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The Giants will attempt to sweep the four-game
series Thursday afternoon.
Matos came to the plate with two outs and no runners on in the
fifth after the Cubs' Seiya Suzuki drew the visitors even at 3-3
with his ninth homer in the top of the inning.
Matos went deep off Cubs reliever Drew Smyly (2-5), his third of
the season.
The homers by Conforto, his ninth, and Villar, his first, came
in back-to-back at-bats in the second against Cubs starter
Hayden Wesneski. Conforto's blast also scored Patrick Bailey,
who had walked. Villar followed four pitches later to give San
Francisco a 3-1 lead.
Wesneski went four innings and was charged with three runs on
just two hits. He walked one and struck out seven.
Making his major league debut, Giants starter Hayden Birdsong
retired the first four batters he faced before two walks and a
two-out single by Pete Crow-Armstrong plated the game's first
run in the top of the second.
Miguel Amaya's RBI single got the visitors within 3-2 in the
fourth before Suzuki's homer in the next inning tied the game
and ended Birdsong's night.
Birdsong, a 22-year-old right-hander, went 4 2/3 innings,
allowing three runs and six hits. He walked three and struck out
five.
Luke Jackson (4-1), Erik Miller, Tyler Rogers and Camilo Doval
combined for 13 outs of shutout ball the rest of the way,
limiting the Cubs to just three more hits. Doval stranded Dansby
Swanson on second base by getting Nico Hoerner to ground out to
end the game, picking up his 14th save.
San Francisco's relievers threw 6 1/3 shutout innings during a
5-1 win over Chicago on Tuesday.
Matos was the only player with multiple hits, going 2-for-3 as
the Giants were outhit 9-6. Every Cubs starter had one hit.
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