CHICAGO (AP) Ian Happ homered and drove in three runs, helping Matthew Boyd and the Chicago Cubs beat the sloppy San Francisco Giants 9-2 on Monday night.
Carson Kelly also went deep, sparking Chicago’s five-run sixth inning with a leadoff drive for his eighth homer. Happ added a sacrifice fly and Seiya Suzuki singled in two more runs in the decisive outburst.
Boyd (3-2) pitched six innings of two-run ball as the NL Central leaders won for the fourth time in five games. The left-hander struck out seven and walked none.
San Francisco shortstop Willy Adames and five-time Gold Glove third baseman Matt Chapman each committed two errors, contributing to six unearned runs for Chicago in the opener of a three-game set.
Luis Matos hit a tying two-run homer for the Giants in the fourth, but the Cubs responded with two runs in the bottom half.
Landen Roupp (2-3) struck out the first two batters before Pete Crow-Armstrong reached on an error on Chapman. Nico Hoerner then singled and swiped second ahead of Dansby Swanson’s two-run single to left.
Swanson had three hits and scored twice. He is batting .462 (12 for 26) during a seven-game hitting streak.
Kyle Tucker’s sixth-inning walk loaded the bases before Suzuki greeted Spencer Bivens with a grounder into left field, driving in Swanson and Nicky Lopez for a 9-2 lead.
Boyd has allowed three earned runs or fewer in each of his seven starts this season.
Justin Verlander (0-2, 4.38 ERA) starts for San Francisco on Tuesday, and Colin Rea (2-0, 1.46 ERA) pitches for Chicago.
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| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Happ LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .287 |
| V. Brujan LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| K. Tucker RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .284 |
| S. Suzuki DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .269 |
| M. Busch 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 |
| C. Kelly C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .361 |
| P. Crow-Armstrong CF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .271 |
| N. Hoerner 2B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .278 |
| D. Swanson SS | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .232 |
| N. Lopez 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .063 |
- HR – L. Matos (3)
- RBI – L. Matos 2 (4)
- 2-Out RBI – L. Matos 2 (2)
- Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out – D. Villar, P. Bailey
- 2B – D. Swanson 2 (7)
- HR – I. Happ (3), C. Kelly (8)
- SF – I. Happ (2)
- RBI – I. Happ 3 (19), S. Suzuki 2 (31), C. Kelly (23), D. Swanson 2 (20), N. Lopez
- 2-Out RBI – D. Swanson 2 (2)
- Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out – I. Happ, N. Lopez
- SB – M. Chapman (5)
- SB – N. Hoerner (7)
- DP – (Chapman-Koss-Villar)
- E – W. Adames 2 (7), M. Chapman 2 (6)
- DP – (Lopez-Hoerner-Busch)
| PITCHERS | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Roupp(L, 2-3) | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4.89 |
| H. Birdsong | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.96 |
| S. Bivens | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.12 |
| PITCHERS | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Boyd(W, 3-2) | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2.75 |
| C. Thielbar | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.55 |
| G. Hollowell | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
- Pitches-Strikes – L. Roupp 77-57, H. Birdsong 29-16, S. Bivens 29-18
- Ground Balls-Fly Balls – L. Roupp 8-3, H. Birdsong 3-2, S. Bivens 5-1
- Batters Faced – L. Roupp 22, H. Birdsong 7, S. Bivens 10
- Pitches-Strikes – M. Boyd 94-64, C. Thielbar 10-10, G. Hollowell 31-24
- Ground Balls-Fly Balls – M. Boyd 8-2, C. Thielbar 0-1, G. Hollowell 2-2
- Batters Faced – M. Boyd 23, C. Thielbar 4, G. Hollowell 7
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