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SAN FRANCISCO — Last weekend, the Cubs lost two of three to the Giants at Wrigley Field, scoring only seven runs in the three games against a pitching staff that’s in the top third of most runs allowed in MLB this year.
Since then, the Cubs also lost two of three to the Rockies, winning the final game 9-3 thanks to three homers hit by Seiya Suzuki, Alex Bregman and Carson Kelly.
And the Giants lost two of three to the Nationals — but won the third game 11-10 after trailing 9-1 going into the bottom of the eighth, including a walk-off grand slam. So the Cubs bullpen had better be ready.
For more on the Giants you can check out last weekend’s series preview and visit our SB Nation Giants site McCovey Chronicles.
Fun facts
The three games this weekend will conclude the season series between the Cubs and Giants, with all six games taking place in a span of 10 days.
The Cubs have won 69 more games than they have lost vs. the Giants since the rivalry began in 1883, when the Giants were based in New York.
But the Cubs have lost 147 more on the road, winning 488 and losing 635. They are -42, 163-205, at San Francisco, where the Giants began play in 1958, and -14, 36-50, at Oracle Park, their home since 2000.
The Cubs lost all three games there last season and the first three of four in 2024. They won two of three in 2023.
The Cubs’ last sweep at San Francisco was three games in 2013.
The Cubs are 46 runs from scoring their 10,000th vs. the Giants. They have scored at least 10,849 vs. five of their six other pre-expansion rivals, with a high of 11,680 vs. the Pirates. They have scored 9,201 vs. the Dodgers, in 141 fewer games than they have played against the Giants.
(Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
Probable pitching matchups
Friday: Javier Assad, RHP (3-1, 4.73 ERA, 1.082 WHIP, 4.37 FIP) vs. Landen Roupp, RHP (5-6, 4.00 ERA, 1.292 WHIP, 3.02 FIP)
Saturday: Ben Brown, RHP (2-2, 1.74 ERA, 0.877 WHIP, 2.25 FIP) vs. Trevor McDonald, RHP (2-3, 4.15 ERA, 1.179 WHIP, 3.52 FIP)
Sunday: Colin Rea, RHP (5-4, 5.19 ERA, 1.428 ERA, 4.86 FIP) vs. Logan Webb, RHP (3-4, 3.88 ERA, 1.188 WHIP, 3.18 FIP)
Times & TV channels
Friday: 9:15 p.m. CT, Marquee Sports Network
Saturday: 9:05 p.m. CT, Marquee Sports Network
Sunday: 2:10 p.m. CT, ABC (full national broadcast, no blackouts), ESPN App. Announcers: Jon Sciambi, David Ross and Buster Olney.
Prediction
I keep picking two of three and it keeps not happening. Sooner or later, it has to. Why not this weekend?
Up next
The Cubs face the Rockies again after losing two of three in Denver earlier this week. That’ll be a three-game set at Wrigley Field beginning Monday evening.
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