Giants Sweep Cubs; Adames and Devers Fuel Five-Game Surge

The San Francisco Giants completed a three-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs at Oracle Park, capping the series with a 4–3 walk-off victory on Thursday. Shortstop Willy Adames homered twice—his 23rd and 24th of the season—and Jung Hoo Lee drove in the winning run with a ninth-inning single off reliever Yency Almonte. Logan Webb scattered seven innings of three-run ball in a duel with Chicago left-hander Shota Imanaga, giving San Francisco its fifth consecutive win and a 66-68 record. One night earlier, newly acquired third baseman Rafael Devers went 4-for-4 with two home runs and five RBIs as the Giants routed the Cubs 12–3. Devers’s outburst was backed by Matt Chapman’s 200th career homer, extending the club’s streak to 11 straight games with a long ball. The series opened Tuesday with veteran right-hander Justin Verlander earning his second victory—and first at Oracle Park—after six effective innings in a 5-2 decision. Chapman’s sixth-inning blast and a solo shot from Wilmer Flores provided the margin, while San Francisco’s bullpen closed out the win. San Francisco has outscored opponents 21–8 during the sweep and 33–12 over its five-game surge. Adames is the first Giants shortstop since 1929 with four multi-homer games in a season, and the club’s recent power surge has rekindled faint postseason hopes with 28 contests remaining.