Giants End No-Hit Bid, But Still Fall Short to Cubs

The Giants of the second half have had to settle mostly for moral victories. The hard-hit balls, the buzzard's luck, the good pitches that end in bad results, and so on.On Friday, they did not get no-hit. So there was that. Mom of Girls Killed in River Crash Didn't Have License: CHP Jon Lester took a no-hitter into the seventh and settled for a complete game. The Giants lost 2-1, falling to 15-29 in the second half. They have six total hits in two games at Wrigley Field.The Giants did not have a hit Thursday night after Hunter Pence's third-inning single, and there were no signs of life early Friday. Lester cruised through the first four innings and got a little help in the top of the fifth. Brandon Crawford, who had lined out to first in his first at-bat, smoked a ball the other way. Kris Bryant made a diving catch to keep the no-hitter intact. Historic Afghan Women's Soccer Team in Bay Area to Train Pinch-hitter Kelby Tomlinson was robbed of a single by a diving Dexter Fowler in the sixth. Denard Span lined out to short for the 38th consecutive Giants at-bat without a hit. Lester was at just 66 pitches through six and he had the lead thanks to back-to-back doubles by Javier Baez...