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On the San Francisco Giants podcast with Miguel:

Madison Bumgarner had himself a night pitching against the Arizona Diamondbacks for the San Francisco Giants on Thursday night. Bumgarner loaded the bases twice once in the first inning and in the second inning. Bumgarner worked his way out of it each time and he said during the postgame presser that he had to work twice as hard to work his way out of each of those jams.

Giants manager Bruce Bochy said that Bumgarner did a great job keeping the Diamondbacks at bay with just one run in the ball game and Bumgarner showed his focus, zeroed in, and kept the Diamondbacks from doing any further damage.

The Giants now have lost two key players. Third baseman Pablo Sandoval to a hamstring injury. Sandoval will be lost for the entire 2018 season.

“It’s just that he played there, but the job he did. The guy did everything. This is a tough one to overcome.” said Bochy.

The Giants’ Johnny Cueto, who is undergoing Tommy John surgery this week, is also a loss for the 2018 season.

The Giants, who won their fifth straight game, will go for number six tonight at Chase Field in the second of this four game series . The Giants are just five games out of first place and will start Chris Stratton (8-6). For the Diamondbacks, Patrick Corbin (7-4).

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