They came up short in his last outing, falling 3-2 to the Yankees in NY after Bumgarner allowed two runs in seven innings on Friday. Now Bruce has gone on the offensive for the Reds, who are expected to deal him prior to Monday s non-waiver trade deadline.
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NEW YORK – Yadier Molina and pinch-hitter Kolten Wong each had an RBI double in the ninth inning, and St. Louis rallied past New York to end Jeurys Familia’s saves streak at 52 games.
With Jake Peavy adding three to the total in Monday’s loss, the Giants have allowed a major-league-high 19 homers in their nine games since the All-Star break. He went into the game as a career.398 hitter vs. Cincinnati, including a.522 mark since the beginning of last season. Trade rumors have been bubbling around Bruce’s name of late, with ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick reporting that the Reds have been pushing dialogues with interested parties as they look to throw in the towel on the 2016 season.
Red-hot outfielder Jay Bruce ambushed Bumgarner in the seventh, hitting a first-pitch fastball that went deep into the arcade section. “Logistically, it’s much more intricate. It’ll be nice when it’s passed”.
Straily allowed two runs on five hits and struck out eight over six innings during the Reds’ 6-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in his last start on Friday.
MIAMI – Giancarlo Stanton hit a two-run homer in the first inning to lead a 16-hit attack in Miami’s victory over Philadelphia. The idle Los Angeles Dodgers moved to within 2 games of first place, San Francisco having now surrendered four games of its division lead just since the break.
The Washington Nationals are hot and cold but their record says they win far more then they lose. “To get a win, it’s a good thing right now”. There’s no getting around that. They have a lot of power on that club. He is 3-3 with a 4.33 ERA in seven outings against Cincinnati overall. The home run balls that have happened except Brock Holt’s ball (in Boston) came out of the stretch.
Jay Bruce insists he isn’t sitting around and savoring his home run streak.
TORONTO – Adam Rosales hit a two-run home run, Alex Dickerson and Brett Wallace each hit solo shots and San Diego beat Toronto to avoid a three-game sweep. Belt’s fourth inning two-run homer to left-center and Angel Pagan’s two-run shot into the right field pavilion in the fifth gave the veteran righthander a 5-4 advantage going to the sixth.
“We found our way back into the ballgame against their best guys”, Cincinnati manager Bryan Price said. “He’s just done a marvelous job of separating the emotional part to the physical part of going out and playing”.
Three Cincinnati relievers combined to retire the final 12 batters. Ken Giles and Luke Gregerson pitched a scoreless inning each before Will Harris got his 11th save by striking out two in the ninth.
HOUSTON – Lance McCullers struck out 10 in six innings, Colby Rasmus broke out of a slump with a two-run homer and Houston beat NY.
The Giants announced a crowd of 42,147, marking the 455th consecutive sellout at AT&T Park and tying the Cleveland Indians for the second-longest streak in major league history. It’s the longest run since 2002 Texas set the major league record by homering in 27 straight.
Straily (6-6) gave up three hits in 7 2/3 innings. RHP Tim Adelman (strained left oblique) will make another rehab start with Louisville on Tuesday.
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The Giants jumped to a 5-0 lead in the third before the Reds started to chip away.
