By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-If people thought that the injury to Brandon Belt would be devestating to the San Francisco Giants, they do not know this team.

Pablo Sandoval and Michael Morse have picked up the slack in place of Belt, and they showed it again in the second game of the three-game series against the Chicago Cubs.

Morse hit a run-scoring single in the bottom of the first inning, added a double in the bottom of the fourth, while Sandoval picked up a key hit in the bottom of the fifth inning and the Giants defeated the Chicago Cubs 4-0 before a crowd of 41,060, the 273rd consecutive sellout at AT&T Park.

Tim Hudson was his usual solid self, as he went seven innings, allowing zero runs on six hits, walking zero and striking out five, as he won for the fifth time against two losses.

By not walking anyone again, Hudson continues to not have broke the double figure plateau in free passes, as he stands at six walks with 44 strikeouts.

In six starts at AT&T Park this season, Hudson has issued just two walks, both coming against the Cleveland Indians on April 25.

Buster Posey drove in two runs for the Giants, as he hit two sacrifice flies, the first in the bottom of the first and only run that the Giants would need.

Posey drove in Angel Pagan from third base, after Pagan singled, and advanced to third on a Hunter Pence siand then scored on the sacrifice fly.

Following a Sandoval groundout to shortstop, Morse drove in Pence with a single.

Posey drove in the Giants third run of the evening after Ehire Adrianza singled to lead off the inning, stole his first career base and then scored the all important third run of the night for the Giants.

Following the Posey sacrifice fly, Sandoval blooped a single into left field that scored Pagan with his second run of the night, after he singled for the second time in the game.

Despite taking the loss, Jake Arrieta pitched admirably, as he went six innings, allwoing four runs on seven hits, walking just one and striking out six.