What we learned as Willy Adames homers twice in Giants’ walk-off win over Cubs

BOX SCORESAN FRANCISCO — After Wednesday night’s win, Matt Chapman was asked a couple of times about 2026. Chapman said repeatedly that the focus is simply “on tomorrow.”Right now, “tomorrow” is bringing a lot of wins for the Giants, who know what the math says but want to try and make things interesting anyway. Their 4-3 walk-off win over the Chicago Cubs on Thursday clinched a sweep and marked their fifth straight victory, bringing their record to 66-68. JHL CALLS GAME WITH HIS FIRST WALK-OFF pic.twitter.com/KHtNWndySW — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) August 28, 2025 The latest positive day at Oracle Park ended when Jung Hoo Lee lined a single to right with two on in the bottom of the ninth. It was the 10th walk-off win this season but the first of the second half. The game was somewhat of a pitcher’s duel between Logan Webb and Shota Imanaga, although the ball can fly on warm day games at Oracle Park, and the two combined to give up four homers. Both pitched through the seventh and left with the game tied 3-all. The Cubs thought they would take the lead in the top of the eighth, but Casey Schmitt...