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Matt Chapman and Nick Ahmed homered for the
Giants, but they nonetheless trailed 4-2 entering the last of
the ninth.
A bloop double by Chapman and bunt single by Thairo Estrada set
the stage for the uprising, which included sacrifice flies by
Michael Conforto and Austin Slater, the latter drawing the
Giants even at 4-4 with two outs.
After Heliot Ramos was intentionally walked to load the bases,
Flores drew Smyly's third walk in a five-batter stint to end it.
Spencer Howard (1-1), who pitched 4 2/3 shutout innings in
relief, was credited with the win. Smyly (2-4) took the loss.
For 8 1/2 innings, it appeared that Cubs starter Justin Steele,
who was winless in 10 starts this season, would end the drought.
He limited the Giants to just four hits, other than the solo
home runs by Chapman, his ninth, and Ahmed, his first, in his 7
1/3 innings. He walked one and struck out a season-high nine.
After failing to score against Giants starter Erik Miller and
the host's first reliever, Spencer Bivens, for three innings,
the Cubs broke through against Raymond Burgos on a bases-loaded
infield single by Michael Busch in the fourth.
The visitors made it 4-0 in the fifth against Luke Jackson,
getting an RBI single from Cody Bellinger, a run-scoring infield
out from Ian Happ and an RBI double from Dansby Swanson. But
that was the last of their scoring.
Ramos collected a double and two singles while Chapman had two
hits and scored twice for the Giants, who snapped a five-game
losing streak.
Bellinger had two singles and scored twice for the Cubs, who
took two of three when the clubs met last week in Chicago.
Swanson and Nico Hoerner also collected a pair of hits as the
Cubs out-hit the Giants 10-9.
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