San Francisco Giants vs. Washington Nationals

The Bumgarner’s all-around day is detailed in the game story, along with his matching a feat no San Francisco Giants pitcher had since Juan Marichal, who was in the stands Sunday. The Nationals received a scare Tuesday when star right fielder Bryce Harper sat out with a swollen left knee, but he was back in the lineup for Wednesday?s 3-0 loss. It meant little in another discouraging defeat for the Washington Nationals. “And the cool part is that we’re complementing each other”. San Francisco is also considering whether to give struggling RHP Matt Cain a break….

“We got behind the eight-ball and Anderson did a nice job managing the game with a lead and didn’t let us get excited or back into the game”, Price said.

“Our team is really starting to come together, and that’s more than the bullpen”, said right-hander Sergio Romo, one of five relievers who combined to allow one hit over 4 1/3 shutout innings.

The Nationals dropped their sixth straight, losing to World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner and the San Francisco Giants 5-0 on Sunday to complete a four-game sweep and matching Washington’s longest skid of the season.

Right-handed batters represent 78 of the 91 hitters who have faced Bumgarner in his last three starts, but they’re not able to hit him.

He would follow it up later with a shot (the 10th homer of his career) off Casey Janssen over the left field wall in the bottom of the seventh.

In Milwaukee, Ryan Braun hit a grand slam to tie Robin Yount’s franchise home run mark as the Brewers swept the season series from Philadelphia. Blanco drew a walk up next, but Duffy lined out hard to Harper to end the inning.

“It’s the top of my foot actually”.

“The results didn’t show what it was like out there and that’s frustrating”, said Cain, who intended to pitch carefully to Harper but pulled a fastball down the middle. “X-rays were all negative and that’s a plus”.

“That was just very uncharacteristic from what I know of David”, Reds manager Bryan Price said. It was the 2014 Silver Slugger Award winner’s fourth homer of the season and 10th of his career. That would make him available for the final three games of the Giants’ trip at Pittsburgh.

Duffy’s double in the third came shortly after Nationals pitching coach Steve McCatty was ejected.

Tomlinson touched off a six-run third inning as he blazed around the bases with a leadoff triple, and Gonzalez suddenly had trouble throwing a strike as Hector Sanchez and Peavy walked on full-count pitches. After tossing eight scoreless innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers in his last start, the lefty was knocked out in the third for his shortest appearance of the year. They jumped him for three first-inning runs, including a two-run homer by Harper, and six runs overall in five innings on July 4. Giants 3, Nationals 0.

The San Francisco Giants are still striving for October.

Madison Bumgarner won the Silver Slugger Award for pitchers last season on the strength of his home-run hitting. “He’ll be ready for it”.

The win was the third in a row for the Giants over the Nationals, evening the season series 3-3 after Washington had swept a three-game home series in July. 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.