The aggregation didn't get giants jerseysacclimatized into its Chicago auberge until able-bodied afterwards 3 a.m. Friday and played a day bold at Wrigley Field just a few hours afterwards finishing a ambit in Houston.
But Madison Bumgarner was beatific to Chicago early, in ample allotment so he could be able-bodied adequate and sharp. The plan didn't plan out.
On a boiling day at Wrigley, Bumgarner had his beeline airing aback his aboriginal alpha of the season, abiding just four innings in a 6-4 loss. Bumgarner gave up six hits and 5 runs, four of them earned.
Bumgarner's better faux pas came in a four-run third inning, if his abortion to aback up home bowl amount the Giants a run.
"I was just acting like a babyish and accepting adamant with myself," he said. "And it amount us a run. You never wish to do that. I'll accomplish abiding that won't appear again."
The Cubs' added runs adjoin Bumgarner came in a added accepted manner. Alfonso Soriano hit a run-scoring individual Florida Marlins jerseysin the aboriginal inning and in the third inning jumped on a cutter, hitting it assimilate Waveland Avenue. The two-run attempt to larboard put the Cubs advanced 3-0. Both run-scoring hits came with two outs and two strikes.
"(Bumgarner) was a little off, abnormally advanced in the count," administrator Bruce Bochy said. "That's what aching him today. He just fabricated mistakes advanced in the count."