Madison Bumgarner comes in to pitch the bottom of the fifth inning with the Giants leading the Royals 3-2.
Update: Omar Infante singles to start the inning for the Royals.
Update: Alcides Escobar gets ahead 2-0. He showed bunt on the first two pitches. He lays down a successful sacrifice on the third pitch, advancing Infante to second.
Update: Nori Aoki gets ahead 2-0 as Bumgarner is showing control problems. He lines a 2-1 pitch down the leftfield line, and Juan Perez makes a nice running catch for the second out.
Update: Lorenzo Cain falls behind 0-2, as he chases a high pitch. He strikes out chasing another pitch out of the strike zone. Bumgarner preserves the 3-2 Giants lead.
He’s never pitched on 3 days rest before. Seems risky to me, ’cause Bochy has no idea just how good or bad Bumgarner can be with this amount of rest. Makes me think Bochy has no confidence in the rest of his pitchers.