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Belt also doubled and scored and LaMonte Wade Jr. had two hits
and an RBI for the Giants (91-50), who came into Friday with a 2
1/2-game advantage over the Los Angeles Dodgers for the NL West
lead.
The Giants used eight relievers throughout the game and Camilo
Doval (2-1) got the final out of the sixth to earn the win.
Frank Schwindel homered for the Cubs (65-77), who had won eight
of nine coming in.
Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks allowed one run and four hits in six
innings, striking out four and walking two.
The score was tied 1-1 when Trevor Megill (1-1) replaced
Hendricks to start the seventh. Megill gave up a leadoff single
to Brandon Crawford before Longoria lifted a two-run homer to
deep left field for a 3-1 lead.
Megill gave up a single and a walk before Michael Rucker
relieved him. Rucker got the first batter to hit into a double
play, but then surrendered a two-run opposite-field homer to
Belt for a 5-1 lead.
Kris Bryant returned to Wrigley Field for the first time since
the Cubs traded the former National League Rookie of the Year
and MVP to the Giants on July 30.
Bryant walked and scored on a sacrifice fly by Longoria in the
eighth to make it 6-1.
Bryant got a standing ovation in his first at-bat and then
struck out with runners on first and third to end the first
inning.
The Giants didn't put a runner in scoring position again until
Belt doubled to lead off the sixth. He moved to third with one
out before Wade dumped a pop fly into shallow left with the
infield drawn in, tying the score at 1-1.
Dominic Leone started for San Francisco and retired all six
batters he faced with two strikeouts.
The Cubs did not record a hit until Schwindel homered off Jarlin
Garcia to lead off the fourth and give Chicago a 1-0 lead.
--Field Level Media
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