SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants continued to regain a semblance of respectability on Wednesday, as Jarrett Parker's seventh-inning tiebreaking single lifted them to a 3-1 victory -- and much more -- over the Cubs.
The Giants, who have owned one of the Major Leagues' worst records for most of the season, recorded their second winning homestand of the season (5-3) and won back-to-back home series for the first time since May. With the score tied, 1-1, Denard Span and Ryder Jones delivered seventh-inning singles off Brian Duensing before Parker, whose 10th-inning hit defeated Arizona on Sunday, drove his go-ahead single to left.