Six Giants relievers combine to limit Cubs to 2 runs; Flores, Estrada provide the offense.
CHICAGO — When the rain seemingly wouldn’t stop all Sunday morning and throughout the afternoon, and after the Giants announced their plans to make Sunday a bullpen game, it was almost like all the other deities were mocking the baseball gods for making the matchup of two sub-.500 teams the nationally televised game of the week on ESPN.
With two RBIs each from Wilmer Flores and Thairo Estrada — including homers from both — the Giants prevailed this time, too, 4-2, to claim two of three games this series, bookending a marathon road trip with wins on each end. Right-hander John Brebbia tossed a scoreless first inning in his fifth opening appearance of the season and was followed by more scoreless outings by Tyler Rogers, Zack Littell and Camilo Doval. A double and an RBI single off Yunior Marte in the fifth and a solo shot by Seiya Suzuki off Scott Alexander in the eighth amounted all the Cubs’ damage off the menagerie of San Francisco relievers.
The Giants started the season by winning two of their first three and four of their first six bullpen games but had dropped six of their past seven games without a traditional starter entering Sunday night. They limited opponents to two runs or fewer in their first three — all in April — but had done it only twice since.
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