Reyes Moronta saves Bumgarner, Giants with seventh innings escape

SAN FRANCISCO – While he was standing on the mound in seventh inning, the A's already in business, Madison Bumgarner took a look at the surface club. Bumgarner never wants to come out of a game, and there are times in his career when he saw a warmer of relief and boiled a little warmer inside.

On Friday night, Bumgarner took a deep breath. He realized that he had a safety net in Reyes Moronta, a rookie he already trusted. Bumgarner later told reporters that he knew that he did not have to yield to Matt Olson or Matt Chapman, two powerful young batters. He could continue working in the corners instead of potentially allowing a playground to change across the board as his energy began to fade. Bumgarner walked both Matts. Moronta is busy with the rest.

The 25-year-old right-handed came out from a loaded base, without any scrambling with the Giants who held a lead of one point in the seventh end. They came across a 7-1 win over A.

"It's an incredible job out there," said Bumgarner. "It's a tough place to put somebody in. I mean … it did as good a job as you could do in this situation. It's a great speed changer." It was the game for us. "

Moronta was brought into a nasty jam after Bumgarner's high command disappeared. Stephen Piscotty took the lead of the seventh with a single and Bumgarner walked on Olson and Chapman before Bruce Bochy came out with the hook. It was an easy decision for several reasons, including the hitter on the bridge. Chad Pinder dominated Bumgarner in the fifth inning.

Moronta went 2-2 on Pinder and then buried him with an 82 mph slider in the area.

"I've been working on this (slider) all winter," Moronta said through the interpreter Erwin Higueros. "I thought it was a lot, I saw that it worked, so I kept throwing it."

The next hitter, Jonathan Lucroy, gently hit a third, and during a fraction of a second it appeared that Moronta was out of the sleeve. . Pablo Sandoval made a dive stop and bounced back to third place. Piscotty had broken for the house and immediately broke back. The two arranged at the same time, Piscotty returning a few inches when Sandoval's glove got stuck in the ground. The room was so close that the Giants stopped to see if they should see her again.

Moronta simply bounced back to get the hitter Nick Martini. The southpaw got a fast 97 mph on the hands on a 2-0 account and failed safely in the short. Moronta pumped his fist and then bounced on the canoe, where Bumgarner was waiting with a hug.

Moronta lowered his ERA to 1.76. He has not allowed a shot in his last 12 appearances.

"It's huge for us, you have a weapon like that," Bochy said. "This sixth inning, this seventh, too, looks like big sleeves when you need a guy to bail you out, you have a guy who throws 98 with a good ball that has saved us so many times since that." He's here. "