Phillies get to Madison Bumgarner, win close game

Bumgarner was strong early, but a big seventh inning cost the Giants the game

Madison Bumgarner spent the first six innings of the game being better than the Phillies. He beat them with his fastball, he beat them with his slutter, he beat them with his curveball, and he beat them with his bat. Even without the offense really coming through, his domination was reminiscent of the Warriors during the regular season this year, just clearly outclassing the other guys, who had no business being in the same game as him.

But as the game wore on, just like the Warriors, he started putting himself in holes just to see if he could get out of them. In the top of the fifth, Maikel Franco hit a leadoff…