Thanks to spectacular defense and a gem from Madison Bumgarner, the Giants evened their series with the Dodgers and postponed their date with a 100-win season.
The overwhelming thought from the Giants is that Cueto will opt in for the final four years of the six-year, $130 million contract he signed prior to the 2015 season, but if Cueto does decide to opt out, Tuesday might be the last time he pitches at AT&T Park in a Giants’ uniform.
The 2017 version of the San Francisco Giants have come to be defined by the prodigious quantity of their errors, but on Saturday evening against the Arizona Diamondbacks, starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner made just one critical blunder.
Sunday the balls are flying out at AT&T Park. After taking a 1-0 lead on Buster Posey RBI, Bumgarner gave up back-to-back solo shots in the 4th inning to Paul DeJong and Jose Martinez. He then decided it was time for a little bit of his own long-ball magic.
With Johnny Cueto returning to action on Friday, Giants manager Bruce Bochy announced that the team will be using a six-man rotation. Less than 24 hours later, that plan has already hit its first bump in the road.
The Giants’ lone 2017 All-Star is returning to the starting lineup in the team’s series opener versus the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night at AT&T Park.
Giants ace Madison Bumgarner will miss his scheduled start Thursday night against the Cardinals due to flu-like symptoms the team has announced. Matt Cain will start in his place.
In the top half of the seventh inning on Saturday evening, Giants’ pitcher Madison Bumgarner had a chance to alter the outcome of the game with his bat. It didn’t end well for the Giants.