Chicago Cubs @ San Francisco Giants – Series Preview (June 12-14): Overview, Game and Broadcast Info, Starting Pitchers, W2W4
The Cubs (35-34) continued to scuffle at the start of the road trip, dropping a series to the last-place Rockies in Denver and briefly dropping to .500 for the season. They are now 3-6 in their long stretch against teams with losing records. Now they head to the Bay Area for their second matchup with the Giants in less than a week.
San Francisco (28-41) returned home and lost two of three to the Nationals after their successful trip to Wrigley Field last weekend. They staged a massive comeback from a 9-1 8th inning deficit on Wednesday to avoid a sweep by Washington.
Luis Arraez and Jung Hoo Lee have been on-base machines so far in 2026 for the Giants. Shortstop Willy Adames has always been a thorn in the Cubs’ side, and Matt Chapman had a huge series last week with two homers and 10 RBI.
Chicago will have to face ace Logan Webb on Sunday after avoiding him last week. San Francisco got pretty good starting pitching in that series, but it has been a struggle for most of 2026. Closer Keaton Winn blew a save Saturday on a home run from Pete Crow-Armstrong.
The Cubs have not won a series since May 7, so it would be very nice if they could finally do that this weekend. Even facing teams with bad records has not been much help for Craig Counsell and company recently, but maybe it’s time for them to shake things up and actually win two of three.
Game Time and Broadcast Info
- Friday, June 12 at 9:15pm CT on Marquee.
- Saturday, June 13 at 9:05pm CT on Marquee.
- Sunday, June 14 at 2:10pm CT on ABC.
Starting Pitchers
| Date | Pitcher | Age | T | ERA | W/L | FIP | K/BB |
| 6/12 | Javier Assad | 28 | R | 4.73 | 3-1 | 4.37 | 2.38 |
| Landen Roupp | 27 | R | 4.00 | 5–6 | 3.02 | 2.57 | |
| 6/13 | Ben Brown | 26 | R | 1.74 | 2-2 | 2.25 | 3.63 |
| Trevor McDonald | 25 | R | 4.15 | 2-3 | 3.52 | 3.08 | |
| 6/14 | Colin Rea | 35 | R | 5.19 | 5-4 | 4.86 | 2.16 |
| Logan Webb | 29 | R | 3.88 | 3-4 | 3.18 | 3.05 |
What to Watch For
- Alex Bregman got on base six times against the Rockies and, most importantly, hit a home run.
- Assad is starting in place of the injured Jameson Taillon and Matthew Boyd, who had a setback in his rehab.
- Nico Hoerner is hitting .207 since May 1 after hitting .300 in April.
