Chicago Cubs at San Francisco Giants

· Major League Baseball

Chicago Cubs

36-34, 16-19 Away

Final
5 - 1

San Francisco Giants

28-42, 13-19 Home

Michael Busch hits 3-run homer to back Javier Assad's strong start, Cubs beat Giants 5-1

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 next RHP 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.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Devers struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Schmitt struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Eldridge homered to right (377 feet).
	9th Inning	Arraez flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Kelly flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Ballesteros struck out swinging.

Statistics

CHC		SF
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	13
7	Strikeouts	7
5	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	0
18	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
163	Pitches	125
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
13	Total Bases	7
35	Plate Appearances	31
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
5	Extra Base Hits	1
3.2	Runs Created	0.2
.188	Batting Average	.133
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.406	Slugging Percentage	.233
.281	Secondary Average	.133
.229	On Base Percentage	.161
.635	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.395
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.3
3.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.2
37.0	Batter Rating	11.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	30.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.66	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.03
.219	Isolated Power	.100
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.14
.057	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.032
.094	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
10.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.1
80.5	MLB Rating	64.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0