By Jeremy Kahn

On a night where Madison Bumgarner pitched eight innings, and Brandon Crawford went deep for the third time on this trip, those things were overshadowed by one pitch.

Brandon Belt was hit by a Paul Maholm pitch in the top of the second inning, and after receiving X-Rays, it was confirmed that Belt suffered a broken left thumb.

Belt could be lost to the team for six weeks due to the injury, and this will be the second time on the disabled list for Belt, who missed time due to a broken arm in 2011.

As for the game, Crawford hit a two-run home run off of Maholm in the top of the fifth inning, as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 at Dodger Stadium.

This was the 12th win in the last 15 games for the Giants, and increase their lead to 2.5 over the Colorado Rockies and 4.5 over the Dodgers.

It was the third home run of the road trip for Crawford, who hit two in Sunday’s win over the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field.

Bumgarner pitched a great game, as he went those eight strong innings, allowing one run on four hits, with eight strikeouts and won for the second consecutive game after losing three in a row.

Over his last six starts at Dodger Stadium, Bumgarner is now 5-2 with a 1.45 earned run average and over that span, Bumgarner has not allowed more than two earned runs in any of those starts.

Joaquin Arias, who replaced Belt at first base, drove in the third and final run of the game for the Giants, as he hit an infield single that scored Hunter Pence.

The lone mistake by Bumgarner came off the bat of Yasiel Puig in the bottom of the sixth inning, but on the home run trot by Puig, there was chirping from both Bumgarner and Puig.

After Puig hit his long home run over the center field wall, he flipped his bat and as he crossed home plate, there were things said between the two.

Luckily for both Buster Posey and home plate umpire Will Little, things did not escalate beyond the yelling between the two.

Sergio Romo pitched a perfect ninth inning to pickup his 12th save in 12 opportunities this season.