San Francisco Giants at Chicago Cubs

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San Francisco Giants

22-14, 10-9 Away

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Chicago Cubs

22-14, 10-7 Home

Ian Happ homers as the Cubs beat the sloppy Giants 9-2

Goose wanders in outfield during Giants vs. Cubs

Carson Kelly also went deep, sparking Chicago's five-run sixth inning with a leadoff drive for his eighth homer. Happ added a sacrifice fly and Seiya Suzuki singled in two more runs in the decisive outburst.

Boyd (3-2) pitched six innings of two-run ball as the NL Central leaders won for the fourth time in five games. The left-hander struck out seven and walked none.

San Francisco shortstop Willy Adames and five-time Gold Glove third baseman Matt Chapman each committed two errors, contributing to six unearned runs for Chicago in the opener of a three-game set.

Luis Matos hit a tying two-run homer for the Giants in the fourth, but the Cubs responded with two runs in the bottom half.

Landen Roupp (2-3) struck out the first two batters before Pete Crow-Armstrong reached on an error on Chapman. Nico Hoerner then singled and swiped second ahead of Dansby Swanson's two-run single to left.

Swanson had three hits and scored twice. He is batting .462 (12 for 26) during a seven-game hitting streak.

Key moment Kyle Tucker's sixth-inning walk loaded the bases before Suzuki greeted Spencer Bivens with a grounder into left field, driving in Swanson and Nicky Lopez for a 9-2 lead.

Key stat Boyd has allowed three earned runs or fewer in each of his seven starts this season.

Up next Justin Verlander (0-2, 4.38 ERA) starts for San Francisco on Tuesday, and Colin Rea (2-0, 1.46 ERA) pitches for Chicago.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Villar grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Matos grounded out to third, Flores to second.
	9th Inning	Flores singled to right.
	9th Inning	Wisely flied out to second.
	8th Inning	Suzuki fouled out to first.
	8th Inning	Tucker lined out to left.

Statistics

SF		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	16
10	Strikeouts	5
2	Runs Batted In	9
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	1
0	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	9
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
33	At Bats	35
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
13	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
135	Pitches	135
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	17
34	Plate Appearances	39
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
2.0	Runs Created	5.4
.212	Batting Average	.257
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.303	Slugging Percentage	.486
.121	Secondary Average	.343
.235	On Base Percentage	.308
.538	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.793
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
2.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.2
19.0	Batter Rating	56.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	17.5
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.97	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.46
.091	Isolated Power	.229
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.60
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.077
-.091	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.086
4.0	Runs Produced	18.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
71.5	MLB Rating	96.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0