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Cubs open up series with the Giants today

Joe Maddon acknowledges that the Chicago Cubs' inability
to find any measure of consistency this season has allowed some
level of frustration to creep in.
Before Chicago dropped back-to-back games to the Cleveland Indians
this week, the Cubs had attempted to build some momentum, albeit
against the last-place Cincinnati Reds.
But as the Cubs prepare to open a weekend series this afternoon
against the San Francisco Giants, another opponent with a losing
record, Maddon still holds firm to the notion that the Cubs aren't
that far off from where they want to be.
But still, continuing the Cubs struggles -- especially in close
games -- remains an issue.
"Of course, it's frustrating," Maddon told reporters Wednesday,
according to the Chicago Sun-Times. "We've lost that (close) game
several times this season -- really close, low-scoring, unable to
get the big hit when we need it."
The Cubs managed only two hits in Wednesday's 1-0 loss to the
Indians when they were no-hit by rookie Adam Plutko for six innings
before Anthony Rizzo led off the seventh inning with a double.
Still, the Cubs scored only one run in the back-to-back losses as
their inability to produce offensively on a regular basis continued.
Like Maddon, however, players remain hopeful that things will turn
around.
"I think we're better than what our record shows," Cubs left
fielder Kyle Schwarber told reporters after Wednesday's loss,
according to the Sun-Times. "We've just got to be able to continue
to be us and play our game. If we continue to do what we believe
in, good things are going to happen."
Kyle Hendricks (3-3, 3.40 ERA) will start the opener of three-game
series for the Cubs.
Hendricks is in search of his first victory since May 7 and has
allowed three earned runs in three of his four starts this month.
Hendricks is coming off a no-decision against the Cincinnati Reds
in which he lasted just five innings and allowed four runs (three
earned) while striking out six.
Hendricks is 2-2 with a 3.49 ERA in five career starts against the
Giants.
Like the Cubs, the Giants will enter this weekend's series at
Wrigley Field having lost two straight. The Giants were able to
only score one run off Justin Verlander in a 4-1 loss to the
Houston Astros on Wednesday afternoon.
The Giants could get outfielder Mac Williamson, who has been
sidelined for a month after tripping over a pitcher's mound while
chasing a fly ball into foul territory and landing on the
concussion list. According to the San Francisco Chronicle,
Williamson has spent less than a week at Triple-A Sacramento and
homered in his first two games, had two hits on Tuesday and tripled
on Wednesday.
"It's a possibility (to rejoin the team in Chicago) sure," manager
Bruce Bochy told reporters Wednesday, according to the Chronicle.
"If you look at how much he's playing and doing, sure. He's real
close. The good thing with Mac and all the time he's missed, he's
gone down there and continued to swing the bat well.
Derek Holland (2-5, 4.94) will make his 10th start of the season
for the Giants and is hoping to bounce back from a loss to the
Colorado Rockies when he threw 112 pitches, the most he's thrown
since 2015 and allowed four runs over six innings. Holland is 1-0
with a 1.38 ERA in two career starts against the Cubs.

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