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Chicago Cubs @ San Francisco Giants

2015-08-27 · Day game · AT&T Park · Att: 41847 · 79°F, sunny · Wind 5 mph to CF · 2:36

San Francisco Giants defeated Chicago Cubs 9–1. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 2nd — Starlin Castro doubles (14) on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Norichika Aoki. Anthony Rizzo scores. San Francisco Giants took the lead in the 3rd — Matt Duffy singles on a ground ball to center fielder Matt Szczur. Norichika Aoki scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Marlon Byrd homers (21) on a line drive to center field. Matt Duffy scores. Brandon Belt scores — worth 22% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
SFN	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	4		9	10

W: Madison Bumgarner L: Dan Haren SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Gary Cederstrom · 1B: Jim Wolf · 2B: Lance Barksdale · 3B: Ryan Blakney · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chris Denorfia	4	0	0	0	0	2
Kyle Schwarber	4	0	0	0	0	1
Kris Bryant	4	0	1	0	0	2
Anthony Rizzo	4	1	1	0	0	3
Starlin Castro	4	0	1	1	0	0
Addison Russell	3	0	0	0	0	3
Matt Szczur	1	0	0	0	1	0
Dan Haren	1	0	0	0	1	1
Jonathan Herrera	2	0	0	0	0	2
Chris Coghlan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy La Stella	1	0	0	0	0	1
Miguel Montero	1	0	0	0	0	1

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nori Aoki	3	1	1	0	1	0
Matt Duffy	4	1	1	1	0	0
Brandon Belt	2	2	0	0	2	0
Buster Posey	4	1	2	0	0	0
Marlon Byrd	3	2	1	3	1	1
Kelby Tomlinson	4	2	2	4	0	1
Juan Perez	4	0	2	1	0	1
Ehire Adrianza	3	0	0	0	1	1
Madison Bumgarner	2	0	1	0	0	0
Justin Maxwell	2	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dan Haren	6.1	6	3	4
Zac Rosscup	0.2	1	0	0
James Russell	1.0	3	2	0

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Madison Bumgarner	6.0	2	2	12
George Kontos	1.0	0	0	1
Mike Broadway	1.0	0	0	2
Josh Osich	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chris Denorfia: K
Kyle Schwarber: K
Kris Bryant: K

Bot 1

Nori Aoki: 6/F6MD
Matt Duffy: 9/F9LS
Brandon Belt: 4/F8RS

Top 2

Anthony Rizzo: S9/G34+
Starlin Castro: WP.1-2
Starlin Castro: D7/L5.2-H
Addison Russell: K
Matt Szczur: W
Dan Haren: K
Jonathan Herrera: K

Bot 2

Buster Posey: 4/F4MD
Marlon Byrd: K
Kelby Tomlinson: S8/L8RS
Juan Perez: D8/F8LXD+.1-H
Ehire Adrianza: K

Top 3

Chris Denorfia: 63/G6M-
Kyle Schwarber: 31/G34
Kris Bryant: K

Bot 3

Madison Bumgarner: 6/L6D+
Nori Aoki: W
Matt Duffy: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Matt Duffy: S8/G6M.3-H
Brandon Belt: W.1-2
Buster Posey: 8/F8RXD+
Marlon Byrd: HR/F8LXD+.2-H;1-H
Kelby Tomlinson: K

Top 4

Anthony Rizzo: K
Starlin Castro: 53/G56
Addison Russell: K

Bot 4

Juan Perez: K
Ehire Adrianza: W
Madison Bumgarner: S1.1-2
Nori Aoki: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M

Top 5

Matt Szczur: 4/F4D-
Dan Haren: W
Jonathan Herrera: K
Chris Denorfia: K

Bot 5

Matt Duffy: 9/L89M
Brandon Belt: 3/G34-
Buster Posey: S8/L8LM
Marlon Byrd: 9/F9D

Top 6

Kyle Schwarber: 43/G4
Kris Bryant: 53/G56S-
Anthony Rizzo: K

Bot 6

Kelby Tomlinson: 43/G4
Juan Perez: 4/F34D
Ehire Adrianza: 9/F89D

Top 7

Starlin Castro: 8/F89XD+
Addison Russell: K
Chris Coghlan: 7/L78M

Bot 7

Justin Maxwell: 9/F89S
Nori Aoki: T7/F7LD.BXH(762)
Matt Duffy: 9/L89D+

Top 8

Tommy La Stella: K
Miguel Montero: K
Chris Denorfia: 63/G6

Bot 8

Brandon Belt: W
Buster Posey: D9/F9LD.1-3
Marlon Byrd: IW
Kelby Tomlinson: HR/F7D+.3-H;2-H;1-H
Juan Perez: S8/G6+.BX2(84)
Ehire Adrianza: 8/F8LM
Justin Maxwell: 4/F4-

Top 9

Kyle Schwarber: 9/F89D
Kris Bryant: S6/G6-
Anthony Rizzo: K
Starlin Castro: 53/G56

Notes & reviews

the ball glanced off Chris Denorfia's glove as he slid across the foul line; Denorfia was slow getting up after he slid into the wall because he thought the ball was foul

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