SAN FRANCISCO — It’s been fairly a while because the Giants had an evening like this at Oracle Park.
The Giants launched 4 homers en path to beating the Chicago Cubs 12-3 on Wednesday evening at Oracle Park, two coming off the bat of designated hitter Rafael Devers.
Matt Chapman and Heliot Ramos every hit solo homers and rookie left-hander Carson Whisenhunt picked up the second win of his profession after permitting three runs over 5 innings.
That is the primary time the Giants have gained a minimum of 4 straight video games since July 5-8.
Devers opened up the scoring within the backside of the primary with a solo homer to offer the Giants a 1-0 lead, his twenty sixth dwelling run of the season.
Chicago took a 3-1 lead within the prime of the second on a three-run homer from Nico Hoerner, however San Francisco snatched the lead proper again within the backside of the second on an RBI ground-rule double from Devers and a pair of sacrifice flies from Willy Adames and Dominic Smith.
Within the backside of the fifth, a reasonably absurd sequence of performs paved the best way for the Giants to take a 7-3 lead.
With two outs and Devers on first, Dominic Smith snuck a single into middle area. Devers rounded second and headed for third, easing up as he approached the bottom, however Pete Crow-Armstrong’s throw beat Devers to the bag in loads of time. Fortunately for San Francisco, Cubs third baseman Matt Shaw couldn’t corral the throw and Devers was secure.
That paved the best way for a play straight out of a cartoon.
With Devers on third and Smith on first, Chapman muscled a bloop single to proper area that landed proper in entrance of the Cubs’ Kyle Tucker. Devers scored simply and Smith deliberate on stopping at third, however Tucker’s throw nailed Chapman’s helmet and launched close to the Giants’ on-deck circle.
Smith took benefit of the fortunate hop and sprinted dwelling whereas Chapman superior to second base. San Francisco additional capitalized on the misplay when Casey Schmitt drove dwelling Chapman with a single. By inning’s finish, the Giants led 7-3.
From there, the Giants piled on with energy. Devers hit a three-run homer within the backside of the sixth. Chapman hit a solo homer within the backside of the seventh, the 2 hundredth dwelling run of his profession. Within the backside of the eighth, Heliot Ramos hit a solo homer off place participant Reese McGuire.
