Giants 3, Astros 1: Astros unable to solve Bumgarner

When he struggled on the Giants’ last road trip Chris Heston was unsparing in his self-criticism.

Colby Rasmus and Jed Lowrie hammered solo home runs into McCovey Cove in the 7th and 8th innings to help seal the win for Houston.

“We ran into one of the better pitchers in the bigs”.

The Giants, who snapped a four-game losing streak, added a second run in the sixth inning, making it 3-0, thanks to two misplays by Kazmir.

“Huge lift, ” manager Bruce Bochy said.

Scott Feldman delivered six scoreless innings in route to a 2-0 win for Houston over San Francisco.

The Astros right-hander — winless since May 26 — gave up four hits over six innings, walked one and struck out four while allowing only one runner past second base.

The road has been unkind to the Houston Astros, who have dropped 17 of their last 20 games away from Minute Maid Park.

Eight pitches later, the four-game skid was over as the Giants prevailed 3-1 to stay 2 ½ games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers thanks largely to Bumgarner’s 12-strikeout outing. The rookie has lost consecutive starts for the first time. After Josh Osich walked his only batter, Kontos entered and recorded two outs to strand both inherited runners. Chris Carter drove home Gattis with a single two batters later to put the Astros on the board. The Giants improved to 11-5….

When playing Teams in the National League, the Astros have a 10-2 record SU.

Bumgarner (13-6) outpitched fellow southpaw Scott Kazmir (6-7) in an anticipated interleague matchup of prime lefties for the World Collection MVP’s eighth profession full recreation and second this season.

Astros center fielder Carlos Gomez robs the Giants’ Matt Duffy of an extra-base hit with a spectacular catch in the first inning Tuesday night.

Bumgarner overpowered the Houston Astros to the tune of a complete game, as he let up only one run on five hits while walking none and striking out twelve, in what ended up being a 3-1 victory for the Giants. Before the game, the Giants placed CF Angel Pagan (patella tendinitis in right knee) on the 15-day disabled list and recalled OF Juan Perez from Triple-A Sacramento….

Giants left fielder Nori Aoki told MLB’s official website he is fine after getting hit in the head by a 92 miles per hour pitch Sunday.

Catcher Andrew Susac (thumb) started a rehab assignment Tuesday night with High-A San Jose as their designated hitter and went 1-for-4. The Astros are known for their power, smashing a league-leading 156 home runs.

Could be a quick game with Bumgarner going for the Giants, which means, of course, that the game will last at least 4 hours.