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Cubs left-hander Jordan Wicks (3-0) went 6 2/3
innings in his third major league start and first at Wrigley
Field. Chicago's first-round pick in the 2021 MLB Draft
scattered nine hits, struck out one and did not walk a batter.
Giants starter Alex Wood (5-5) lasted just 2 1/3 innings in his
first start since July 21 after nine appearances as a long
reliever. He was tagged for five runs and five hits, striking
out two with one walk.
Thairo Estrada, Casey Schmitt, Paul DeJong and Luis Matos each
had two hits for the Giants (70-70), who have lost six games in
a row to match their longest skid of the season.
San Francisco dropped to .500 for the first time since June 10
when they were 32-32.
Wood gave up one-out singles to Nico Hoerner and Happ in the
first inning before walking Dansby Swanson with two outs to load
the bases. Suzuki doubled into the right-center field gap to
clear the bases and give the Cubs a 3-0 lead.
Happ doubled to right with one out in the third and Bellinger
followed with another double to right to stretch the lead to 4-0
and end the day for Wood after 52 pitches.
Ryan Walker entered and surrendered a two-out RBI single to Nick
Madrigal for a 5-0 Chicago lead.
Amaya went deep to lead off the fourth, his fifth homer of the
season, and stretch the lead to 6-0.
Chicago made it 7-0 in the sixth when Mike Tauchman led off with
a double and came home on a one-out single by Christopher Morel.
San Francisco pushed across two runs in the seventh. Matos
singled with one out and came home on a double to center by
Schmitt. After a single by DeJong, the Giants added a sacrifice
fly from Joey Bart to make it 7-2.
Bellinger got a run back in the bottom half of the seventh with
his 24th home run of the season to make it 8-2.
--Field Level Media
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