00:01Jordan Hicks his seventh year at
00:03the big league level 27 years of
00:04age and he has transitioned from
00:06the bullpen to the starting
00:07rotation this year and he's been
00:08very very good and he doesn't
00:11pitch like a guy who is just out
00:13there trying to put up a high
00:14velocity number which he can do.
00:17He pitches like he's a pitcher.
00:19Nico Horner climbing in and
00:21ready to go.
00:22Little check swing one hopper to
00:24Estrada and that's how this game
00:26gets started.
00:27It's not exactly getting off your
00:28great swing.
00:29A little frustration for Nico.
00:31Cubs overall have been
00:31frustrated.
00:32They've lost four in a row and in
00:33those four games have scored just
00:3510 runs.
00:36Got him.
00:37Two down in the first.
00:38There's Cody Bellinger now.
00:41The Giants fans never wasting a
00:43chance to move a current or
00:45former Dodgers to to Bellinger
00:47hits a pop up kind of into no
00:49man's land.
00:49Who's going to take it.
00:50It'll be Austin Slater from left.
00:52He glides in and makes a catch
00:54and that counts as a very strong
00:56beginning for Jordan Hicks.
00:58The Cubs go down in order.
00:59On the hill today for the Cubs
01:01will be the left hander Shota
01:03Imanaga.
01:042.96 ERA.
01:06A bunch of those Ernie's came in
01:07his last start against the Mets.
01:09He's lost 26 earned runs this
01:11year.
01:12And 17 of them have come in two
01:14starts down the line that one
01:16hooking and that one is foul.
01:19Ben's foul 109 miles an hour off
01:21the bat.
01:21Oh so close.
01:23Back up the middle but there is
01:24Horner waiting.
01:25Ed throws him out one away.
01:28So one up one down in Elliott
01:30Ramos.
01:31That's the center field.
01:32PCA is back is there and makes
01:34the catch.
01:35Here's Wilmer.
01:37Pops it up shallow right.
01:39Bellinger in Horner out.
01:41Bellinger makes the call and the
01:42catch.
01:44Three up three down nicely done by
01:46Shota Imanaga.
01:47No score here at Oracle Park.
01:49You say yes.
01:50Suzuki.
01:50That is called strike three.
01:51Got him with the splitter.
01:53Muti from Hicks.
01:54Out number one.
01:55One up walk first baserunner in
01:58this game.
01:59No score two down second inning
02:01for Dansby Swanson.
02:02And Swanson at 217 the on base
02:05292.
02:06Strikes went out into center field.
02:09And it's going to fall.
02:12And the runners coming home.
02:14And the throw.
02:16They got him.
02:17He and a half tried to steal a
02:19run.
02:19He made it out on the bases last
02:21night.
02:22He tried to catch the Giants
02:24sleeping here.
02:25Ramos flipped it back and fairly
02:27casually to Tyro Strada but he
02:29hit quickly and Tyro wheeled
02:31around through home and the
02:33Giants got him.
02:34So that's how the side is retired.
02:378-9-1.
02:39PCA.
02:40T-Dog.
02:41And corner.
02:42Oh that's inside.
02:44And it clipped him.
02:45And one of the fastest players in
02:47the majors is on base.
02:49There goes the runner.
02:50Pitches a strike.
02:52Throw to second.
02:53Tag safe.
02:54And PCA has swiped another.
02:57He's a perfect 14 for 14.
03:01So explosive.
03:02There goes Crow Armstrong
03:03swing and a miss.
03:04Throw to third.
03:05Head first slide.
03:05Safe.
03:06Good throw by Casale but a huge
03:08jump by Crow Armstrong.
03:11As Nito swung and missed for
03:13strike three.
03:14Infield in.
03:15There's no score.
03:16Niko Horner with a chance to
03:18give the Cubs the lead.
03:19Deep drive to left.
03:21Back goes Slater near the wall.
03:23That ball is gone.
03:25Two run homer.
03:26Niko Horner.
03:28Cubs lead.
03:28Two to nothing.
03:29Well he had had one extra base
03:31hit.
03:32In his last 19 games.
03:35And the Cubs get some thought
03:37from the top spot.
03:38Two zip.
03:39Niko Goziar.
03:40Cubs lead two to nothing.
03:42Cody Bellinger with two down and
03:44nobody on.
03:45Bouncing ball to third.
03:46Bobbled by Chapman.
03:47He got caught in between hops.
03:49Had to back up.
03:50And on the short hop that ball
03:52ate him up.
03:52It's a base hit for Cody Bellinger.
03:55And I like that call by the
03:56scorer.
03:57Seiya Suzuki batting.
03:58Bellinger not running.
03:59This ball is hit in the air to
04:01right.
04:01Going back now as Matos.
04:03It's over his head bouncing away.
04:05A run is going to score.
04:06Bellinger around third scoring.
04:09Hot footing it to third is Seiya Suzuki
04:11with what I believe will be ruled
04:14a triple.
04:16Matos misjudged that ball in right.
04:18Again the ball carries better in
04:20the daytime here than it does at
04:22night.
04:22And Matos misjudged that ball.
04:25It bounced over his head and hit
04:28that angled brick wall and bounced
04:30about 30 feet away from him.
04:32And when it did you knew the Cubs
04:34would get a run.
04:35Imanaga being forced to work to
04:37begin the third.
04:38A great eleven pitch walk from
04:40Ahmed in a blind crisp line
04:42drive up the middle by Casale.
04:44That's bounced towards third.
04:46Morrell steps on third.
04:48Throw to first.
04:49Out.
04:50The Giants will look at it.
04:51I think that's going to be overturned.
04:53It's a good time to challenge
04:54right.
04:54You're down three nothing.
04:56You got the heart of your order
04:57coming up.
04:57Chance to put an ending together.
04:59After review.
05:00The call on the field is overturned.
05:01Runner is safe.
05:03Almost a double play.
05:04But now one away first and second.
05:06Elliott Ramos now.
05:08Swing and a miss.
05:09Strike three.
05:10Got him on a high fastball.
05:11Four seamer kind of cutting in on
05:13him a little bit.
05:13Out number two.
05:15Wilmer Flores coming up.
05:17This one popped up right side.
05:19Bush and Horner.
05:20Horner and Bush.
05:21Horner has it.
05:23And Imanaga allows the first two
05:25to reach and then pitches out of
05:27the jam and to three.
05:29Three nothing come.
05:29So I think in all likelihood this
05:32is probably going to be the final
05:33inning for Jordan Hicks.
05:34Well I mean they are managing him.
05:36They may want him to stay in the
05:37rotation but remember the most
05:38innings he's ever heard in the
05:39year 75.
05:40Did he go.
05:41Yes he did.
05:43Strike three.
05:44So Hicks finishes five for the
05:46Giants today.
05:48But the Giants offense needs to
05:49get to work now.
05:50The Giants half of the sixth
05:51inning.
05:52Austin Slater will lead things up.
05:54Slater in the left field lead
05:55off single for Austin Slater.
05:58And that's exactly what you want
05:59to see.
06:00The second hit for the Giants
06:01here this afternoon.
06:02Casale with a single back in the
06:05third.
06:06And I got pitch count in great
06:08shape at sixty eight Chapman into
06:10right field.
06:10That's another hit for the
06:11Giants.
06:12Slater will go to second and
06:14stop there.
06:15And this is a dangerous spot
06:16right here because a three
06:19nothing lead and the tying run
06:22at the plate.
06:23Now Solaire chance for the
06:25Giants to get on the board
06:26here.
06:26Solaire to left center hit well
06:29and it is one hop over the wall.
06:34Slater is in.
06:36That's a bad break for the
06:37Giants.
06:38Solaire will go to second but
06:39Chapman was going to score if
06:41that stays in play.
06:42It is three to one.
06:44And that didn't even get the
06:45sweet spot that was up the
06:46bad little bit.
06:47Gives you an idea how strong he
06:48is.
06:49Doesn't get completely extended.
06:50He still one hops the wall.
06:52Now the Giants run in with two
06:54outs and a chance to tie the
06:56game with a base hit to the
06:57outfield.
06:58Down and in it goes to the
06:59backstop.
07:00Chapman will score on a wild
07:03pitch.
07:04Solaire goes to third.
07:05It's a one run game.
07:07That pitch was not close to its
07:09intended target.
07:10Little squibber.
07:11Not going to be easy.
07:13That is going to tie the game.
07:15How about that.
07:17Solaire comes home.
07:19A little ground ball that split
07:23Bush and Horner.
07:25And you could see with Matos
07:26going down the line he was
07:28going to beat it out.
07:29The exit velocity 36 miles per
07:32hour.
07:33Woo hoo.
07:38That is amazing.
07:39Horner's at second.
07:41Bush at first.
07:42A 3-3 game.
07:43We're in the seventh.
07:45Bellinger strikes out swinging
07:4697 mile an hour fastball.
07:49Now he got him.
07:50So a two out rally for the
07:51Cubs.
07:51A hit.
07:52A steal.
07:52A walk.
07:53But no runs.
07:54Now it's up to Dansby to try
07:57to come through.
07:58Two outs.
07:593-3 game.
08:00We're in the eighth.
08:01The go ahead run 90 feet
08:02away.
08:03Got him.
08:04He tried to hold up and
08:05Dansby Swanson couldn't do
08:07it.
08:07The lead off double and the
08:09Cubs do not score.
08:10Now the go ahead run is at
08:11third base for Jorge Solaire.
08:15And it gives you some extra
08:18ways to score the go ahead
08:19run.
08:20Solaire hit a double into the
08:21gap to drive in a run in the
08:23sixth inning.
08:23Swing and a miss.
08:24Strike three.
08:26What a job by Tyson Miller.
08:29Striking out Jorge Solaire with
08:31the go ahead run at third base.
08:333-3 bottom nine.
08:35Two outs.
08:35Hector narries.
08:36Patrick Bailey has been their
08:38best player in the 285.
08:41And that one in there called
08:42strike three.
08:44And Bailey is gone.
08:46He didn't like it.
08:461-2-3.
08:47We're going to go extra innings.
08:50Bellinger out there at second.
08:51Here's Happ now.
08:53Ian 0 for two.
08:54Couple of walks.
08:55In the air center field.
08:56Pretty well struck.
08:57Ramos back at the track.
08:59Turning.
09:00Out of here.
09:02Ian Happ will touch them all.
09:04And here in the 10th.
09:07It's 5-3.
09:08Cubs.
09:10His 10th.
09:11Boy that's a huge swing in the
09:13bat from Ian Happ.
09:14Talk about the need to put
09:15multiples up in these extra
09:17inning games and he delivers.
09:18Oh boy.
09:19Exhale.
09:20And now to be left up to Wilmer
09:23Flores.
09:24Porter Hodge giving up the blue
09:26single to put two aboard.
09:28But he's got the next two.
09:30Flores all for four.
09:31This is playable.
09:33Near the mound.
09:34Hodge calls for it.
09:35And Bodie comes over and makes
09:37the catch.
09:38The Cubs win the ball game.
09:40I thought they were going to
09:41collide for a moment.
09:43Hodge was calling.
09:45Bodie came in and called him
09:47off.
09:48It was one of those games run.
09:49You didn't really expect the
09:51last out to be easy.
09:52Did you.
09:52Did you see?
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