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Giants’ Bumgarner struggles again vs Dodgers in 9-5 loss

On Monday in Cincinnati, the infielder/outfielder hit his first career home run as part of a back-to-back with Andrew Toles, who also his his first career home run.

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MILWAUKEE (AP) – Ryan Braun hit two home runs and Milwaukee tied a season high with its fourth straight victory, beating Colorado. The Dodgers have gained 10 games on the Giants since Clayton Kershaw last pitched. After battling injuries and ineffectiveness from 2008-15, which even took him to the independent Atlantic League, Hill popped back up on the map with four strong September starts for the Red Sox last season, yielding just five runs on 14 hits and five walks with 36 strikeouts in 29 innings. Josh Reddick was brought over at the deadline to ease the sting of Yasiel Puig washing out of the majors, and all he’s done since is hit.149/.219/.164 in 19 games.

PHOENIX – Matt Kemp’s two-out, bases-loaded double in the eighth inning erased a one-run lead and Atlanta beat Arizona in a game between the NL’s worst teams. The Giants bullpen, which has struggled of late, allowed four runs. He struck out only two batters but he didn’t walk anyone and relied on the Giants’ steady defense to record outs against a weak NY lineup.

MIAMI – Yordano Ventura escaped two threats while pitching six innings, and Kansas City extended its winning streak to nine games. “That’s a good step”. I feel the ball is coming out OK.

Nova (10-6) struck out six, walked one and threw 69 of his 98 pitches for strikes while improving to 3-0 in four starts since being acquired from the New York Yankees in an August 1 trade. That’s a mark only previously reached by the 2012 Boston Red Sox, who won 69 games. Outfielder Andre Ethier (broken right tibia) is doing baseball activities like running and swinging a bat.

The Dodgers activated Rich Hill from the disabled list to make his start on Wednesday against the Giants.

Giants: The Giants purchased the contract of OF Gorkys Hernandez and added him to the 40-man roster. But Hill has been sidelined with blisters on his left hand.

According to oddsmakers from online sports book Bovada.lv, the Dodgers are -140 money line favorites versus the Giants, who have odds of +125 to pull off the upset in L.A. With Johnny Cueto set to oppose Rich Hill in the pitching matchup, the over/under now sits at 7 runs.

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Sabathia (8-10) was 2-6 with a 6.78 ERA in his previous 11 starts. The Giants’ All-Star right-hander earned his first win of the second half in his last start against the Mets on Friday.

Giants' Bumgarner struggles again vs Dodgers in 9-5 loss