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Davis then walked Michael Morse before second baseman Baez raced back to snag Denard Span’s bloop. Davis then caught Joe Panik looking at a 3-2 pitch on the outside corner. That gave Davis 10 saves in 10 chances, and the Cubs improved to 6-2 on their nine-game homestand.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy, meanwhile, made his feelings clear about the final pitch call from plate umpire Jeff Nelson.
“We had them on fumes,” he said. “They got the benefit of a bad call. That’s not a strike, I’m sorry. But they got the call and that’s it.”
Span homered for San
Francisco after missing two games with a sprained left thumb. But the Giants lost for the third time in four games after winning eight of 10.
Hendricks (4-2) – 3-1 over his last six starts with an ERA of 1.96 – gave up two runs and five hits. He struck out five and walked none over seven innings, retiring 15 of the last 16 batters he faced.
Carl Edwards Jr. relieved Koji Uehara with two outs in the eighth and walked Buster Posey on four pitches to load the bases. He then fell behind 3-1 to Brandon Crawford before getting him to ground out to the mound to end the threat.
Moore gave up four runs and seven hits in six-plus innings.
TRAINER’S ROOM Nunez thinks he’ll be able to play today after experiencing some pain in his left knee. He hunched over in pain down the right-field line after beating out a bunt single in the second, but stayed in the game. ... The Giants will continue to monitor RHP Johnny Cueto, who had said he was bothered by blisters on his middle and index fingers during Tuesday’s start. ... INFs Connor Gillaspie (back spasms) and Aaron Hill (right forearm strain), who are on the 10-day DL, are expected to return during the Giants’ six-game homestand, which starts Friday. OF Hunter Pence (left hamstring strain) is looking at a rehab stint before his return from the 10-day DL.
UP NEXT Giants RHP Jeff Samardzija (1-5, 4.57 ERA) and Cubs RHP Eddie Butler (1-0, 2.00 ERA) meet in the finale of this four-game series.