SAN FRANCISCO -- With two outs in the bottom of the fifth and the Giants nursing a one-run lead, Dominic Smith hit a single to center. Rafael Devers eased into third, and then looked around in confusion as the ball rolled around near the bag.

Had Chicago Cubs rookie Matt Shaw fielded the throw cleanly, Devers might have been out because he slowed down as he approached the bag. Instead, he scored a few seconds later on Matt Chapman's bloop single, and then turned and watched as Smith scored, too, after a throw from right field hit Chapman's helmet and bounced all the way to the backstop.

It was the type of sequence that would have fit right in with games of April or May. Right now, everything once again is going right for the Giants , who crushed the Cubs 12-3 to clinch a second straigh

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