It was a gray day
at O.co Colesium as the San Francisco Giants dropped the first game of the
"Bay Bridge" series 4 – 1.
Madison Bumgarner took the loss as he fell to 4 and 3. While for the A's, Dan Straily had a strong
start and he earned to win today.
With a tight
strike zone, Bumgarner could not command his four pitches as he allowed five
walks in six innings of work, but he struck out six. Bumgarner was frustrated with today's home
plate umpire, Mark Carlson and the young lefty's emotion on the mound clearly
showed. He allowed A's clean up hitter,
Josh Donaldson to hit a two run home run to right center in the fourth which
turned out to be the A's first hit of the ball game.
The Giants hitters
simply could not figure out Straily as the top six batters only mustered one
hit, and as a group the team ended up with four hits. Their lone run came in the sixth when Buster
Posey grounded out to short to allow Gregor Blanco to score.
It remained 2 – 1 going
into the seventh, but a two out two RBI double by Yoenis Cespedes gave the A's
with some insurance. Giants reliever,
George Kontos hung a slider to Cespedes and he made the Giants pay by driving
the ball off the wall in right center.
The Giants will
play another game in Oakland before heading to AT&T Park with two against
the A's there. Tomorrow's starters will
feature rookie replacement, Michael Kickham from the Giants and Jarrod Parker
takes the hill for the A's.
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