Chicago Cubs at San Francisco Giants

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Chicago Cubs

76-56, 35-31 Away

Final
2 - 5

San Francisco Giants

64-68, 31-33 Home

Justin Verlander wins first home game since joining Giants as San Francisco beats Cubs 5-2

Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco Giants: Game Highlights

Verlander (2-10) allowed two runs on seven hits, struck out five and walked two over six innings. He had been 0-6 at home this season, and the Giants had gone 3-9 in his previous 12 outings at Oracle Park since he signed a $15 million, one-year contract in January.

Chapman connected for his 17th homer as San Francisco won its third straight following a four-game skid.

Rafael Devers blooped a go-ahead single into shallow left field with two out in the fifth after Heliot Ramos doubled to tie it. Carson Kelly had given Chicago the lead on a single in the top of the inning.

Flores homered in the second to stake Verlander to an early lead. Matt Shaw's RBI single in the fourth tied it.

Ryan Walker finished for his 12th save.

Matthew Boyd (12-7) struck out eight over 5 1/3 innings for the Cubs, who had won three straight and eight of 10. His last time out against Milwaukee, the lefty ended a four-start winless stretch in which he was 0-3.

Key moment Pete Crow-Armstrong doubled with two outs in the fifth and left fielder Heliot Ramos dropped the fly ball but quickly retrieved it and fired to Casey Schmitt at second, and Crow-Armstrong was initially called out on the tag. Cubs manager Craig Counsell challenged the call and it was overturned on replay review. Kelly singled moments later.

Key stat San Francisco improved to 15-26 over its last 41 home games, winning at Oracle Park for just the third time in its last 18.

Up next RHP Colin Rea (10-5, 3.96 ERA) pitches the middle game for Chicago on Wednesday night opposite LHP Carson Whisenhunt (1-1, 4.91).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Caissie struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Caissie hit for Turner
	9th Inning	Castro struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Castro hit for Shaw
	9th Inning	Swanson singled to center.
	9th Inning	Hoerner grounded out to second.

Statistics

CHC		SF
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
6	Ground Balls	5
10	Strikeouts	10
2	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
19	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
145	Pitches	122
0	Games Started	0
3	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	15
37	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	4
2.9	Runs Created	4.5
.229	Batting Average	.233
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.286	Slugging Percentage	.500
.143	Secondary Average	.400
.270	On Base Percentage	.303
.556	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.803
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
2.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.0
21.0	Batter Rating	38.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.92	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.70
.057	Isolated Power	.267
0.20	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.30
.054	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.091
-.086	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.167
4.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
72.5	MLB Rating	83.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0