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Bumgarner, Pence help end Mets’ win streak
- Updated: May 1, 2016
NEW YORK — Scuffling throughout the second half of April, and in particular on the road, the Giants made sure not to leave Flushing without a parting gift. Madison Bumgarner outpitched Noah Syndergaard on Sunday, Hunter Pence clubbed a two-run homer and the Giants snapped the Mets’ eight-game winning streak with a 6-1 victory of their own at Citi Field.
Hardly dominant, Bumgarner was plenty good enough against a Mets team resting some of its top left-handed bats on a rainy afternoon. The Giants lefty stranded runners in scoring position in the first, third and sixth innings, freezing pinch-hitter Asdrubal Cabrera with a 91 mph fastball on his final pitch of the day in the sixth.
Syndergaard was unable to navigate trouble with quite the same success. His issues curbing the running game resurfaced via a troika of Giants stolen bases, though the biggest blow against Syndergaard was Pence’s two-run, opposite-field home run in the fourth.
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDGet moving: San Francisco’s three-run outburst in the fourth inning was made possible by putting Buster Posey in motion on a 3-2 pitch to Brandon Belt. Posey pulled in safely at second base, preventing an inning-ending double play and enabling Matt Duffy to score from third. Pence followed with his opposite-field home run to right. The Giants remained …
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