Chicago Cubs at San Francisco Giants

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Chicago Cubs

38-44, 16-26 Away

Final
5 - 3

San Francisco Giants

39-43, 23-18 Home

Ian Happ homers in 10th, Cubs snap 4-game skid with 5-3 win over Giants

Happ homered to center off Luke Jackson (4-2) with automatic runner Cody Bellinger on base.

Héctor Neris (7-2) struck out two in a scoreless ninth inning for the win, and Porter Hodge worked around a first-and-second, no-outs jam in the 10th to complete his first save opportunity.

Happ acknowledged the Cubs struggles in close games this year, noting he hoped the win is something his team can build on.

“We’ve played a lot of them, we’ve been right there. … being competitive in games and giving yourself a chance a lot, but coming up on the right side of it, you know, I think we’re just trying to build off that momentum and keep that going into the next series,” Happ said.

The Giants trailed 3-0 going into the sixth, when Jorge Soler’s two-out ground-rule double highlighted a three-run inning. San Francisco hadn’t advanced a runner past second before that.

Hoerner hit a two-run homer to left off Jordan Hicks in the third. The Cubs extended their lead later in the inning on Seiya Suzuki’s RBI triple.

Hicks gave up three runs in five innings in which he struck out seven and walked two.

Giants manager Bob Melvin said he summoned Jackson to pitch the 10th in part out of necessity, noting his bullpen has been taxed of late.

The Giants used six pitchers on Thursday and have used at least five in a game 38 times this season.

“We were using everybody, every day, and it was one pitch today,” Melvin said of the pitch Happ homered off.

“I thought (Jackson) threw the ball better yesterday, I thought he threw the ball good again today except for one pitch, and it ends up being a homer.”

Cubs starter Shota Imanaga bounced back from his worst outing, giving up three runs in six innings of five-hit ball.

The 30-year-old rookie from Japan, who signed a four-year, $53 million contract with the Cubs over the offseason, gave up 10 runs in three innings to the Mets on Friday in an 11-1 loss.

The Giants had a three-game win streak snapped. They were seeking their first four-game sweep of the Cubs since 2012.

“Obviously the Ian homer was a huge play in the game in the 10th just to give us a lead really,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said.

“We did a good job getting out in front. They got a nice sixth inning against (Imanaga) and our bullpen was terrific today, all four guys did a wonderful job.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cubs: RHP Javier Assad (right forearm extensor strain) was placed on the injured list retroactive to June 24. … RHP Vinny Nittoli was signed to a major league contract and RHP Yency Almonte (right shoulder strain) was transferred to the 60-day IL.

Giants: 1B LaMonte Wade Jr. (left hamstring strain) is expected to be activated Friday, manager Bob Melvin said. … RHP Alex Cobb (left hip) and LHP Kyle Harrison (ankle) are scheduled to throw bullpen sessions on Friday, Melvin said.

Cubs: RHP Jameson Taillon (4-3, 2.90 ERA) opens Friday’s series opener against Milwaukee. Taillon is 4-7 with a 3.20 ERA in 16 career appearances (15 starts) against the Brewers. RHP Colin Rea (6-2, 3.62) starts for Milwaukee.

Giants: RHP Logan Webb (6-6, 3.16) opens Friday’s series opener against the Dodgers. Webb is 4-6 with a 4.05 ERA in 14 starts against Los Angeles. RHP Landon Knack (1-1, 2.10) starts for the Dodgers.

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Matchup Prediction

Giants: 63.2%

Cubs: 36.8%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Flores popped out to third.
	10th Inning	Ramos flied out to right.
	10th Inning	Slater struck out swinging.
	10th Inning	Wisely singled to left.
	10th Inning	Hodge relieved Neris
	10th Inning	Bote at third base.

Statistics

CHC		SF
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	10
14	Strikeouts	10
5	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	6
3	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
39	At Bats	36
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	21
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
13	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
166	Pitches	164
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
19	Total Bases	7
43	Plate Appearances	39
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	1
6.9	Runs Created	1.3
.256	Batting Average	.167
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.487	Slugging Percentage	.194
.385	Secondary Average	.111
.326	On Base Percentage	.231
.813	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.425
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
6.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.2
43.5	Batter Rating	18.0
19.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.86	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.21
.231	Isolated Power	.028
0.21	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.30
.070	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.077
.128	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.056
10.0	Runs Produced	5.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.7
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
89.0	MLB Rating	67.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0