San Francisco Giants at Chicago Cubs

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San Francisco Giants

36-39, 16-22 Away

Final
5 - 6

Chicago Cubs

36-39, 21-16 Home

Ian Happ and Dansby Swanson hit back-to-back homers as the Cubs hold off the Giants 6-5

Jorge Soler made it interesting in the eighth inning with a 444-foot grand slam over the bleachers in left field against Tyson Miller that got the Giants within one, but Colten Brewer pitched around back-to-back walks to Wilmer Flores and Brett Wisely in the ninth and finished for his first save.

Kyle Hendricks (1-4) pitched neatly into the sixth inning, allowing one run on two hits in his longest outing of the season and lowering his ERA from 8.20 to 7.46.

“We've got to win games,” manager Craig Counsell said. “You try to stack up wins. We've got to keep doing that. We haven't been doing a good job of that, so just stacking up wins is a good deal.”

The Cubs took two of three from the Giants, a small step for a team that's struggled the past month after a rather promising start.

Chicago had lost three straight series following a two-game sweep of the crosstown White Sox, the team with the worst record in the majors. The Cubs hadn't taken one of three or more games since winning two of three at Pittsburgh from May 10 to 12.

On Wednesday, there was a moment of silence before the game for Willie Mays, and the Giants wore patches on their jerseys in honor of the Hall of Famer, who died on Tuesday.

Happ and Swanson connected against reliever Spencer Bivens (1-1) in a three-run fourth. Swanson went deep for the second straight game, and he also drove in two with a single in a three-run seventh.

Swanson then helped another run score when he got caught in a rundown trying to steal with Michael Busch batting. First baseman Flores dropped a throw and Christopher Morel came home from third, bumping Chicago’s lead to 6-1.

“I was trying to steal, but apparently, I'm slow now," Swanson said.

In the eighth, Mark Leiter Jr. walked Matt Chapman and Austin Slater with two outs to set up Soler's second career grand slam.

Hendricks was sharp in his first start since May 17. The veteran right-hander struck out a season-high eight and walked one.

Hendricks, who lost his spot in the rotation after struggling early in the season, didn’t allow a hit until Thairo Estrada doubled to left leading off the sixth. Estrada moved up on a bunt single by Brett Wisely and scored on Heliot Ramos’ fielder’s-choice grounder.

Hendricks walked off to loud cheers before Drew Smyly struck out Chapman.

Erik Miller struck out two in a scoreless first inning as the opener in a bullpen game for San Francisco.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Giants: The Giants were trying to decide the next step for LHP Blake Snell (strained left groin) after the two-time Cy Young Award winner threw a bullpen session Tuesday in San Francisco. “It's going to be some kind of a game, I'm not sure what,” manager Bob Melvin said.

Giants: The Giants had not announced a starter for Thursday's Negro League tribute game honoring Mays against St. Louis at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama. RHP Andre Pallante (2-3, 4.61 ERA) pitches for St. Louis.

Cubs: LHP Shota Imanaga (7-1, 1.89) is set to start Friday, when the Cubs open a weekend series against the Mets. LHP Jose Quintana (2-5, 4.98) pitches for New York.

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Matchup Prediction

Cubs: 45.0%

Giants: 55.0%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bailey grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Ramos grounded out to shortstop, Wisely to second, Ahmed to third.
	9th Inning	Wisely walked, Ahmed to second.
	9th Inning	Ahmed ran for Flores
	9th Inning	Flores walked.
	9th Inning	Estrada grounded out to third.

Statistics

SF		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	9
11	Strikeouts	11
5	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
6	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	3
6	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	2
1	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	3
9	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	1
154	Pitches	150
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	20
39	Plate Appearances	38
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	5
3.5	Runs Created	7.6
.182	Batting Average	.333
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.303	Slugging Percentage	.606
.303	Secondary Average	.455
.308	On Base Percentage	.405
.611	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.011
1.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
3.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.2
31.0	Batter Rating	46.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.75
3.95	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.95
.121	Isolated Power	.273
0.55	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.36
.154	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.105
.121	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.121
10.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.7
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.5
77.0	MLB Rating	93.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0