Wilmer Flores and Matt Chapman smacked home runs, Heliot Ramos collected three hits and the San Francisco Giants rewarded Justin Verlander with a second win of the season in a 5-2 home victory over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night.

Verlander remains unbeaten in his career against the Cubs, improving to 3-0. This outing he went six innings of seven-hit, two-run ball. He walked two and struck out five.

Joey Lucchesi, Jose Butto and Ryan Walker brought home the win, the Giants' third in a row, with a combined three shutout innings in relief of Verlander (2-10). Walker worked around a one-out single by Dansby Swanson in the ninth to record his 12th save.

Verlander's first strikeout came just two batters into the game when he fanned Kyle Tucker, giving the veteran 100 for the season, wrappi

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