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The Chicago Cubs were able to put a painful 12-game losing streak behind them by sweeping the San Diego Padres in their previous series, and now they're heading to San Francisco to try to keep that recent success going.
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Lefty Paul Maholm (4-3, 4.62 ERA) will be on the mound for the Cubs against what has been a modest Giants offense. While the Giants are fifth in the National League in batting average, they're 10th in runs scored, eighth in on-base average and 12th in slugging percentage.
Their pitching, however, has been good. The Cubs will face Madison Bumgarner (5-4, 3.14) on Friday.
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