There was an inkling of what the Cubs’ night was going to be like in the first inning, when Christopher Morel walked and Willson Contreras was hit by a pitch. Potential rally!
Unfortunately, Morel was caught trying to steal third and Ian Happ and Seiya Suzuki made routine outs. No Cub reached base after that until the sixth inning, when Nelson Velázquez walked.
In the interim, two Cubs errors helped lead to all the Giants runs in a 4-2 defeat that ended both the Cubs’ six-game winning streak and the Giants’ seven-game losing streak.
In the bottom of the third with the game scoreless, Mike Yastrzemski hit a popup to the left side of the infield.