Despite all these incidents, Puig doesn’t know why Bumgarner started it with him last night and also doesn’t know why he hates him so much.
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Bumgarner didn’t comment, but Brandon Belt said the gift was well-received in the San Francisco Giants clubhouse. His final game will be October 2 when the Dodgers play at San Francisco in their regular-season finale.
Two innings after a shoving match broke out when tempers flared between Madison Bumgarner and Yasiel Puig again, the Dodgers’ comeback in the ninth began with pinch-hitter Andrew Toles’ leadoff single. Hill suffered his first loss as a Dodger on Thursday against Arizona, allowing four runs on four hits in 5 1/3 innings. Bumgarner is lined up to pitch against the Dodgers on September 30. The Dodgers now increase their NL West lead to six games and have a magic number of seven to clinch the division title.
In the fourth, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny and a trainer went to the mound to check on Martinez (15-8), and a batboy then came out and gave the pitcher a cup of water. The Giants’ batters thus had three innings to take advantage of the Dodgers’ middle relief. “Don’t [expletive] look at me!” toward Puig as he walked off the field after the seventh inning.
If you think that is a bit harsh, then explain how three separate pitchers surrendering two runs while recording zero outs is in any way a good sign for a team hoping to make the postseason. “Every time I face him it seems like we have those problems”.
Justin Turner singled to right field to tie it. Adrian Gonzalez whaled a double off Hunter Pence’s glove and the wall to win it.
“I threw the ball well, but at the end of the day it was disappointing”, Hill said. LHP Alex Wood (elbow surgery) will be activated Tuesday.
And after a scoreless eighth, the Giants’ bullpen lost the game in the ninth, their 30th blown save of this just-about-blown-season.
Though it might seem the wild card-contending Mets have an easy opponent in last-place Atlanta, they’ve actually got their hands full.
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Cueto was in line to improve to 17-5 after yielding eight hits and two walks while striking out six as San Francisco led 1-0 after six innings.
