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The San Francisco Giants challenged the the Chicago Cubs yesterday at AT&T Park with the Giants earning the win 5 to 1. It was one heck of a game that devotees with Giants tickets will definitely cherish. Baseball isn’t the only game in town. See what other cheap sports tickets are out there.
Giants pitcher Matt Cain (2.88 ERA) got the win, while Randy Wells (3.18 ERA) took the loss for the Cubs. Matt Cain went 8 solid innings for the Giants, allowed 3 hits, no home runs and no earned runs with 2 walks and 8 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Giants was Sergio Romo (4.13), and Jeremy Affeldt (1.72). The Cubs’s starter Randy Wells went 5.1 innings, allowed 10 hits, no home runs and 5 earned runs with 2 walks and one strikeout. Sean Marshall (4.38), Jeff Stevens (7.59), and Justin Berg (0.00) also pitched for the Cubs. With the win, Cain’s record goes to 14-7, while Wells is at 11-10. Brian Wilson earned the save for the Giants, bringing his saves up to 37.
In addition to the 5 runs, the Giants scored 14 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Giants, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. John Bowker had a tough day at the plate, leaving 5 runners on base. The Cubs didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Cubs got one run, 5 hits and no errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Mike Everitt, Brian Gorman, Gerry Davis and C.B. Bucknor. There were 38,330 Giants ticket holders in attendance at AT&T Park.
The win puts the Giants at a record of 83-73, (10 games behind the division leader), while the loss brings the Cubs to 81-74, (8.5 games behind first place in the division). Next up for the Giants are the Arizona Diamondbacks (68-88) at the Giants’s At&t Park. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for Arizona Diamondbacks tickets because that game should be a good one. The Cubs will next take on the Pittsburgh Pirates (58-96) at Wrigley Field in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your Pittsburgh Pirates tickets today and take in all the thrills.