By Jeremy Harness

AP photo: The San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner is congratulated by Gregor Blanco (7) after hitting a two run home run the Atlanta Braves catcher is Tyler Flowers in the background in the fifth inning at Turner Field on Thursday

The Giants got some bad news regarding the condition of Hunter Pence on Thursday, that the strain to his right hamstring is a bit more serious than Pence believed it would end up being.

Manager Bruce Bochy said that he “did a good job on it unfortunately,” and Pence was subsequently placed on the 15-day disabled list, with the injury potentially keeping him out for longer than those two weeks.

However, the actual results of Thursday morning’s MRi were not immediately known at press time.

In the meantime, the Giants moved on without him, calling up Mac Williamson from Triple-A Sacramento to fill his spot. Meanwhile, Jarrett Parker started in his usual position in right field.

On Thursday, they carried on just fine to manage a split in the four-game series at Turner Field, blasting their way to a 6-0 win over the host Atlanta Braves.

Madison Bumgarner made sure the Giants would get this win, going 7 2/3 solid innings and giving up only four hits in the process. He struck out a very-impressive 11 batters and only walked a pair of them.

Bumgarner himself contributed at the plate in a big way, as he is also known to do often. His two-run homer off starter Aaron Blair to give the Giants an early lead, and that kicked off a huge fifth inning that saw them break the game wide open.

Joe Panik as well as Buster Posey soon followed with two-run shots of their own to give the Giants the big lead that allowed Bumgarner to relax and not have to pitch under any duress.

Meanwhile, Brandon belt and Brandon Crawford each had two hits, with Belt improving his batting average to .306.