Kavin Mistry/AP
SAN FRANCISCO — At least the Cubs avoided being swept with their 5-3 victory over the Giants in 10 innings Thursday in the finale of a four-game series.
But the win did nothing to change the fact that the night before, they’d stumbled to the halfway point of the season with a 4-3 loss that pushed their low-water mark to 37-44, seven games below .500.
“I’m not one for predicting out at the beginning of the year, but I definitely would not have expected us to be at this point,” second baseman Nico Hoerner said before going 3-for-5 on Thursday with a two-run homer in the third inning.