Matt Chapman’s 8 RBIs vs. Cubs earns impressive spot in Giants history

The San Francisco Giants bombarded the Chicago Cubs in one of the most explosive offensive performances of the 2026 season on Friday, winning 18-3 at Wrigley Field behind a historic performance from Matt Chapman.

Chapman finished with a career-high eight RBIs, going 2-for-3 with two home runs and a sacrifice fly. His outing placed him among the most productive single-game run producers in franchise history. Since RBIs became an official statistic in 1920, only Phil Weintraub (11 RBIs on April 30, 1944) and Irish Meusel (nine RBIs on Sept. 2, 1925) have recorded more RBIs in a game for the Giants. Chapman’s eight RBIs are tied for third-most in franchise history during that period.

The veteran third baseman also matched the San Francisco-era franchise record for RBIs in a game, joining Willie Mays, Orlando Cepeda, Brandon Crawford, Joc Pederson and Wilmer Flores. Mays was the first Giants player to accomplish the feat after the franchise moved to San Francisco in 1958.

Chapman’s biggest blow came in the fourth inning when he launched his fourth career grand slam off Cubs starter Edward Cabrera during a six-run rally. He later added a sacrifice fly in the fifth before crushing a three-run homer in the sixth inning, a shot that traveled 432 feet and capped a seven-run frame. The two-homer game doubled Chapman’s season total from two to four home runs and increased his RBI count to 31.

San Francisco’s offense racked up a season-high seven home runs and 19 hits. Willy Adames and Casey Schmitt each joined Chapman with two-homer performances, only the third time in franchise history that three Giants players have hit multiple home runs in the same game. The previous occurrences came on July 2, 2002, and July 8, 1956.

Adames opened the scoring with a 427-foot two-run homer in the first inning and added another long ball in the sixth for his 12th career multi-homer game. Schmitt homered in the fourth and again in the ninth, giving him a team-leading 15 home runs through the team’s first 64 games, the most by a Giant at that point in a season since Barry Bonds hit 18 in 2004.

Rookie Jonah Cox also contributed, collecting three hits and hitting the first home run of his major league career in the ninth inning.

The offensive outburst continued a recent surge for San Francisco. The Giants have scored 30 runs across their last two games while recording 39 hits, including a 20-hit performance against the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday. They have also won three straight games, matching their longest winning streak of the season.

Chapman’s grand slam was San Francisco’s second in as many days and the team’s sixth of the season, all coming within the last 18 games. Moreover, the Giants became just the sixth team in the league’s history to hit six grand slams in a stretch of 20 days or fewer.

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