He got the response he fully expected.
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“Why are you asking?”
“He’s just a big, strong guy with great stuff”, Bochy said of Bumgarner, who pitched the eighth complete game of his career. “You ride them”.
San Francisco Giants’ Brandon Belt circles the bases after hitting…
The Astros have lost four one-run games during that stretch. “We didn’t get a lot of good swings against him”.
Kazmir, who had allowed just one earned run for a zero. He didn’t walk a batter in the 105-pitch performance. Game Seven of last year’s World Series proved as much. “It’s not all that easy to do”.
Yet any question about whether Bumgarner would return for the ninth inning on Tuesday against the Houston Astros, with a 3-1 lead and a complete game within reach, dissipated as quickly as he gave Bochy that look. The seven consecutive strikeouts matched the San Francisco-era report by Jonathan Sanchez on August Three, 2010, at Colorado, and Corridor of Famer Juan Marichal on September 6, 1964, at Philadelphia. “At no point did I realize he had any kind of streak”, Houston’s Hank Conger said. Winning is the important thing.
Bumgarner posted his 23rd double-digit strikeout game and fourth this season.
It came one pitch after Kazmir buzzed the left-handed hitter with a high-and-tight fastball.
Could be a quick game with Bumgarner going for the Giants, which means, of course, that the game will last at least 4 hours.
“That’s more me”, Belt said of the fact his homers went to center and left fields.
The Giants were swept by the Cubs in a four game series over the weekend in Chicago. Scott Kazmir, recently traded from the Athletics will throw for the Astros.
Second baseman Ehire Adrianza followed with a similar grounder in front of the mound. “It was frustrating”. 231 with two doubles, three runs scored, three RBIs, and four walks. He surrendered a triple to Evan Gattis in the seventh on a ball center fielder Gregor Blanco had in his glove but dropped after crashing into the wall. Chris Carter drove house Gattis with a single two batters later to place the Astros on the board.
Houston Astros’ Jose Altuve hits a single off San Francisco Giants…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times for the Astros. The Giants improved to 11-5…. LHP Fernando Abad also was charged with two errors in a game in 2011…. Giants LF Nori Aoki passed a concussion test Tuesday and was eligible to play, but was nonetheless held out. Catcher Andrew Susac is playing a rehab game with Class A San Jose tonight and could be back sometime on the homestand. They dealt former two-time minor league All-Star RHP Jason Stoffel to the Baltimore Orioles for cash considerations.
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A suddenly home run happy Giants offense averaged a robust 4.8 runs per game on the trip.
