreevy (8-3) earned the win despite allowing five runs on six hits over five innings. Verlander (3-11) took the loss, surrendering six runs, only four of which were earned, on 10 hits in five innings of work.

The Cardinals’ 10-hit attack was led by Burleson, who went 3 for 5 with an RBI, and Fermín, who doubled twice. Ramos paced the Giants’ offense, going 2 for 5 with a home run and three RBIs.

The game, played in front of 31,301 fans, lasted 2 hours, 33 minutes. The total score of 11 runs went over the pregame over/under line of 7.5, defying the projection from Interstat’s game simulator, which had predicted a 4-3 Giants victory.

The two teams continue their three-game series on Tuesday.