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DENVER – Bruce Bochy shook his head for a number of reasons when Madison Bumgarner's hand was broken during his last start in the spring. The manager returned to Bumgarner's domination and what this season could be for the Big Fella.
Bochy's vision comes true, not under the wet and changeable spring sky, but in the heat (and sometimes the fog) of June and July
Bumgarner did not win at Coors Field on Monday night . In fact, he and the Giants suffered a 5-2 defeat that had to be frustrating given the nature of Colorado's decisive three-round rally in the seventh inning.
However, another superb effort on the mound provided more evidence than it could have been from Bumgarner
The southpaw extended his 22-run series into four starts before the fateful seventh inning. a game the Giants had led from the first pitch, when Gorkys Hernandez beat Kyle Freeland. Buster Posey hit a RBI double in third
Bumgarner lost his streak and his 2-0 lead amid a hail of scratching, a rookie rookie who could not launch strikes and a Brandon Crawford's throw error A 2-2 draw in the seventh inning of a game that the Giants had led from the first pitch.
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Madison Bumgarner # 40 of the San Francisco Giants takes a moment after letting the Colorado Rockies charge the bases for the seventh inning of a match at Coors Field on July 2, 2018 in Denver, Colorado.
Madison Bumgarner # 40 San Francisco Giants takes a moment after letting the Colorado Rockies charge the bases for the seventh inning of a match at Coors Field on July 2, 2018 in Denver, Colorado.
Photo: Dustin Bradford / Getty Images San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Reyes Moronta, left, covers with throws coach Curt Young as receiver Buster Posey listens after Moronta ran a race on a double play hit by Colorado Rockies' Trevor Story in the Seventh inning of a baseball match on Monday, July 2, 2018, in Denver. lessKyle Freeland # 21 of the Colorado Rockies is congratulated in the dugout after throwing seven innings against the San Francisco Giants in a match at Coors Field on July 2, 2018 in Denver, Colorado.
Kyle Freeland # 21 of the Colorado Rockies is congratulated in the lineup after throwing seven innings against the San Francisco Giants during a match at Coors Field on July 2, 2018 in Denver, Colorado.
Photo: Dustin Bradford / Getty ImagesCharlie Blackmon, 19th of the Colorado Rockies, celebrates the seventh inning of a match against the San Francisco Giants at Coors Field on July 2, 2018 in Denver, Colorado.
Charlie Blackmon # 19 of The Colorado Rockies celebrate a pbad in the seventh inning of a match against the San Francisco Giants at Coors Field on July 2, 2018 in Denver, Colorado.
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Posey Buster # 28 of the San Francisco Giants strikes a third RBI double win over the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on July 2, 2018 in Denver, Colorado.
Posey Buster # 28 San Francisco Giants Strikes Third The RBI doubles against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on July 2, 2018 in Denver, Colorado.
Photo: Dustin Bradford / Getty ImagesMadison Bumgarner # 40 of the San Francisco Giants tackled Colorado Rockies' Trevor Story # 27 in the first inning of a match at Coors Field on July 2, 2018 in Denver, Colorado.
Madison Bumgarner # 40 of The San Francisco Giants tackled No. 27 Trevor Story Colorado Rockies in the first round of a game at Coors Field on July 2, 2018 in Denver, Colorado.
Photo: Dustin Bradford / Getty ImagesThe Giants, Bumgarner lose the lead late in the game and fall to the Rockies
Bumgarner's shot at the end of the game ends after Pat Valaika, DJ LeMahieu and Charlie Blackmon qualify for the seventh. LeMahieu hit a right bloop, Blackmon a dribbler on the infield
Bochy finished Bumgarner's play after 89 shots, a decision likely influenced by the fact that he had not removed Nolan Arenado in four platform appearances. Reyes Moronta will face the biggest baseball killer with the bases loaded and no one will come out.
Moronta walked Arenado over five lengths to halve the Giants' advance. Moronta seemed to avoid disaster, even though the tie-up scored when Trevor Story dug into a double play, and then inducted Ian Desmond a-hopperper for what should have been the third outing.
But Crawford sailed his pitch Blackon scored from third to give the Rockies the lead
Colorado scored twice more than Ty Blach in the eighth to seal it.
Bumgarner did not have an easy time. extending his scoreless series early in the game. The Rockies loaded the bases in the first and third legs. He made a good pitch to escape the old. Left fielder Austin Slater saved his bacon on the latter.
Slater ran and slipped to catch what looked like a Chris Iannetta single. Three points would have scored if Slater had scored what would become the third withdrawal
Slater had already made a much harder decision to steal at least two goals from Noel Cuevas in the second inning
Young legs, right? The Giants did not escape the heat when they left Phoenix. The game temperature was 92 degrees with 11 percent humidity. The altitude was stable at a mile high
The overtaking on home runs under these conditions at Coors would have been anchored to "sweet mother of the creation" if it was not for the moment. confrontation as-against-ace.
Hernandez, who declared himself fit after throwing a foul on his ankle on Sunday, sent Freeland 's outside corner back in the stands for his eleventh home run. [
] 1965-9002] The Giants took a 2-0 lead over a Coors Field double by Posey, a short-stop striker Trevor Story was inches away from the stop but took a long time to reach fielder Charlie Blackmon because of his depth.
The latter, traveling for four lengths of 3-2, had no difficulty in scoring first.
Henry Schulman is a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @hankschulman
