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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Madison Bumgarner put together a vintage outing that came at the perfect time and gave a weary bullpen much needed rest.The Giants ace was disappointed he didn’t do more.Bumgarner pitched into the eighth inning and San Francisco beat Colorado 5-2 Saturday Rusney Castillo Jersey , handing the Rockies their eighth straight loss.“Bum knew what we were looking at as far as the bullpen,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “Just gave us a great effort there, he got us where we needed. Let him start the eighth but I wasn’t going to have him go too far there.”After outlasting the Rockies 3-2 in an 18-inning game that took over 5 ½ hours and ended shortly before 1 a.m., the Giants came back about 12 hours later and wrapped up this win in 2 hours, 48 minutes.Bumgarner (1-2) allowed two runs on six hits. He struck out seven, walked one and didn’t permit a runner past first base until the sixth when Garrett Hampson doubled in Charlie Blackmon.The big lefty exited after Chris Iannetta’s leadoff double in the eighth, angrily slapping his glove on his thigh as Bochy came out to replace him.Bumgarner hardly sounded satisfied after eight Giants relievers combined for 14 scoreless innings in Friday’s marathon.“In my mind, eight was the minimum for a day like today,” Bumgarner said. “Obviously close to it, but I have to find a way to get through that part of the lineup right there. I feel like I have to get at least one more right there and save those guys because last night was tough on everybody.”Reyes Moronta followed Bumgarner and struck out the next three. Sam Dyson pitched the ninth for his first save.Recently acquired Kevin Pillar homered for the fourth time in six days for the Giants. Buster Posey got two hits and drove in his first run this season — the star catcher had zero RBIs in 40 at-bats over his first 12 games.Steven Duggar and Gerardo Parra added two hits apiece as San Francisco won its third straight following a 4-9 start.Mark Reynolds homered for the Rockies. Colorado (3-12) is off to its worst start in franchise history.“Something’s got to change,” said Rockies center fielder Ian Desmond after going 0 for 3. “We’ve got a good collection of guys in here. Something’s got to be shaken up. Something’s got to be done differently.”San Francisco made two stellar defensive plays as well.Left fielder Gerardo Parra made a diving catch on Nolan Arenado’s sinking liner in the first. The Giants then turned a 1-3-5 double play in the second inning after Trevor Story singled leading off.Colorado didn’t have much to be excited about at all.The Rockies struck out a franchise-record 24 times in Friday’s loss and fanned 10 times on Saturday. After getting called out on strikes to end the sixth, Arenado immediately began yelling at home plate umpire D.J. Reyburn and slammed his bat to the ground before walking away.Pillar had a sacrifice fly in the third and homered off Kyle Freeland (1-3) in the fifth. Pillar has 12 RBIs since being acquired in a trade from Toronto on April 2.WAKE ME LATERBumgarner wasn’t around to see the end of Friday night’s game. He went home early to rest and woke up in the middle of the night while the game was still going.“I checked my phone in the 16th and tapped my wife and I was like, ‘Hey, they’re still playing,'” Bumgarner said. “Then I got up a little later, 4 o’clock or something. I watched the video how we won and then went back to sleep.”WON’T GO 0-5By taking three straight from the Rockies, the Giants clinched their first series win of the season after dropping the first four.FREELAND’S FINGERFreeland allowed three runs on nine hits and developed a blister on his left middle finger. Manager Bud Black pulled him after five innings in hopes that the left-hander can make his next start.TRAINER’S ROOMGiants: 1B Brandon Belt was scratched from the starting lineup after scoring the winning run Friday night. Belt entered as a defensive replacement in the eighth.UP NEXTColorado RHP German Marquez (1-1, 3.00 ERA) pitches the series finale Sunday looking for his first win in six career starts against San Francisco. LHP Derek Holland (1-1, 3.38) pitches for the Giants.__ This series is like an oasis."This series is like an oasis. As is well known, April’s schedule is stacked with superior teams that would challenge any team Brock Holt Jersey , including the D-backs. This series will be like reaching a refreshing oasis because it is where winning waters are found - a refreshing contrast.In such a short series, the possibility of a thirst-quenching sweep is very real. The D-back players and fans could enjoy a sweep, with benefits that would extend beyond two wins! Visiting the D-backs’ oasis, swimming in the winning waters will be Elvis Andrus (1 home run) , whose walk-up music is a quick paced “Baby-shark, do-doo-do-do-da-doo.”Other baby sharks (baby power-hitters) are: Joey Gallo (4 homers), Asdrubal Cabrera (3 homers),Nomar Mazara (2 homers) who recently experienced Quad muscle tightness, and Ronald Guzman (2 homers) who injured his hamstring on 6 April.Just fishy are Rougned Odor, Hunter Pence, and Shin-Soo Choo without any homers.Nevertheless, the waters are generally safe.The D-backs scored at least 5 runs more often (8 of 10 games vs 4 of 10 games).However, overconfidence is a pitfall to avoid because the teams have similarities: In September 2018, the teams’ win-loss records were nearly identical (8-19 and 9-18).In this season’s opener, the Rangers and the Diamondbacks lost blowout games, with the opposing teams scoring 12 runs each. In this season’s first series, team ERA’s were nearly the same (Ranger 9.33 and D-backs 9.24; ranking 29th and 30th in the Majors at the end of March).What have the Rangers given up on? Their 26 year old stadium. They are building a new stadium adjacent to their old stadium. On 3 April the final piece of a roof truss was installed.That truss spans 630 feet and weighs 2.4 million pounds.Next season, they will start the season in their new stadium. The D-back stadium is four years newer than the Rangers’ old stadium – it will be interesting to see how long the D-backs play in their current stadium.High payrolls. This season’s $118 Million payroll (including pro-rated signing bonuses) for the opening-day 25-man-roster is the lowest of their latest eight seasons (source: Baseball Prospectus, Cot’s baseball contracts).The 2019 payroll appears to be lower than the D-backs if you include Tomas.Starting Pitchers without Major Surgery. Let’s look at their rotation:2019 Rangers RotationPlayerSurgery DateSurgery TypeMissed in MajorsLatest ERAPlayerSurgery DateSurgery TypeMissed in MajorsLatest ERABaseball ReferenceLong Relievers Without Major Surgery.This season, Adrian Sampson showed his value as a long reliever.On 1 April http://www.redsoxproshops.com/authentic-dustin-pedroia-jersey , he entered the game to start the fourth inning.He pitched 6 innings with 1 earned run allowed.He had Tommy John surgery in high school.Three years ago, Adrian Sampson was injured as he warmed up to start a game on June 23, 2016.His injury was a grade 3 strain and required surgery.More than two years later, on 7 September 2018, he returned to pitch in the Majors.Last season in September, Adrian Sampson pitched well enough (2 runs or less in three of four games), but the Rangers lost all four games.This season, with that level of performance, he could be the staff ace.With the injury to Volquez, opportunity knocks!A few former D-backs are now Rangers.Starting pitcher Shelby Miller, Majors. After his Tommy John surgery in 2017, it appears he is fully recovered and he is in the rotation for the Rangers. He has a 1-year $2 Million contract. Catcher Jeff Mathis, Majors.“Jeff Mathis can, uh, frame the hell out of a pitch.” – Grant Brisbee. He has a 2 year, $6.25 Million contract.Relief pitcher Wei-Chieh Huang, minors, 40 man roster. Prior to this season, the highest level he had played was AA. In spring training, his ERA was 14.73 in 3.2 innings. Relief pitcher Zac Curtis David Price Jersey , AAA. In 2016, he pitched for the D-backs (6.75 ERA in 13.1 innings). In 2019 spring training, his ERA was 18.00 in 3 innings. After three seasons with playing time in the Majors, this season he started in AAA.Looking AheadRangers. Don’t ignore the rebuilding Rangers. In 2014, their 67 wins put them in last place. The next season they reached the playoffs. In 2018, their 67 wins again put them in last place. This season, will they repeat that pattern and reach the playoffs? Unlikely, but it is possible. D-backs. Will the D-backs contend for the playoffs? GM Mike Hazen, who hates losing, likely thinks ‘yes’ based on the Goldschmidt trade return, and the absence of any tear-down trade. In January 2019, Torey Lovullo said, “We have capable players who are able to execute and take us where we want to go.”Likely, that destination is the playoffs!At least one Snakepitter (that would include myself), thinks the D-backs will contend for the playoffs. I predicted 89 wins before the season started.Through 7 April, my in-season tracking projection is 89 wins for the D-backs.Runs scored was better than predicted, which was offset by worse runs allowed.Nerd note:My tracking projection used the Baseball Reference Pythagorean formula, with an adjustment to the formula to reduce the impact of blowout games, and with 8 wins added (only during April/May) to compensate for the extraordinary and difficult schedule at the start of the season. Who will pitch in this series?Tuesday. Mike Minor (87 ERA+, 7.7 SO/9 Craig Kimbrel Jersey , 3.1 BB/9) vs Zack Greinke (49 ERA+, 12.1 SO/9, 1.9 BB/9)Mike Minor’s latest start was a 7 inning shutout against the Astros.One sign that he may have pitched well - the Astro’s manager and hitting coach were ejected for debating balls and strikes. Zack Greinke’s latest start was 6 innings with 3 earned runs.One clear sign he pitched well was 10 strikeouts and zero walks!Although he allowed two homers, he hit two homers.How awesome would it be if Zack Greinke hits another homer in this series! Extremely awesome!Wednesday. Edinson Volquez (62 ERA+, 7.0 SO/9, 9.4 BB/9) Lance Lynn (69 ERA, 7.1 SO/9, 0.7 BB/9) vs Robbie Ray (104 ERA+, 10.5 SO/9, 8.7 BB/9)Lance Lynn will start this game.In 2017, he pitched 2 games against the D-backs with an ERA of 3.75.However, his ERA has worsened; it increased from 3.43 to 6.39 between2017 and 2019.Robbie Ray’s second start was 5.1 innings with 2 earned runs.One clear sign he pitched well was through four innings, he allowed only 1 hit, and faced only 13 batters.In the fifth inning, after two deep flyball outs, he walked the next two batters and a run was scored.