Thairo Estrada hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the San Francisco Giants to a 7-6 victory over the Cubs on a steamy Monday night.
also homered for the Giants, who won their second straight after erasing a 6-3 deficit in the final two innings., then took the lead for good off Héctor Neris in the ninth when Estrada sent the first pitch he saw into the left-field bleachers.worked the ninth for his 13th save in 15 tries. Reliever Erik Miller won despite giving up Happ’s three-run homer in the seventh that gave the Cubs the lead. Happ nearly drove Miller’s 2-2 pitch onto Waveland Avenue in left field.
It was 93 degrees at the first pitch, three off the record high for the date that was matched earlier in the day.left the game in the bottom of the third after legging out a single. The club said he experienced left groin tightness.
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