MadBum locks in for win after early Rox surge

SAN FRANCISCO — Madison Bumgarner found his form after giving up four second-inning runs, and Brandon Crawford’s three-run homer and Matt Duffy’s fifth-inning triple keyed a 6-4 Giants victory at AT&T Park on Friday night.

Crawford’s fourth homer of the season in the bottom of the second killed the Rockies’ momentum after a big inning. Duffy tripled in a run in the fifth and scored on Hunter Pence’s two-out single to give the Giants the lead. Meanwhile, Bumgarner didn’t let a Rockies runner past first base the rest of his outing. He finished with 10 strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings, as his work helped settle the Giants after two straight losses.

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“That was the critical at-bat of the game,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said of Crawford. “That put us right back in it and lifted the club. It changed the momentum of the game.”

The Crawford homer was the sixth of the season off Rockies starter Chad Bettis. Going into Friday, the Major League leaders had given up eight. Bettis yielded five runs and eight hits in six innings.

“That’s unacceptable,” Bettis said. “Having a four-run lead in the second inning against Bumgarner, you can’t just throw it away like that.”

The Rockies fell to 5-3 with two more games vs. the Giants left on their current road trip.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDDuffy seeing triple: Duffy hit third in the batting order for the 10th time this season and delivered just his second RBI from that spot, despite his .333 average. The fifth-inning triple drove in the tying run.

“Yesterday was pretty disappointing, especially when it happens in your division,” Duffy said. “You have to find a way to come back. After that inning we did some decent things and today …

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