BUMBARNER BEATS ROCKS WITH BAT & ARM
Belts Slam, Wins 7th
DENVER, May 20 (AP) - Madison Bumbgarner belted a grand slam and drove in five
runs while winning his seventh game of the season, leading the San Francisco
Giants to a 9-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. The
grand slam came in the top of the second and is the 18th of the major league
season, but is the first off the bat of the bat of a pitcher. Bumgarner
later doubled in a run to account for the five RBIs. On the mound he held
the Rockies to two runs in six innings while striking out seven, extending his
personal winning streak to six consecutive decisions.
The Giants seized control of the game in the second, culminating with
Bumgarner's long ball. Colorado starter Franklin Morales hit Michael Morse
with a pitch to open the frame, but Hector Sanchez and Brandon Hicks were
retired, leaving Morse on first with two outs. Brandon Crawford rolled a
single up the middle, with Morse stopping at second and Tyler Colvin drew a
walk, filling the bases. Bumgarner worked the count to 3-1, forcing
Morales to throw a fastball and Bumgarner drove it into the left field bleachers
to give San Francisco a 4-0 lead.
The Rockies got a run back in the bottom of the inning when Nolan Arenado
tripled into the right field corner and scored on Wilin Rosario's base hit but
the Giants' upped their lead again in the top of the third. Hunter Pence
led off with a single and Pablo Sandoval doubled him home. Morse flied to
right with Sandoval advancing to third and Sanchez lifted a sacrifice fly to
center, giving the Giants a 6-1 advantage.
San Francisco blew the game open for good in the fifth, again doing all of their
damage with two outs. Sanchez singled and, after Hicks fanned for the
second out, Crawford tripled to the gap in right-center, scoring Sanchez.
Colvin singled to right, scoring Crawford and Bumgarner ripped his second extra
base hit of the game, doubling to left, scoring Colvin to give the Giants a 9-1
lead.
The Rockies scored a run in the sixth when Michael Cuddyer led off with a double
and scored one out later on Carlos Gonzalez's single. They added a
consolation tally in the eighth off reliever Jean Machi when Rosario doubled
home Troy Tulowitzki, who had walked.
5/20/2014, SF14-Col14, Coors Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2014 Giants 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 9 14 1 7 2 2014 Rockies 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 8 0 7 1 Giants AB R H BI AVG Rockies AB R H BI AVG Blanco,G cf 5 0 0 0 .234 Barnes,B rf 4 0 1 0 .177 Pence rf 5 1 4 0 .279 Cuddyer 1b 3 1 1 0 .318 Sandoval 3b 5 1 1 1 .273 Tulowitzki ss 3 1 1 0 .375 Machi p 0 0 0 0 .000 Gonzalez,C lf 4 0 1 1 .220 Huff p 0 0 0 0 .000 Arenado 3b 4 1 1 0 .260 Morse 1b 4 1 1 0 .296 Rosario c 4 0 2 2 .260 Sanchez,H c 4 1 1 1 .153 Stubbs cf 4 0 0 0 .233 Hicks,B 2b 3 0 0 0 .139 LeMahieu 2b 4 0 1 0 .237 Crawford,B ss 5 2 3 1 .224 Morales,F p 1 0 0 0 .111 Colvin lf 3 2 1 1 .364 Masset p 0 0 0 0 .000 Bumgarner p 3 1 2 5 .346 Culberson ph 1 0 0 0 .231 Gutierrez p 0 0 0 0 .000 Kahnle p 0 0 0 0 1.000 Arias ph 1 0 1 0 .210 Blackmon ph 1 0 0 0 .250 38 9 14 9 Logan p 0 0 0 0 .000 Belisle p 0 0 0 0 .000 Dickerson,Co ph 1 0 0 0 .306 34 3 8 3 Giants INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Bumgarner W 7-2 6.0 7 2 2 1 7 102 66 2.85 Gutierrez H 3 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 23 13 3.38 Machi 1.0 1 1 1 1 3 21 13 1.77 Huff 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 9 8 4.86 9.0 8 3 3 3 12 155 100 Rockies INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Morales,F L 2-5 4.2 10 9 9 2 3 103 60 5.81 Masset 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3.00 Kahnle 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 29 19 1.71 Logan 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 17 10 3.29 Belisle 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 16 12 6.75 9.0 14 9 9 3 6 167 102 SF : Arias batted for Gutierrez in the 8th Arias moved to 3b in the 8th Col: Culberson batted for Masset in the 5th Blackmon batted for Kahnle in the 7th Dickerson,Co batted for Belisle in the 9th E-Bumgarner. 2B-Sandoval(11), Morse(13), Bumgarner(3), Cuddyer(6), Rosario(11). 3B-Crawford,B(1), Arenado(1). HR-Bumgarner(1). RBI-Sandoval(19), Sanchez,H(5), Crawford,B(17), Colvin(2), Bumgarner 5(8), Gonzalez,C(24), Rosario 2(13). K-Pence, Morse, Sanchez,H, Hicks,B, Crawford,B, Bumgarner, Barnes,B, Tulowitzki, Gonzalez,C, Arenado, Rosario, Stubbs 3, LeMahieu, Morales,F, Culberson, Blackmon. BB-Hicks,B 2, Colvin, Barnes,B, Cuddyer, Tulowitzki. SF-Sanchez,H. HBP-Morse. HB-Morales,F. WP-Gutierrez, Machi, Logan. GWRBI: Bumgarner Temperature: 70, Sky: cloudy, Wind: in from right at 14 MPH. Attendance: 26,508 Game Time: 3:13