Scouting report: Cubs vs. Giants

Posted May 24, 2018 1:00 am

Cubs vs. San Francisco Giants at Wrigley Field

TV:

ABC 7 Friday; FOX Saturday; ESPN Sunday

Radio:

WSCR 670-AM

Pitching matchups:

The Cubs' Kyle Hendricks (3-3) vs. Derek Holland (2-5) Friday at 1:20 p.m.; Jose Quintana (5-3) vs. Chris Stratton (5-3) Saturday at 6:15 p.m.; Yu Darvish (1-3) vs. Ty Blach (3-4) Sunday at 7:08 p.m.

At a glance:

The Cubs awoke Thursday fourth in the NL Central, 4 games behind the first-place Milwaukee Brewers. Their run differential of plus-62 was best in the National League. The Giants (24-26) are trying to tread water as they have several key players on the disabled list, including Madison Bumgarner, Joe Panik, Hunter Pence, Johnny Cueto and Mark Melancon. Brandon Belt leads the Giants in most key offensive categories with a line of .317/.416/.593 with 11 homers and 29 RBI. Buster Posey is at .305/.374/.430 with 2 homers and 16 RBI. The Cubs will see former Pirates star Andrew McCutchen, who has a line of .237/.342/.376 with 3 homers and 19 RBI. The Giants have run differential of minus-36. The Cubs have lost four straight at home. They face a tough turnaround after this series, as they play a Sunday night game followed by a Monday afternoon game in Pittsburgh.

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- Bruce Miles

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