Bumgarner, after blasting through the Dodgers’ lineup for 7 innings in under 100 pitches, easily seemed physically able to go at least one more inning-and reducing the bullpen responsibility by at least 50% or more. Chase Utley is 10-for-31 with a home run against Cueto, who owns a 4-6 mark and 2.93 ERA in 12 career starts against the Dodgers, including a 1.69 ERA in his last three outings. “It’s been going on for a while, so it doesn’t surprise me anymore”.
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“That’s what we love about our team – we’re never out of games”, Turner said.
And in the past you would’ve thought Bumgarner would’ve fought Bochy if the manager was taking him out of this game one second before Bumgarner thought he should come out.
However, Bumgarner indicated he left the game because it was time to do so. Here, Seager hit a softer ground ball that got past second baseman Joe Panik and moved Toles to third.
And I would assume, again with Bumgarner under 100 pitches and looking great, the incident nearly certainly had to be one of the reasons Bochy took Bumgarner-or Bumgarner asked-out of the game. They’re going to handle it.
The late-game theatrics overshadowed a scintillating matchup between two of the game’s top left-handers, Bumgarner and Kershaw. He struck out 10, walked none and retired his final 10 batters. At the All-Star break they led the NL West by six-and-a-half games and had the best record in the league, even better than the Cubs’.
After the game, Bumgarner didn’t look gimpy or say he was hurt by the jostling in the Puig incident, so let’s assume he was fine.
Nunez’ seven pitch at bat in the in sixth inning likely had an effect on Kershaw getting pulled in the sixth inning, with Dodgers manager Dave Roberts not wanting to take any chances with his ace in his third start after a stint on the 60-day disabled list.
Eduardo Nunez scored in the third on Kershaw’s wild pitch that bounced in front of the plate and over the head of catcher Yasmani Grandal.
And Bumgarner was the most valuable player in the game at that moment, until he was done. Hill suffered his first loss as a Dodger on Thursday against Arizona, allowing four runs on four hits in 5 1/3 innings. The Giants lost for the ninth time when ahead after eight, the highest single-season total in franchise history.
The crowd gasped when Puig flipped over the low wall along the right field side chasing a foul ball by Pence in the seventh.
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“Everyone’s grinding blood, sweat and tears for nine innings”. Dodgers LHP Alex Wood (elbow) will be activated Tuesday and work out of the bullpen.2.
