Assad Opens Cubs Vs Giants With Roupp in San Francisco
The cubs vs giants opener on Friday put Javier Assad on the mound against Landen Roupp as the teams opened a three-game weekend series in San Francisco. The series closes out the season matchup, with all six games between the clubs packed into a 10-day stretch.
Assad Meets Roupp
Friday’s game was scheduled for 9:15 p.m. CT, with the Cubs sending Assad to start against Roupp. That matchup followed a week in which Chicago had lost two of three to San Francisco at Wrigley Field and then dropped two of three to the Rockies in Denver before heading west.
The Cubs did leave Denver with one clean result. They won the finale 9-3 behind home runs from Seiya Suzuki, Alex Bregman and Carson Kelly, a response that gave them a better entry point into the road series even after the split against the Giants last weekend.
San Francisco Back-and-Forth
San Francisco arrived with its own swing of results. The Giants had lost two of three to the Nationals before this series, but their lone win was a wild 11-10 comeback after trailing 9-1 going into the bottom of the eighth. That game ended on a walk-off grand slam.
The opener also fit into a rivalry that has leaned toward Chicago only in the broader historical count. The Cubs have won 69 more games than they have lost against the Giants since 1883, yet they have gone 163-205 in San Francisco and 36-50 at Oracle Park. They were swept in three games there last season and lost the first three of four in 2024, while their last sweep in San Francisco came in 2013.
Oracle Park Series Finish
Ben Brown was scheduled to start Saturday at 9:05 p.m. CT against Trevor McDonald, and Colin Rea was lined up for Sunday at 2:10 p.m. CT against Logan Webb. Sunday’s game was set for ABC, the App and a full national broadcast with no blackouts, with Jon Sciambi, David Ross and Buster Olney listed on the call.
For Chicago, the immediate task was simple: carry the momentum of the 9-3 win over Colorado into a series that ends the season set with San Francisco. The Cubs were also 46 runs away from their 10,000th run against the Giants, a marker sitting in the background of a matchup that has moved fast across two ballparks and six games in 10 days.
