The Cubs, once again, try for the series win.
Wednesday notes…
- CUBS vs. GIANTS: This is the 26th series between the Cubs and Giants at Wrigley Field since 2000. It is the 17th in which the teams have split the first two games. The Cubs are 9-7 in third games of the previous split series. They are 5-4 after having won the first game and lost the second. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
- AFTERNOON DELIGHTS: The Cubs are 5-2 this season in weekday day games. They won the first two, lost the next two and have won three in a row. They will play 32 weekday day games all season: 13 on Fridays, 10 on Wednesdays, seven on Thursdays and two on Mondays. This is the second of four on Wednesdays at home. The others will be July 13 vs. the Royals and Aug. 6 vs. the Reds. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
- STREAKING: Dansby Swanson is on a seven-game hitting streak in which he is batting .467/.500/.833 (14-for-30) with two doubles, three home runs and 10 runs scored.
- ALSO STREAKING: Ian Happ has an eight-game on-base streak in which he is batting .355/.432/.516 (11-for-31) with two doubles, a home run, four walks and eight runs scored.
Here are today’s particulars.
Cubs lineup:
Series finale vs. SF.
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— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) May 7, 2025
Giants lineup:
Giants at Cubs
Mike Yastrzemski – RF⁰Willy Adames – SS⁰Jung Hoo Lee – CF⁰Matt Chapman – 3B⁰Wilmer Flores – DH
Heliot Ramos – LF⁰LaMonte Wade Jr. – 1B⁰Sam Huff – C
Christian Koss – 2B
Robbie Ray – LHP— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) May 7, 2025
Ben Brown, RHP vs. Robbie Ray, LHP
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Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images
Ben Brown was outstanding last Friday against the Brewers. So far this year, though, he has been much better on the road (three starts, 1.59 ERA) than at home (four games, three starts, 8.59 ERA), though one of those “home” games was in Tokyo.
This is Brown’s first-ever game against the Giants, so here’s hoping he continues the good pitching from last time.
It’s taken a while for Robbie Ray to come back from his Tommy John surgery, which happened almost exactly two years ago. Ray has been good this year, though, and has gone seven innings in each of his last two starts.
Ray hasn’t faced the Cubs since 2019 when he was a Diamondback and the Cub who’s faced him most is Justin Turner (12-for-45, three doubles, two home runs). Kyle Tucker is 4-for-10 against Ray with two home runs.
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