<p>SAN FRANCISCO – Three wins in a row. Can we declare the Cubs officially “back”?</p><p>“I think if we can get past the point of people asking that, then we’re in a good spot,” manager Craig Counsell said before Saturday’s game.</p><p>Well, maybe it’s time to stop asking.</p><p>The Cubs scored their third straight win Saturday night – and won a series for the first time in 11 tries – a meager streak, sure, but something this bunch hasn’t experienced in more than a month. You have to go back to the close of their second 10-game win streak on May 8 for the team’s last tic-tac-toe.</p><p>Who knows if the Cubs are finally out of the woods, if an 8-22 stretch that dropped them from first place to .500 is completely in the rearview mirror?</p><p>But the last three days have looked more like it for a team with championship-level aspirations.</p><p>“This is kind of what we expected,” starting pitcher Ben Brown said after Saturday’s game.