Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer, Alex Cobb threw six strong innings and the San Francisco Giants spoiled Madison Bumgarner's latest homecoming Monday night with a 6-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the opener of a four-game series.
Bumgarner (6-12), who pitched on three championship teams for the Giants from 2010-14, was making just his third start in San Francisco since leaving the organization as a free agent in December of 2019.
Longoria's homer ended a scoreless deadlock in the last of the fourth. His 10th of the season also scored J.D. Davis, who had doubled.
Acquired in a trade from Tampa Bay in December of 2017, Longoria and Bumgarner were two-year teammates in San Francisco.
The Giants padded their run total against Bumgarner on an RBI single by Austin Slater in the fifth, and a run-scoring double by Thairo Estrada and a two-RBI single by Joey Bart in a three-run sixth.
Bumgarner was pulled in the sixth inning, charged with six runs on eight hits in 5 2/3 innings. He walked two and struck out six.
The 11-year Giant, who had a pair of 18-win seasons for the organization, remains tied with Matt Cain for the most career victories in the 23-year history of Oracle Park with 60.
Christian Walker produced Arizona's only run off Cobb with a solo home run in the sixth, his 28th of the season. According to Statcast, the blast measured 461 feet, his second longest of the season. He had a 467-footer earlier this year.
Cobb (4-6) ended a 12-game winless drought with three walks and five strikeouts in his six innings. He allowed just five hits. The right-hander hadn't won since May 17 at Colorado.
Bart had three hits for the Giants, who won their fourth straight to open a seven-game homestand. Longoria and Davis scored twice apiece, Davis as part of a two-hit night.
Jake McCarthy collected two singles for the Diamondbacks, who were coming off a 2-1 series win at Colorado.
--Field Level Media
Arizona | San Francisco | |
Madison Bumgarner | Player | Alex Cobb |
Loss | W/L | Win |
5.2 | IP | 6.0 |
6 | Strikeouts | 5 |
8 | Hits | 5 |
9.53 | ERA | 1.50 |
Arizona | San Francisco | |
Jake McCarthy | Player | Joey Bart |
2 | Hits | 3 |
0 | RBI | 2 |
0 | HR | 0 |
2 | TB | 4 |
.500 | Avg | .750 |
Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
Arizona | 6 | 1 | 9 | .194 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
San Francisco | 9 | 1 | 16 | .273 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |