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Giants 7, Cubs 6: A little bit of this, a little bit of that

Rafael Ortega, who’s probably not going to make the Opening Day roster, continued his hot hitting with a two-hit game Wednesday afternoon. P.J. Higgins added a solo homer, but it wasn’t enough and the Cubs came up short against the Giants 7-6 at Scottsdale Stadium.

Alec Mills gave up a run in the first inning after retiring the first two hitters, but the Cubs got the run back in the top of the second.

Anthony Rizzo walked and advanced to second on a groundout, after which he scored on a single by Ortega. One out later, Taylor Gushue walked and Higgins was hit by a pitch, but the inning was then called because Nick Tropeano had thrown 29 pitches.