SF Giants end lengthy road trip with 10-inning win over Cubs on Sunday Night Baseball
CHICAGO - The parallels were difficult to ignore. Keaton Winn on the mound. Pete Crow-Armstrong at the plate. Bottom of the ninth. Two outs. Close ballgame.
When the two met on Saturday afternoon, Crow-Armstrong ambushed a first-pitch in-zone splitter from Winn and turned the offspeed offering into a game-tying home run. Winn blew the save, and the Giants lost in extras. Sunday, then, represented redemption.
With two on, two out and 2-2 count in the bottom of the ninth, Winn fired another splitter to Crow-Armstrong with the ballgame on the line. Winn, having learned, dropped this one below the zone. Crow-Armstrong flailed and pounded the offering into the ground. Rafael Devers scooped it, beelined to the bag, recorded the out and sent the game to extras.
Winn atoned for Saturday’s blown save, and an inning later, the Giants were celebrating a 2-1, 10-inning win over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday Night Baseball. With the victory, San Francisco (27-39) ended its three-city, 10-game road trip with an even 5-5 record.
“I didn’t know he was going to sit on my split last night. If I did, I would’ve thrown a different pitch. It did suck last night. Woke up this morning, tried to flush yesterday and attack today,” Winn said.
“(Winn) had talked about making adjustments from yesterday, and I’ll be danged if it doesn’t come up where the game’s obviously on the line and those two go at it,” Winn said. “I believe the game was on a big network tonight, so that’s what you tune in for is moments like that. He did a tremendous job.”
The Giants ensured Winn’s efforts didn’t go to waste by taking the lead in the top of the 10th, then securing the win in the bottom half of the frame.
Third baseman Matt Chapman delivered his final big swing of the road trip by delivering an opposite-field single that drove in pinch-runner Jonah Cox, giving San Francisco the one-run lead. Having already used Winn, Caleb Kilian, Erik Miller and JT Brubaker, Vitello went to rookie Dylan Smith to secure his first career save in the bottom half of the frame.
Smith allowed Crow-Armstrong, the automatic runner, to steal third base with one out, but the right-hander induced a pair of pop-outs to record his first career save.
“It was amazing,” Winn said of Smith. “That guy is the real deal. It was great seeing him come out and shove.”
Right fielder Jung Hoo Lee stayed white-hot by extending his MLB-leading hitting streak to 15 games with an opposite-field RBI single in the top of the first.
Right-hander Trevor McDonald worked around some stressful innings to deliver five innings of one-run ball with six strikeouts to three walks. McDonald, who has a 4.15 ERA over 39 innings, credited Devers for helping compose him during a jam.
“He put his hand on my shoulder and he was like, ‘Hey, you got this,'” McDonald said.
The Cubs were forced into a bullpen game when starter Jameson Taillon exited with a left hamstring strain after walking Matt Chapman to start the top of the second. Replacing Taillon was Javier Assad, who tossed 6 1/3 shutout innings of relief while only allowing one hit and one walk.
San Francisco scored its first run of the game in the top of the first on an RBI single from Lee, while Chicago notched things up at one apiece with an RBI single from Moisés Ballesteros. From there, the Giants remained deadlocked in a 1-1 tie until the 10th, though San Francisco’s relievers had to weasel their way out of trouble to keep the game tied.
Miller allowed runners to reach the corners with no outs in the bottom of the eighth, but Miller received a gift when Devers snagged Alex Bregman’s line drive, then fired to third base for the double play to eliminate the lead runner.
“He’s a smart baseball player,” Chapman said. “He knows the game, he pays attention. I’m not surprised he knew what to do with the baseball there. He’s a good baseball player, and chances are, if you’re a good baseball player, you’re a smart baseball player. He’s really smart, and that was a big play.”
Then, in the bottom of the ninth, Winn allowed the winning run to reach scoring position when Nico Hoerner singled and rookie Pedro Ramírez followed by drawing a walk. With no room for error, Winn maintained the 1-1 tie - avenging Saturday’s blown save in the process - to set the stage for Chapman’s game-winning hit.
“We needed this one tonight,” Chapman said. “There was a lot of opportunities that both teams had. There was some crazy back and forth. Our bullpen was able to come in, shut it down. We played good defense, and then to get that hit in the 10th felt good to put us up.”
Up next
The Giants will return to San Francisco for a six-game homestand, which begins with three games against the Washington Nationals. Logan Webb, Adrian Houser and Robbie Ray are slated to pitch on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday against the Nationals, who lead the majors in runs scored.
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This story was originally published June 7, 2026 at 8:52 PM.