SAN FRANCISCO — \u2014\u00a0Michael Busch\u00a0hit a three-run homer into McCovey Cove beyond right field in the fifth inning to back\u00a0Javier Assad’s strong start on the mound, and the\u00a0Chicago Cubs\u00a0beat the\u00a0San Francisco Giants\u00a05-1 on Friday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Busch’s drive was the 176th splash hit at Oracle Park, 68th by an opponent and fourth by a Cubs player \u2014 first since\u00a0Joc Pederson\u00a0on June 3, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seiya Suzuki\u00a0broke up a scoreless game with an RBI double in the fourth then scored moments later on\u00a0Nico Hoerner’s sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Assad (4-1) struck out five, walked one and allowed three hits over six innings to win his third straight decision spanning seven starts. His throwing error on a pickoff attempt of\u00a0Bryce Eldridge\u00a0in the fourth could have been costly but the right-hander stranded Eldridge on third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hoby Milner\u00a0pitched the seventh and\u00a0Trent Thornton\u00a0the final two innings, surrendering Eldridge’s one-out homer in the ninth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Busch greeted reliever\u00a0Erik Miller\u00a0with his eighth home run after Chicago put runners aboard on\u00a0Pete Crow-Armstrong’s double and a leadoff walk by\u00a0Carson Kelly\u00a0against Giants starter\u00a0Landen Roupp\u00a0(5-7). Roupp was tagged for four runs on four hits over 4 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chicago won for the third time in its last seven games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
San Francisco had beaten the Cubs 18-3 last Friday then 2-1 in extra innings Sunday \u2014 but the Giants dropped to 7-3 overall in the matchups since the start of the 2025 season, outscoring the Cubs 63-35. San Francisco is 6-2 at Oracle Park in the series dating to the beginning of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jung Hoo Lee\u00a0went 0 for 3 and had his career-best 18-game hitting streak snapped \u2014 longest by a Giants batter since Angel Pagan hit in 19 in a row from July 31-Aug. 23, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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