The San Francisco Giants will play the Chicago Cubs in Game 2 of their series at Wrigley Field on Saturday afternoon.
The San Francisco Giants are 65-73 this season and have lost five games in a row. San Francisco lost Game 1 of this series by a score of 4-2 on Friday afternoon. The San Francisco pitching staff has a 3.92 ERA, a 1.28 WHIP, and a .251 opponent batting average this season. The Giants offense has scored 609 runs with a .232 batting average and a .315 on base percentage. Wilmer Flores is batting .235 with 17 home runs and 63 RBI’s for the Giants this season. The projected starter for San Francisco is Logan Webb, who is 12-8 with a 2.89 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP over 171 innings pitched this season.
The Chicago Cubs are 58-80 this season and have lost five of their last seven games. Prior to winning Game 1 of this series, Chicago lost two out of three games against the Reds. The Chicago pitching staff has a 4.30 ERA, a 1.34 WHIP, and a .249 opponent batting average. The Cubs offense has scored 564 runs with a .241 batting average and a .313 on base percentage this year. Nico Hoerner is batting .288 with nine home runs and 49 RBI’s for the Cubs this season. The projected starter for Chicago is Marcus Stroman, who is 3-6 with a 3.73 ERA and a 1.17 WHIP over 108.2 innings pitched this season.
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