SAN FRANCISCO — You know, the Cubs really should have won this game. A 4-3 loss to the Giants went into the books, the first time all year the Cubs have been swept in a three-game series.

First inning? A run in, runners on first and third with one out — Nico Hoerner hits into a double play.Third inning, runner on, one out — Ian Happ strikes out, Kyle Tucker caught stealing, inning over. Eighth inning: Matt Shaw on second with a double, Michael Busch hits a ball that if it’s a couple of feet higher, it’s a run-scoring single. Instead, Casey Schmitt grabs it and doubles Shaw off second.

Sigh.

Let’s rewind to the beginning. With one out in the first, Tucker doubled down the left-field line. He scored on this single by Happ [VIDEO].

Pete Crow-Armstrong followed with a single, with Happ tak

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