The San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs were tied at 5-5 heading into the eighth inning but Giants relief pitcher Tyler Walker gave up a home run to Mike Fontenot and the Cubs went on to beat the Giants 6-5. The Cubs have now won two of the first three games in the four game series and will go for the series win on Thursday.
Giants starting pitcher Kevin Correia pitched 6 1/3 innings as he gave up seven hits and four runs including one home run to get the no decision. Sergio Romo and Walker both gave up a run each as both players pitched one inning. Keiichi Yabu was finally able to slow the Cubs down in the ninth inning as he pitched a scoreless inning.
All of the Giants runs came via the home run ball as John Bowker hit a two run home run in the sixth inning off of Cubs starting pitcher Ryan Dempster. Ray Durham then hit a big three run home run off of Carlos Marmol in the seventh inning that tied the game at 5-5. The Giants didn’t have an answer however in the eighth or ninth innings and lost the game 6-5.
The Giants can still get a split in the series with a win against the Cubs as they plate a very late afternoon game to finish up the series.
