Seiya Suzuki and Christopher Morel homer as the Cubs rally past the Giants 11-8

CHICAGO — Christopher Morel flipped aside his bat as the ball flew over the wall in center, punctuating another big homer for the energetic slugger.

With the wind blowing out on a humid night at Wrigley Field, the Chicago Cubs just kept rolling along.

Morel and Seiya Suzuki homered during Chicago’s six-run seventh inning, and the Cubs beat the San Francisco Giants 11-8 on Tuesday for their third consecutive win.

“It’s just constant at-bats and a lot of pressure from our group,” said Nico Hoerner, who had two of the Cubs’ 15 hits. “And, you know, more times than not, I think it’s going to be a good result.”

Suzuki had four hits and three RBIs as Chicago remained 2 1/2 games back of NL Central-leading Milwaukee. Yan Gomes added three hits and two RBIs, and Drew Smyly (10-9) got three outs for the win.

The Cubs moved a season-high 11 games over .500 at 75-64. They are 49-28 since they dropped to 26-36 with a 3-1 loss at the Angels on June 8.

“The group in there has believed in themselves since spring training,” manager David Ross said. “It’s very obvious. This team talks about winning. There are a lot of winners in that room, guys with hardware.”

J.D. Davis, LaMonte Wade Jr., Mike Yastrzemski and Wilmer Flores homered for San Francisco in its fifth consecutive loss. Davis and Joc Pederson each had three hits.

Part of a four-way fight for the third NL wild card, the Giants dropped to 9-20 since Aug. 5.

San Francisco, which was shut out in its previous two games, scored three runs in the sixth to take a 6-4 lead. Pederson hit an RBI double off Kyle Hendricks and Davis greeted Hayden Wesneski with a one-out drive to center for his 16th homer.

But Chicago went ahead to stay in the…