Flores Homers, Giants Beat Cubs 6-5 For 7th Straight Win

CHICAGO (AP) — Wilmer Flores flew halfway crossed the state knowing helium would play successful conscionable 1 crippled earlier heading backmost home.

Turns retired it was a worthwhile trip.

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Flores homered and drove successful 3 runs, Kris Bryant scored 2 against his erstwhile team, and the San Francisco Giants hung connected to bushed the Chicago Cubs 6-5 connected Sunday for their season-high seventh consecutive win.

Owners of the champion grounds successful the majors, the Giants matched their longest streak since a seven-game tally successful August 2020.

They were rolling on with a 6-3 pb successful the seventh earlier the Cubs scored 2 portion chasing Logan Webb (10-3). Chicago had the bases loaded with 1 retired erstwhile submarining right-hander Tyler Rogers caught Willson Contreras looking astatine an 84 mph fastball connected a 3-2 count. He past struck retired Alfonso Rivas swinging astatine a 3-2 transportation with the assemblage connected its feet.

The Cubs had the tying tally connected successful the ninth aft Jake McGee gave up a one-out treble to pinch hitter Patrick Wisdom. But Frank Schwindel and Ian Happ grounded to archetypal to extremity the game.

Flores said helium “felt large retired there” aft being sidelined since Sept. 1 due to the fact that of a strained near hamstring. And considering however acold helium had to go, it was a rewarding time for him.

“Definitely,” helium said. “We’re connected a tally here. Any small happening counts. I ever privation to play. If I person to alert successful for 1 game, I’ll bash it again.”

Flores deed an RBI azygous successful the 2nd and singled and scored successful the 4th arsenic the Giants went up 3-0. He matched a career-high with his 18th homer erstwhile helium launched a two-run shot to near against Justin Steele (3-3) successful the 5th to agelong the pb to 5-2.

CHEERS FOR BRYANT

Bryant got a lasting ovation erstwhile helium stepped to the sheet successful the first. He drove successful a tally with a unit successful the third, and singled and scored successful some the 5th and seventh innings to assistance marque it 6-3.

Bryant was 4 for 12 with 5 runs successful an affectional archetypal bid against Chicago since being traded anterior to the July 30 deadline.

He besides got charged with a three-base mistake successful close tract erstwhile helium collided with halfway fielder Austin Slater chasing a alert successful the 5th by David Bote, starring to a run. Manager Gabe Kapler said that was much connected Slater for not calling him disconnected the ball.

“We decidedly person to tighten up our communication,” Kapler said. “That play didn’t halt america from winning the game, but it whitethorn person stopped america from being astatine our champion passim that game.”

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Webb gave up 5 runs and six hits successful six-plus innings. The right-hander exited with a 6-5 pb aft Bote deed an RBI treble and Robinson Chirinos drove him successful with a bloop single.

Tony Watson pitched the eighth. McGee worked the ninth for his 31st prevention successful 36 chances, and the Giants finished a 6-0 roadworthy trip.

ROSS RETURNS

Cubs manager David Ross returned to the dugout aft being distant from the squad since Sept. 3 pursuing a affirmative COVID-19 test. Ross, who is vaccinated, experienced nary symptoms.

Happ deed his eighth homer successful 16 games, capping a two-run 4th with a solo shot. But Chicago mislaid for the 4th clip successful 5 games aft winning 7 successful a row.

Steele went 5 innings, allowing 5 runs and 11 hits.

“He conscionable didn’t look similar helium had existent bully bid of his worldly today,” Ross said. “He battled his mode done five. Just didn’t person his champion worldly today.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Giants: The Giants reinstated CF Austin Slater (concussion) from the seven-day injured listed and 1B Wilmer Flores (strained near hamstring) from the 10-day IL. RHP John Brebbia and LHP Caleb Baragar were optioned to Triple-A Sacramento.

Cubs: Ross had nary update connected OF Jason Heyward, who near Saturday’s crippled aft getting kneed successful the caput by Crawford. Heyward was wounded sliding into 3rd successful the 4th inning erstwhile Crawford took a propulsion connected the tally arsenic helium covered the container and jumped implicit him. … 2B Nico Hoerner (strained close oblique) was to statesman a rehab duty with Triple-A Iowa connected Sunday.

UP NEXT

Giants: The Giants statesman a four-game bid astatine location against San Diego, with RHP Dominic Leone (3-3, 1.48 ERA) up archetypal successful a bullpen crippled for San Francisco. The Padres had not announced their starter.

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Cubs: The Cubs unfastened a three-game bid astatine Philadelphia connected Tuesday, with RHP Adrian Sampson (0-2, 2.20) starting for Chicago and RHP Kyle Gibson (10-6, 3.38) pitching for the Phillies.