And Again, With Emphasis

Madison Bumgarner looked a lot more like Madison Bumgarner today than he did last time. Stop me if you've heard this: Giants starter goes six, gives up one run, Giants hit two homers and win. The Slugging San Franciscans made it a clean sweep in Atlanta behind another fine start and another home run binge. Brandon Crawford not only catches the ball, he also hits it, this time it was two long balls, one a solo shot to preserve the perverse streak of solo shots, and the next one with a man on to, we hope, start a new streak of man-on homers. I mean, I like homers, but I like them even more when there are ducks on the pond. The Giants sweep the Braves on the road and that hasn't happened since Mike Krukow was a player.

Only two teams in baseball have twenty wins--the 20-11 Giants and the 21-11 Milwaukee Brewers. The Colorado Rockies failed to get their twentieth in New York today while the Oakland A's picked up their nineteenth in Boston. Both clubs sit at 19-12. Giants are winning, so far in the young season, in lots of ways. Check out this series: 2-1 Friday, 3-1 Saturday, and 4-1 Sunday.

Bumgarner today:

Vogelsong yesterday:

Lincecum the night before:

Not bad, eh? And the 'pen was also outstanding--today JC Gutierrez got to work the 7th and Jean Machi, Javier Lopez, and Santiago Casilla finished up.

Matt Cain opens the series in Pittsburgh tomorrow at 4:05 pm Pacific.

GO GIANTS!

--M.C.



p.s. Nevermind, Matt Cain goes on the 15-day DL (retro to April 24) and Jake Dunning will get the call-up for the roster spot and Yusmeiro Petit gets the call for the start for Monday. Matty should be back in action this weekend and will likely pitch Sunday (the 11th) in Los Angeles, or the following Monday night at home against the Braves.