The sweep-seeking Giants fell 5-3 to the Cubs on Ian Happ’s 10th-inning home run at Oracle Park.
San Francisco Giants catcher Curt Casali applies the tag on Chicago Cubs’ Ian Happ in the second inning, Thursday, June 27, 2024, at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif. SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants sauntered onto their home field Thursday seeking their first four-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs here since 2012.
Ian Happ belted a two-run homer off the center-field fence to snap a 3-3 tie in the 10th, and to break through against a Giants bullpen that had not allowed a run in its previous 21 1/3 innings this series. Austin Slater started that game-tying rally with a leadoff single, and Chapman kept things alive by singling after flyouts to shallow right field by Heliot Ramos and Wilmer Flores.Hjelle’s turn came in the ninth. After one-out singles by Miles Mastrobuoni and Nico Hoerner, Michael Busch struck out looking, then Hjelle ended the threat by covering first on Cody Bellinger’s groundout.
The Cubs stranded a runner at second base in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings. They struck out 14 times overall, the first seven against Jordan Hicks, who allowed five hits, two walks and three runs over six innings. The Cubs unsuccessfully tried to score first an inning earlier, only to continue baserunning woes from their previous game. Ian Happ got thrown out at home trying to score from first, with Curt Casali easily applying the tag after Thairo Estrada’s relay throw from Heliot Ramos, who allowed Dansby Swanson’s two-out single to surprisingly fall into shallow center field for the Cubs’ first hit.
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