While Ross struggled, Bumgarner turned in a spectacular pitching performance for the Giants. MadBum struck out Wilson Ramos and after a sacrifice bunt from Ross, the Nats were back to the top of the lineup for Michael Taylor.
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His 2-for-3 outing raised his season average to.245. “He’s so strong and bounces back so well”. They would certainly like to be doing better than they are right now.
Scherzer, who came up with the Arizona Diamondbacks, is not enjoying his tour of the NL West. In three starts this month against Arizona, Colorado and the Giants, he has allowed 12 runs in 14 innings. “What we’re more focused on is there’s a little bit of time left, but time is running out”. I’d be easy to be satisfied with three wins against a good team like that. “I put us in a hole”.
Dodgers 2, Reds 1: Zack Greinke lowered his MLB-best ERA to 1.58 with seven sharp innings and drove in the go-ahead run with his second homer of the season to lead Los Angeles.
The Nationals entered today’s game with the hopes of salvaging a win against the Giants, their longtime tormenters who had pounded them throughout the four-game series.
The Giants’ Justin Maxwell, left, and Ehire Adrianza greet each other after scoring in the second inning against the Nationals on Friday in San Francisco. “You figure this is going to be a close game, facing Strasburg”. “So to play the way we are, that says a lot about the team that we are”. He was good at the plate too. I think that’s the main thing you can point to. “Matty, I thought he had great stuff”. C Andrew Susac (right thumb sprain) went 2 for 4, including a two-run homer, in the same game. 204 since their return, with six homers and 19 RBI in 206 at-bats. This time, though, Bumgarner came back with a fastball slightly elevated but still in the strike zone.
“He’s got that type of swing where he’s gonna be consistent”.
Update IV: Espinosa homered leading off the fifth to cut the Giants’ lead to 6-2. In this series especially, the offense responded. In the end, both offense and pitching were to blame as the Nationals were shutout by Bumgarner and the Giants, who completed the four-game sweep with a 5-0 victory. They scored 18 runs against those starters in 152/3 innings, knocking all but one out before he could finish the fifth. “We have to play better, of course”. With the loss on Thursday the Nats have fallen four and a half games behind the Mets. Buster Posey had two hits and Hunter Pence and Brandon Belt each had hits as the Giants scored three runs on eight hits. Marichal did it so many times. Nationals manager Matt Williams had right-hander Tanner Roark intentionally walked Crawford and Tomlinson foiled the strategy, as the rookie laced a two-run double. The matchups against the Cardinals and Pirates continue a stretch in which the Giants play 26 consecutive games against teams now. “A pitch just got away from him”. “Hopefully we can take that into tomorrow, the next couple of days and keep having fun”. “Everyone asks us, ‘What’s going on?” Bumgarner snagged a line drive back up the middle by Ian Desmond.
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With Madison Bumgarner on tap Sunday, there was an air of formality to the sweep, and the San Francisco ace delivered while extracting a measure of revenge. As reported earlier at the Inquisitr, the Giants may also be in the market to add some talent as they have been linked to Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Chase Utley. Aoki was hit on the helmet by a pitch on Sunday at Wrigley Field.
