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By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO — Madison Bumgarner looked like his old self with the exception of one bad pitch, but it was the relief pitching of Reyes Moronta and Sam Dyson that was huge.

Moronta relieved Bumgarner with the bases loaded and nobody out in the top of the seventh inning, and he was able to get out of the jam and the San Francisco Giants took game one of the Bay Bridge Series with a 7-1 victory over the Oakland A’s before a sellout crowd of 41,751 at AT&T Park on Friday night.

“Bum threw a great game,” said manager Bruce Bochy.

The two other remaining members of the Giants’ run when they won three World Championships in five years also came up huge when the team needed it the most, as Buster Posey came through the hit of the night and Pablo Sandoval came up with the defensive play of the night.

Posey gave the Giants the lead for good in the bottom of the sixth inning, as he singled off of Edwin Jackson to score Steven Duggar, who led off the inning with a walk off of Jackson.

“Moronta, Pablo and Craw won the game for us,” said Bumgarner.

Duggar broke up Jackson’s no-hit bid, as he doubled to lead-off the bottom of the fourth inning and scored when Jackson balked with Brandon Crawford at the plate.

The rookie ended up going 2-for-4 at the plate with two doubles, a walk and two runs scored on the evening.

Posey also picked up two hits for the Giants, who reached the 50 win on July 13, last season, the Giants did not win their 50th game until August 18.

Bumgarner gave up a lead-off base hit to Marcus Semien in the top of the first inning, and then proceeded to retire the 14 A’s in a row until Chad Pinder tied up the game with his 10th home run of the season with two outs in the top of the fifth inning.

Pinder’s home run off of Bumgarner was the team’s major league leading 83rd home run on the road this season.

The play of the game came in the top of the seventh inning, as with one out and the bases loaded, Jonathan Lucroy hit a liner heading down the left field line; however, Sandoval made a great grab for the second out of the inning.

Bumgarner got into trouble in the top of the seventh inning, as he gave up a single to Stephen Piscotty, and then issued walks to Matt Olson and Matt Chapman and that was the end of the line for Bumgarner on the evening, as Bochy called on Moronta to get the Giants out of the bases loaded, nobody out jam.

Moronta got Pinder to strikeout for the first out of the inning, then Lucroy lined out to Sandoval, who just missed getting Piscotty at third base and Moronta ended the inning, as he got pinch-hitter Nick Martini to ground out to Crawford to end the inning and the threat.

In all, Bumgarner went six innings, allowing just one run on just three hits, walking three and striking out five. Bumgarner evened up his record at 3-3 on the season after his six-inning performance.

The win gave Bumgarner back-to-back wins at home for the first time since August 18, 2016 versus the New York Mets and 10 days later on August 28 against the Atlanta Braves.

On the other side of things, Jackson also went six innings, allowing two runs, scattering four hits, walking three, striking out one and that balk that gave the Giants their first run of the game in the bottom of the fourth inning. With the loss, Jackson lost for the first time as a member of the A’s and is now 1-1 on the season.

Ryan Dull came on to replace Jackson, but after singles to Alen Hanson and Gorkys Hernandez, Chase d’Arnaud walked to load the bases and that was the end of the night for Dull.

Jeremy Bleich then replaced Dull, as he made his Major League debut and Duggar greeted him by smashing a two-run double to the right field wall that scored both Hanson and Hernandez. Bleich then hit Brandon Belt, and his MLB debut was a short one, as he was replaced by former Giants reliever Santiago Casilla.

Andrew McCutchen drove in the fourth run of the inning, as he hit a sacrifice fly to centerfield that scored Duggar easily from third base.

Casilla then uncorked a wild pitch that allowed Belt to go to second base, and Belt then went to third on a Crawford groundout for the second out of the inning. Unfortunately, Casilla was unable to get out of the inning, as Posey picked up his second hit in as many at-bats, as he lined a double down the left field line to score Belt.

Sam Dyson worked the eighth and ninth innings, as he struck out two and the Giants won for the fifth time in their last seven games. They are now 5-3 on this 10-game home stand that will end on Sunday.

NOTES: Jeff Samardzija looks for his second win of the season on Saturday night, as he takes the mounds against his former team. Brett Anderson will head to the mound for the A’s, as he also looks for his second win of the season.

A’s second baseman Jed Lowrie left the game with a left leg contusion after he collided with Piscotty in the bottom of the third inning. Pinder replaced Lowrie at second base, and Khris Davis came into the game in left field. Davis ended up going 0-for-2, and his 14-game hitting streak came to a halt.

UP NEXT: The Giants and A’s will return to the field on Saturday night at 7:05 pm PDT.