Game Highlights: Cubs Score Five in Win over Giants | 6/27/24

Jordan Hicks his seventh year at the big league level 27 years of age and he has transitioned from the bullpen to the starting rotation this year and he's been very very good and he doesn't pitch like a guy who is just out there trying to put up a high velocity number which he can do he pitches like he's a pitcher Nico Horner climbing in and ready to go little check swing one hopper to Strata and that's how this game gets started. It's not exactly getting off your swing frustration for Nico Cubs overall have been frustrated they've lost four in a row and in those four games that scored just 10 runs. Got to down in the first. It's Cody Bellinger now the giant fans never wasting a chance to boo a current or former Dodger to to Bellinger hits a pop up kind of into no man's land who's going to take it it'll be Austin Slater from left he glides in and makes a catch and that counts as a very strong beginning for Jordan Hicks. The Cubs go down in order on the hill today for the Cubs will be the left hander Shota Imanaga two point nine sixty eight a bunch of those Ernie's came in his last start against the Mets. He's got twenty six earned runs this year and seventeen of them have come in two starts down the line. That one hooking and that one is foul Ben's foul hundred nine miles an hour off the bat. Oh so close back up the middle. But there is Horner waiting and throws him out one away. So one up one down in Elliott Ramos that's the center field. PCA is back is there and makes the catch Wilmer pops it up shallow right Bellinger in Horner out. Bellinger makes the call and the catch three up three down nicely done by Shota Imanaga. No score here at Oracle Park you say yes Suzuki that is called strike three. Got him with the splitter beauty from Hicks out number one one cannot walk first base runner in this game. No score two down second inning for Dansby Swanson and Swanson at two 17 on base to ninety two strikes one out in the center field and it's going to fall in half. Tried to steal a run. He made it out on the bases last night. He tried to catch the giant sleeping here. Ramos flipped it back and fairly casually to Tyrone Strata but he hit quickly and Tyrone wheeled around through home and the Giants got him. So that's how the side is retired. Eight nine one. He see a T-Dog in Horner. Oh that's inside and it clipped him and one of the fastest players in the majors is on base. There goes the runner pitches a strike throw to second tag say and PCA has swiped another. He's a perfect 14 for 14. It's so explosive. There goes Crow Armstrong swinging a miss throw to third head first slide safe good throw by Casale but a huge jump by Crow Armstrong as Nito swung and missed for strike three in field and there's no score. Nico Horner with a chance to give the Cubs the lead deep drive to left back goes Slater near the wall. That ball is gone to run Homer Nico Horner Cubs lead two to nothing. Well he had had one extra base hit in his last 19 games and the Cubs get some thought from the top spot to zip. Nico goes yard Cubs lead two to nothing. Cody Bellinger with two down and nobody on bouncing ball to third Bobo by Chapman. He got caught in between hops had to back up and on the short hop that ball ate him up. It's a base hit for Cody Bellinger. And I like that call by the third score say Suzuki batting Bellinger not running this ball is hit in the air to right going back now as Matos it's over his head bouncing away a run is going to score Bellinger around third scoring hot footing it to third is Sega Suzuki with what I believe will be ruled a triple Matos misjudged that ball in right again the ball carries better in the daytime here than it does at night and Matos misjudged that ball. It bounced over his head and hit that angled brick wall and bounced about 30 feet away from him. And when it did you knew the Cubs would get a run even Naga being forced to work to begin the third a great eleven pitch walk from Ahmed in a blind crisp line drive up the middle by Casale that's bounced towards third Morrell steps on third throw to first out the Giants a look at it that's going to be overturned. It's a good time to challenge you're down three nothing. You've got the heart of the order coming up chance to put an ending together after a call on the field is overturned. Runner is safe almost a double play but now one away first and second. Elian Ramos now swinging him a strike three got him on a high fastball for Seymour kind of cutting in on him a little bit out number two Wilmer Flores coming up this one popped up right side Bush and Horner Horner and Bush Horner has it. And even Naga allows the first two to reach and then pitches out of the jam and a three three nothing. So I think in all likelihood this is probably going to be the final inning for Jordan Hicks. Well I mean they are managing him they may want him to stay in the rotation but remember the most innings he's ever heard in the year seventy five. Did he go. Yes he did. Strike three. So Hicks finishes five for the Giants today but the Giants offense needs to get to work now. The Giants half of the sixth inning. Here we'll leave things up Slater in the left field lead off single for Austin Slater. And that's exactly what you want to see. The second hit for the Giants here this afternoon Casale with a single back in the third Naga pitch count in great shape at sixty eight Chapman in the right field. That's another hit for the Giants. Slater will go to second and stop there in this dangerous spot right here because a three nothing lead and the tying run at the plate. Now Solaire chance for the Giants to get on the board here Solaire to left center hit well and it is one hop over the wall. Slater is in. That's a bad break for the Giants. So there will go to second but Chapman was going to score if that stays in play. It is three to one and that didn't even get the sweet spot that was up the bat a little bit gives you an idea how strong he is. Does it get completely extended. He still one hops the wall. Now the Giants have run in with two outs and a chance to tie the game with a base hit to the outfield down and in it goes to the backstop. Chapman will score on a wild pitch. Solaire goes to third. It's a one run game. That pitch was not close to its intended target little squibber not going to be easy. That is going to tie the game. Solaire comes home a little little ground ball that split Bush and Horner. And you can see with Matos going down the line he was going to beat it out. The exit velocity thirty six miles per hour. That is amazing. Horner's at second Bush at first a three three game or in the seven Bellinger strikes out swinging ninety seven mile an hour fastball. He got him to a two hour rally early for the Cubs a hit a steal a walk but no runs. Now it's up to Dansby to try to come through two outs three three game or in the eighth to go ahead run 90 feet away. Got him. He tried to hold up and Dansby Swanson couldn't do it. The lead off double and the Cubs do not score. Now the go ahead run is at third base for Jorge Solaire. It gives you some extra ways to score the go ahead run. Solaire hit a double into the gap to drive in a run in the sixth inning swing and a miss strike three. What a job by Tyson Miller striking out Jorge Solaire with the go ahead run at third base three three bottom nine two outs Hector Neri's Patrick Bailey has been their best player in a two eighty five and that one in there called strike three is gone. One two three we're going to go extra innings Bellinger out there at second. So here's half now in old for two couple of walks in the air center field pretty well struck Ramos back at the track turning in Apple touch them all. And here in the tent it's five three Cubs is ten. Boy that's a huge swing in the bat for me and half like about the need to put multiples up in these extra inning games and he delivers. Oh boy exhale and now to be left up to Wilmer Flores Porter Hodge giving up the blue single to put to a board but he's got the next two or is all for four. This is playable near the mound. Hodge calls for it and Bodie comes over and makes the catch. The Cubs win the ballgame. I thought they were going to collide for a moment. Hodge was calling Bodie came in and called him off. It was one of those games run. He didn't really expect the last out to be easy did you.