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Austin Slater and Kevin Pillar homered in a
losing effort for San Francisco.
Cubs left-hander Cole Hamels (7-4) limited the Giants to three
runs on five hits in six innings. He walked two and struck out
five.
Giants right-hander Tyler Beede (3-8) gave up three runs on six
hits in four innings while walking three and striking out four.
Fernando Abad (0-1) took the loss after allowing Lucroy's
tiebreaking single in the fifth inning.
Cubs closer Craig Kimbrel pitched a perfect ninth for his 10th
save.
The Cubs jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first on solo homers by
Castellanos and Rizzo.
Castellanos clubbed a 2-2 fastball an estimated 401 feet over
the wall in right-center field for his 18th home run of the
season and his seventh in 18 games with Chicago. Two batters
later, Rizzo pulled another fastball from Beede an estimated 395
feet into the stands.
The Giants evened the score at 2 in the second. Evan Longoria
drew a leadoff walk, and one out later, Slater pounced on a 3-1
delivery from Hamels and deposited it beyond the wall in right
field for his fourth homer of the season.
Rizzo struck again in the third to put the Cubs back on top 3-2.
The shot to right field was his 25th long ball of the season. He
now has hit at least 25 homers in six straight seasons.
Pillar pulled the Giants even at 3 with his 18th homer in the
fourth.
In the fifth, the Cubs regained a 4-3 lead after scoring the
first run of the night that did not involve a home run. After
Rizzo singled, Javier Baez reached on a fielder's choice, moved
to second on a walk by Kyle Schwarber and scored on a single by
Lucroy.
A sacrifice fly by Kemp in the seventh pushed the Cubs' lead to
two runs.
--Field Level Media
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