McCovey Chronicles · Sep 6, 2020
Giants homer off Madison Bumgarner, win 4-3
Cody Glenn-USA TODAY Sports Saturday’s story was always going to be about Madison Bumgarner. Had Bumgarner no-hit the San Francisco Giants, the story would have been about him. Had he been shellacked, and knocked out in the first inning en route to a 30-0 Giants win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, the story would have been about him.
And if he did something in the middle — maybe 3 runs in 4 innings, or 2 runs in 5 innings, or 4 runs in 6 innings — the story was still going to be about him.
You wanted the Giants to win (probably). But win or lose, the story would be about Bumgarner, who was returning to Oracle Park in just his fifth game as a member of a non-Giants team.