Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco Giants preview, Friday 6/12, 9:15 CT

SAN FRANCISCO — Friday notes… MAYBE TRY WINNING THE SERIES OPENER?: The Cubs have lost the first game in each of their last seven series and eight of their last nine. Since winning the final game of their second 10-game streak at Texas on May 8, their only first-game win was at the White Sox on May

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SAN FRANCISCO — Friday notes…

MAYBE TRY WINNING THE SERIES OPENER?: The Cubs have lost the first game in each of their last seven series and eight of their last nine. Since winning the final game of their second 10-game streak at Texas on May 8, their only first-game win was at the White Sox on May 15. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
MAYBE THIS WILL HELP?: The Cubs are 8-14 in all first games and 3-8 on the road. But they are 3-3 in first games on the road after having won the final game of their previous series. They are 11-11 in second games, 13-9 in third games and 3-0 in fourth games. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)

THE UNFRIENDLY CITY BY THE BAY: The Cubs went 1-6 at San Francisco the past two years, winning the last of four games in 2024. They lost the first game in six of their last seven visits to the Bay Area. The lone first-game win was in 2023, the only year they won a series there since 2013, when they swept three games. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
STILL A HOT HITTER: Pete Crow-Armstrong is on a 15-game on-base streak in which he is batting .359/.423/.688 (23-for-64) with four doubles, a triple, five home runs, nine RBI, 12 runs scored and three stolen bases.

Cubs lineup:

Giants lineup:

Javier Assad, RHP vs. Landen Roupp, RHP

Javier Assad was magnificent against the Giants last Sunday — 6.1 innings of one-hit relief. He retired the last 15 Giants he faced.

Maybe it’s a bit much to ask but… Javier, can you do that again tonight?

Landen

Roupp threw 5.1 innings against the Cubs last Saturday at Wrigley Field and allowed three hits and one run.

So you’d think maybe this will be a low-scoring game. But that’s not the way baseball works, right? Roupp got hit pretty hard in his previous start, June 1 vs. the Brewers.

As always, we await developments.

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