Chicago defeats San Francisco 5-1 on Friday night as Javier Assad pitches effectively and Michael Busch delivers a key three-run homer. The Cubs break a scoreless game in the fourth inning when Seiya Suzuki drives in a run with an RBI double and later scores on Nico Hoerner’s sacrifice fly. In the fifth, Busch hits a three-run home run into McCovey Cove, extending Chicago’s lead. Assad improves to 4-1, striking out five and walking one while allowing three hits over six innings to earn his third straight decision, spanning seven starts. After an error on a pickoff attempt in the fourth, Assad prevents further damage by stranding Bryce Eldridge on third. The bullpen completes the win: Hoby Milner pitches the seventh and Trent Thornton works the final two innings. The Giants add a solo home run by Eldridge in the ninth. Chicago wins for the third time in its last seven games. The Giants had recent success against the Cubs earlier in the week, but are held to the single run.
Javier Assad and Michael Busch power Cubs to 5-1 win over Giants
Chicago defeats San Francisco 5-1 on Friday night as Javier Assad pitches effectively and Michael Busch delivers a key three-run homer. The Cubs break a scoreless game in the fourth inning when Seiya...
- The Chicago Cubs beat the San Francisco Giants 5-1.
- Michael Busch hits a three-run homer into McCovey Cove in the fifth inning.
- Javier Assad allows three hits, strikes out five, and goes six innings to improve to 4-1.
- Seiya Suzuki drives in a run with an RBI double in the fourth and scores later on Nico Hoerner’s sacrifice fly.
- Hoby Milner and Trent Thornton pitch after Assad; Bryce Eldridge hits a one-out home run in the ninth.
And Michael Busch sent a baseball into McCovey Cove.
2 months agoSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Michael Busch hit a three-run homer into McCovey Cove beyond right field in the fifth inning to back Javier Assad's strong start on the mound, and the Chicago Cubs beat the San Francisco Giants 5-1 on Friday night.Busch's drive was the 176th splash hit at Oracle Park, 68th by an opponent and fourth by a Cubs player — first since Joc Pederson on June 3, 2021.Seiya Suzuki broke up a scoreless game with an RBI double in the fourth then scored moments later on Nico Hoerner's sacrifice fly. Assad (4-1) struck out five, walked one and allowed three hits over six innings to win his third straight decision spanning seven starts. His throwing error on a pickoff attempt of Bryce Eldridge in the fourth could have been costly but the right-hander stranded Eldridge on third.Hoby Milner pitched the seventh and Trent Thornton the final two innings, surrendering Eldridge's one-out homer in the ninth. Busch greeted reliever Erik Miller with his eighth home run after Chicago put runners aboard on Pete Crow-Armstrong's double and a leadoff walk by Carson Kelly against Giants starter Landen Roupp (5-7). Roupp was tagged for four runs on four hits over 4 2/3 innings.Chicago won for the third time in its last seven games.San Francisco had beaten the Cubs 18-3 last Friday then 2-1 in extra innings Sunday — but the Giants dropped to 7-3 overall in the matchups since the start of the 2025 season, outscoring the Cubs 63-35. San Francisco is 6-2 at Oracle Park in the series dating to the beginning of 2024.Jung Hoo Lee went 0 for 3 and had his career-best 18-game hitting streak snapped — longest by a Giants batter since Angel Pagan hit in 19 in a row from July 31-Aug. 23, 2016.Up nextRHP Ben Brown (2-2, 1.74 ERA) pitches the middle game for Chicago opposite Giants RHP Trevor McDonald (2-3, 4.15), making his second straight start against the Cubs. ___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB
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