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SAN FRANCISCO – Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd made the long walk to the back of the mound as the Oracle Park lights flashed above him, celebrating Giants star Matt Chapman’s two-run homer.
“The fastball to Chapman, he was able to get on top of it,” Boyd said after the Cubs’ 5-2 loss Tuesday to the Giants. “Probably would have liked it maybe a few inches higher, but he was on it. So hats off to him. And unfortunately, that was the difference in the game there.”
That long ball spelled the end of Boyd’s start.