As he has done repeatedly in six Major League seasons, Bumgarner looked dazzling enough Wednesday night at Safeco Field to join the coterie of teammates past and present -- Jonathan Sanchez, Matt Cain, Tim Lincecum and Chris Heston -- to hold the opposition hitless. But a bad-hop single and a questionably played RBI triple helped dash Bumgarner's momentum in San Francisco's 2-0 Interleague loss to the Seattle Mariners.
Complementing a darting fastball that reached 94 mph with an impressive array of curveballs and sliders, Bumgarner retired the first 13 batters he faced.