By Jeremy Kahn

It may just be May, but what a difference one month makes when you are the defending World Champions.

Madison Bumgarner pitched six innings, allowing three runs and four hits, as he improves to 5-1 in his last six starts and the San Francisco Giants defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 at Miller Park. Over the last two May’s, Bumgarner is now 9-1.

Bumgarner raised his record to 6-2 on the season, and closer Santiago Casilla picked up his 13th save of the season.

Matt Duffy, Hunter Pence and Brandon Belt each hit home runs, as the Giants have won 10 out of their last 12 games.

It is a totally different story for the Brewers, who have list four in a row and have lost six out of their seven.

Pence got the Giants rolling in the top of the first inning, as he hit a solo home run, Duffy’s came in the top of the fourth inning, just over the outstretched glove of Carlos Gomez in centerfield that lengthened the Giants lead up to 5-0. Belt closed out the scoring in the top of the seventh inning, as he hit a solo home run.

Buster Posey saw his 16-game hitting streak come to an end, as he went 0-for-3 at the plate; however Posey set a career high by reaching base in his 26th consecutive game, when he walked in the top of the fifth inning.