Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants Box Score on Jul 25, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jul 26, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO -- On a night in which the San Francisco Giants traded third baseman Eduardo Nunez to the Boston Red Sox, they managed to thump the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-3 on Tuesday.

Madison Bumgarner recorded his first win of the season, and Joe Panik highlighted a 14-hit attack with a bases-clearing triple in the Giants' four-run third inning.

Nunez left the game in the fifth inning, headed to the Red Sox for two minor league pitchers. He went 1-for-2 with two RBIs and two runs.

Buster Posey had three hits and scored twice for the Giants, who had given Bumgarner (1-4) a total of 10 runs of offensive support in his previous six starts this season.

The left-hander limited the Pirates to one run and six hits in five innings. He walked one and struck out four.

Bumgarner hadn't won since his final start of the 2016 season against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The victory was the first for a Giants starting pitcher since left-hander Ty Blach beat the Detroit Tigers on July 5.

Right-hander Chris Stratton, called up earlier in the day from Triple-A Sacramento, replaced Bumgarner and pitched the final four innings to record his first save. He allowed two runs on six hits.

The Giants bombed Pirates right-hander Jameson Taillon (6-4) for four-run bursts in the third and fourth innings to take a 10-0 lead.

Denard Span, Brandon Belt, Brandon Crawford and Hunter Pence had two hits apiece for the Giants, who won for just the fifth time in their last 16 games.

Josh Harrison, David Freese, Jose Osuna and Adam Frazier collected two hits each for the Pirates, who had won seven straight at AT&T Park.

The Giants out-hit the Pirates 14-12.

Nunez was seen saying goodbye to teammates in the dugout with San Francisco batting in the fifth inning.

Kelby Tomlinson was sent up as a pinch hitter for Nunez that inning after Nunez contributed a two-run double to the Giants' early onslaught.

Panik's game-breaking triple came after the Giants took a 2-0 lead in the second inning with the help of a throwing error by Pirates first baseman Josh Bell.

Posey's second hit, an RBI double, made it 3-0 and helped set the stage for Panik. The Pirates then elected to intentionally walk Crawford to load the bases, after which Taillon got a second out by getting Hunter Pence to pop up.

Panik then lined a shot to right-center that got between the Pittsburgh outfielders, clearing the bases and making it a four-run inning and 6-0 game.

Nunez's double was the big hit of the Giants' four-run third that increased the lead to 10-0 and ended Taillon's night.

Taillon allowed a career-worst 10 runs (nine earned) and nine hits in three-plus innings. He walked one and struck out one.

NOTES: In exchange for 3B Eduardo Nunez, the Red Sox sent the Giants RHPs Shaun Anderson and Gregory Santos. ... Pirates RHP Jameson Taillon lost for the first time in his career against a National League West team. He had been 2-0 in his previous four starts against the division. ... Before the game, the Giants promoted RHP Chris Stratton from Triple-A and demoted INF/OF Orlando Calixte. ... The game was played on the 61st anniversary of Pirates RF Roberto Clemente's walk-off, inside-the-park grand slam -- the only one in major league history -- against the Chicago Cubs.