Rafael Devers hits two of San Francisco's four home runs, Giants power past Cubs 12-3

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rafael Devers homered twice and doubled in a run on the way to five RBIs, Matt Chapman hit his 200th career home run, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 12-3 on Wednesday night for their fourth straight win.

Devers hit a solo homer in the first and added a three-run drive in the sixth for his 21st career multihomer game, third this year and second since joining the Giants in a trade from Boston in mid-June.

Chapman added an RBI single into shallow right in the fifth that right fielder Kyle Tucker then threw wildly over home plate allowing a second run to score. Casey Schmitt followed with an RBI single.

Heliot Ramos also homered, while Willy Adames and Dominic Smith each added sacrifice flies in the third inning.

Giants rookie starter Carson Whisenhunt (2-1) allowed three runs on five hits, struck out three and walked three in his fifth career start and second outing since being recalled from Triple-A Sacramento last Friday.

Nico Hoerner hit a three-run homer in the second inning for the Cubs. They have lost both series this season to San Francisco after the Giants won two of three from at Wrigley Field in May.

Chicago right-hander Colin Rea (10-6) had allowed two or fewer runs in four straight outings beginning Aug. 3. Rea took his first loss in August after winning his initial two decisions.

Whisenhunt escaped a bases-loaded jam in the first when he induced Carson Kelly's inning-ending double play. Then in the fifth he worked out of another bases-loaded situation, this time getting Justin Turner to ground into a double play to end the inning.

San Francisco has outscored its opponents 28-9 during the winning streak, hitting at least one home run in each of the last 10 games and 20 in all during that stretch.

LHP Shota Imanaga (8-6, 3.03 ERA) pitches the series finale for Chicago opposite Giants All-Star RHP Logan Webb.

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San Francisco Giants' Rafael Devers hits an RBI ground-rule double during the third inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in San Francisco, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

San Francisco Giants' Heliot Ramos, bottom, slides home to score under Chicago Cubs catcher Carson Kelly during the third inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

San Francisco Giants' Matt Chapman, right, hits an RBI single in front of Chicago Cubs catcher Carson Kelly during the fifth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

San Francisco Giants' Dominic Smith, right, slides home to score as Chicago Cubs catcher Carson Kelly, left, looks for the ball during the fifth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

San Francisco Giants' Rafael Devers, middle, celebrates after hitting a three-run home run that also scored Andrew Knizner (21) and Heliot Ramos (17) during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in San Francisco, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — It was Georgia's day at the European figure skating championships Thursday.

Skaters representing the former Soviet nation won the pairs gold medal and took the lead in the men's event at the championships, a key warmup for next month's Winter Olympics.

Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava recovered from a fall to win their first European title after silver in 2024 and bronze last year.

The Georgians had the lead from Wednesday's short program and, even though Metelkina fell on a triple toeloop, the rest of their free skate was strong to score 139.80 for a total 215.76.

The two skaters laid on their backs on the ice in relief after finishing their free skate, as Berulava pumped his fists and made a snow angel gesture.

The title defense of Germany's Minerva Hase and Nikita Volodin ended with an erratic free skate. Hase fell on a throw triple loop and tumbled to the ice again when Volodin tried to lower her down from their final lift.

Hase seemed in pain as she waited for the scores, and then stunned to see that she and Volodin had scored enough to stay ahead overall of third-place Maria Pavlova and Alexei Sviatchenko of Hungary, 203.87 to 202.56.

Georgian figure skater Nika Egadze edged ahead of two Estonian brothers to take the lead in the men's short program.

Egadze scored 91.28 points for the lead after starting his program with a bang, following up a quadruple salchow-triple toeloop combination with a quad toeloop.

That was enough to beat last year's silver medalist Aleksandr Selevko on 88.71 and his younger brother Mihhail on 88.28. Defending champion Lukas Britschgi was sixth for Switzerland.

Estonia is on track for more medals as Niina Petrokina leads the women's event ahead of Friday's free skate.

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Estonia's Aleksandr Selevko competes during the Men's Short Program on day two of the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield, Thursday, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2026. (Mike Egerton/PA via AP)

Georgia's Nika Egadze competes during the Men's Short Program on day two of the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield, Thursday, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2026. (Mike Egerton/PA via AP)

Germany's Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin compete during the Pairs Free Skating on day two of the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield, England, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (Mike Egerton/PA via AP)

Georgia's Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava compete during the Pairs Free Skating on day two of the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield, England, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (Mike Egerton/PA via AP)

Georgia's Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava compete during the Pairs Free Skating on day two of the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield, England, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (Mike Egerton/PA via AP)