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Padres defeat Giants, Bumgarner 5-2
The Sports Xchange
Jul 21, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO -- Hunter Renfroe and Cory Spangenberg hit two-run homers off San Francisco Giants ace Madison Bumgarner on Thursday night, propelling the San Diego Padres to a 5-2 victory in the opener of a four-game series.
Right-hander Jhoulys Chacin prevailed in a duel with Bumgarner for the second time in a week, limiting the Giants to two runs and four hits in six innings to help San Diego snap a three-game losing streak.
The Giants, who have lost 15 of their past 20 matchups with the Padres, had a three-game winning streak end.
Spangenberg broke a 2-2 tie in the seventh inning with a 415-foot shot to right-center field after Erick Aybar reached with a one-out single against Bumgarner. The homer was Spangenberg's eighth of the season.
The hit in the lefty-lefty matchup was the first of Spangenberg's career against Bumgarner after an 0-for-8 drought that had included four strikeouts.
Bumgarner (0-4) was pulled after the homer, having allowed four runs and six hits in 6 1/3 innings. He walked one and struck out five.
He was making his first home start since sustaining a separated shoulder in a dirt bike accident in Colorado in April.
Renfroe's homer, his 17th, came in the second inning in his first at-bat after being reinstated from the disabled list. He missed the Padres' previous seven games with a strained neck.
The rookie has hit two home runs in 10 career at-bats against Bumgarner.
Chacin (9-7) walked one and struck out four. He won for the fourth time in five career decisions at AT&T Park.
Ahead 5-2, the Padres survived a bases-loaded Giants threat in the eighth with left-hander Brad Hand on the mound.
In a battle of All-Stars, Hand got Buster Posey to fly to right field with two outs and the potential tying runs on the bases.
Padres closer Brandon Maurer pitched a two-hit ninth inning for his 20th save, striking out pinch hitter Nick Hundley as the potential tying run to end the game.
Denard Span and Eduardo Nunez had RBI singles in a two-run sixth inning that accounted for all of the Giants' scoring.
Spangenberg and Aybar had two hits apiece for the Padres, whose nine hits included four for extra bases.
Span, Nunez and Gorkys Hernandez collected two hits apiece for the Giants, who lost two of three to the Padres in San Diego last week.
NOTES: The Giants have given LHP Madison Bumgarner a total of seven runs of offensive support in his six starts this season. ... Bumgarner allowed two home runs for a second consecutive game, the first time he has given up multiple homers in back-to-back games. ... With his ninth win, RHP Jhoulys Chacin equaled the total of the Padres' top winner last season, RHP Luis Perdomo. ... Padres RF Hunter Renfroe took the roster spot of CF Manuel Margot, who was placed on the three-day paternity list Thursday.
Jul 21, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO -- Hunter Renfroe and Cory Spangenberg hit two-run homers off San Francisco Giants ace Madison Bumgarner on Thursday night, propelling the San Diego Padres to a 5-2 victory in the opener of a four-game series.
Right-hander Jhoulys Chacin prevailed in a duel with Bumgarner for the second time in a week, limiting the Giants to two runs and four hits in six innings to help San Diego snap a three-game losing streak.
The Giants, who have lost 15 of their past 20 matchups with the Padres, had a three-game winning streak end.
Spangenberg broke a 2-2 tie in the seventh inning with a 415-foot shot to right-center field after Erick Aybar reached with a one-out single against Bumgarner. The homer was Spangenberg's eighth of the season.
The hit in the lefty-lefty matchup was the first of Spangenberg's career against Bumgarner after an 0-for-8 drought that had included four strikeouts.
Bumgarner (0-4) was pulled after the homer, having allowed four runs and six hits in 6 1/3 innings. He walked one and struck out five.
He was making his first home start since sustaining a separated shoulder in a dirt bike accident in Colorado in April.
Renfroe's homer, his 17th, came in the second inning in his first at-bat after being reinstated from the disabled list. He missed the Padres' previous seven games with a strained neck.
The rookie has hit two home runs in 10 career at-bats against Bumgarner.
Chacin (9-7) walked one and struck out four. He won for the fourth time in five career decisions at AT&T Park.
Ahead 5-2, the Padres survived a bases-loaded Giants threat in the eighth with left-hander Brad Hand on the mound.
In a battle of All-Stars, Hand got Buster Posey to fly to right field with two outs and the potential tying runs on the bases.
Padres closer Brandon Maurer pitched a two-hit ninth inning for his 20th save, striking out pinch hitter Nick Hundley as the potential tying run to end the game.
Denard Span and Eduardo Nunez had RBI singles in a two-run sixth inning that accounted for all of the Giants' scoring.
Spangenberg and Aybar had two hits apiece for the Padres, whose nine hits included four for extra bases.
Span, Nunez and Gorkys Hernandez collected two hits apiece for the Giants, who lost two of three to the Padres in San Diego last week.
NOTES: The Giants have given LHP Madison Bumgarner a total of seven runs of offensive support in his six starts this season. ... Bumgarner allowed two home runs for a second consecutive game, the first time he has given up multiple homers in back-to-back games. ... With his ninth win, RHP Jhoulys Chacin equaled the total of the Padres' top winner last season, RHP Luis Perdomo. ... Padres RF Hunter Renfroe took the roster spot of CF Manuel Margot, who was placed on the three-day paternity list Thursday.
