KANSAS CITY – It does not count as retribution to beat Madison Bumgarner in April. It counts less when you score once on him in six innings, and only because the left-hander with the lumberjack beard forgot to cover first base.
And maybe the Kansas City Royals didn’t need to hang a loss on a pitcher who bossed them in the 2014 World Series. Putting fingerprints on the flag-studded trophy the following season had a way of cauterizing that wound.
If anyone is wounded now, it is the Giants. Their offense was lifeless in a 2-0 loss at Kauffman Stadium Wednesday night.