[新聞] Ross' homer not enough for solid Bumgarner
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Ross' homer not enough for solid Bumgarner
By Adam Berry / MLB.com | 6/4/2011 9:42 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO -- If the Giants offense truly heated up with the warm weather
on their last road trip to St. Louis, as manager Bruce Bochy suggested, then
it should come as no surprise that a rainy Saturday gave way to another
dreary day for the team's bats.
Madison Bumgarner pitched well enough to win had he received the run support
provided the past five games, when the team totaled 32 runs, but all he got
was a Cody Ross solo home run as the Giants lost, 2-1, to the Rockies in AT&T
Park. San Francisco mustered only four hits off Rockies right-hander Jhoulys
Chacin and the Colorado bullpen.
Regardless of the teamwide cold snap that struck Saturday, Ross said he
believes the poor showing wasn't indicative of the way the offense is
trending right now.
"We've got some good hitters up and down the lineup, some guys that have put
up a lot of big numbers in the past and are capable of doing it," Ross said.
"We showed some signs of it in St. Louis and the last few games. Today, not
so much. But I think it's just a matter of time."
One trend continued, however: Bumgarner's hard-luck quality starts. Following
a 20-minute rain delay, the young left-hander was nearly untouchable for much
of the early going, as he and the Giants infield defense kept the Rockies
from getting a baserunner past first base for 4 1/3 innings. But he gave up
singles to Troy Tulowitzki and Ryan Spilborghs in the fifth, and the Giants
infield couldn't pick him up from that point.
Chris Nelson knocked the ball to second baseman Manny Burriss, who made a
tough grab and flipped the fielder's-choice forceout to Brandon Crawford. The
shortstop made the play at second, but his throw to first sailed wide of
Aubrey Huff's outstretched glove, allowing Tulowitzki to score an unearned
run on the rookie's throwing error.
"Looking back at it, I think he'll realize he had a little more time than he
thought," Bochy said. "He rushed it a little bit, but that's going to get
better with experience. He's a good shortstop. He's trying to complete the
double play. He just got in a bit of a rush mode, I thought."
The Giants had a good chance to even the score in the bottom half of the
frame, as Andres Torres slammed a one-out double off the right-field wall.
But caught standing in "no man's land," as Bochy put it, Torres was picked
off at second by Chacin, ending one of San Francisco's few scoring
opportunities.
What few opportunities the Giants had were squandered in much the same way.
Rockies right-hander Jhoulys Chacin was far from dominant, striking out two
while walking three, but he didn't allow San Francisco's batters to come up
with hits in big situations.
"The battler that he is, he had one of those games where the fastball command
was not as sharp as we've seen it be, and yet the capability with the
secondary pitches to make pitches, it was there," Rockies manager Jim Tracy
said. "As a result, he was able to get the outs that he needed."
Colorado added an insurance run in the sixth, as Eric Young Jr. led off with
a single to right field, moved to second on Jonathan Herrera's sacrifice bunt
and scored on Tulowitzki's line-drive single to center field. That was all
Bumgarner allowed, as he left after seven innings with seven hits, two runs
(one earned) and six strikeouts on his record.
The loss dropped Bumgarner's record to 2-7, a bizarre contrast from his eight
straight quality outings and 3.42 ERA. The hard-luck hurler threw a
season-low 83 pitches over seven innings of work and said he felt like he was
pitching well, building off his last few starts and settling into a good
rhythm.
But once again, it wasn't enough. Bumgarner said he isn't frustrated with the
seven losses to his name, mostly because he doesn't even look at his record.
"That's tough, but I just try to ignore it because it's out of my control,"
Bumgarner said. "I can just go out there and try to make pitches and keep us
in the game. Whatever happens in the end, it's out of my control, so I'm just
trying to ignore it."
Ross' solo shot over the left-field wall came in the bottom of the sixth,
giving the left fielder five home runs on the year and a six-game hitting
streak -- on his bobblehead giveaway day, no less -- but that was as hot as
the Giants would get at the plate all day.
"He's swinging well. He's driving the ball for us, which we need," Bochy
said. "We just couldn't do too much there late in the ballgame. Their 'pen
did a great job on us. But it's good to see Cody swinging the bat the way he
is. That's what we've been looking for -- a guy or two to get hot and help us
out."
Adam Berry is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject
to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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