LHP Madison Bumgarner hopes to continue his mastery of the San Diego Padres at AT&T Park when he pitches the finale of a three-game series Wednesday. Bumgarner has gone 3-0 with a 1.19 ERA and 38 strikeouts in 30 1/3 innings in his last four home starts against the Padres. Bumgarner also will be seeking his 100th win as a Giant.

LHP Madison Bumgarner gave up two two-run homers but left with a 5-4 lead Friday and a chance to win his 100th game with San Francisco before an error by CF Denard Span enabled Arizona to tie the game in the seventh inning. Bumgarner (14-8) struck out nine and walked one. With one more win in the next 248 days, Bumgarner will become the third-youngest Giants pitcher to win 100 games, all with the Giants. Only Hall of Fame RHP Christy Mathewson and LHP Hal Schumacher did it quicker. Bumgarner is 27 years, 39 days off. RHP Juan Marichal was 27 years, 288 days when he won his 100the game in 1965. Bumgarner has given up 23 homers this season, matching his career high set.

CHICAGO -- Madison Bumgarner emerged victorious in a late-season meeting of ace pitchers in a playoff atmosphere Saturday at Wrigley Field.Bumgarner (14-8) struck out 10 and allowed two runs in six innings as the San Francisco Giants held off the Chicago Cubs 3-2.Bumgarner got the better of Jake Arrieta and the Cubs, who own the best record in baseball. The Cubs fell to 50-20 at home and saw their five-game winning streak snapped after they won the first two games of the four-game series against the Giants.Since the All-Star break, the Giants are just 16-29.The Cubs' Anthony Rizzo drew a walk against Will Smith to begin the bottom of the ninth. After closer Santiago Casilla replaced Smith, Dexter Fowler's sacrifice bunt moved Rizzo to second, but Rizzo overran second and was tagged out for a double play.Kris Bryant lined out to conclude the game. Casilla earned his 30th save.Reigning Cy Young Award winner Arrieta (16-6) gave up three runs -- two earned -- and four hits in six innings. He... [More]

LHP Madison Bumgarner (14-8) struck out 10, walked none and allowed two runs and five hits in six innings Saturday in a 3-2 win over the Cubs. The outing marked his fifth double-digit strikeout game of the season and 30th of his career. He earned his first road win since June 30 against Oakland. Bumgarner improved to 8-2 with a 2.25 ERA in 12 career starts against the Cubs.

RHP Madison Bumgarner (13-8, 2.49 ERA) will come in rested for his NL-leading 29th start of the season on Saturday. Bumgarner collected his 13th victory of the season in a seven-inning outing against Atlanta last Sunday and gave up three runs on five hits over seven innings in a 13-4 Giants win. He's second in the NL in ERA (2.49) behind Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks, (2.09) is tops in games started (28), complete games (four) and third in strikeouts (207). His .212 opponents' batting average against in fourth in the league.

LHP Madison Bumgarner benefitted from an 18-hit attack in Sunday's 13-4 win over the Atlanta Braves. The victory ran Bumgarner's record against the Braves to 7-0 in his last eight starts against them. The National League co-leader in home runs by a pitcher did not pad his offensive stats in the game, however, going 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.

LHP Madison Bumgarner will seek to extend his unbeaten streak against the Atlanta Braves to eight starts when he pitches the finale of a three-game series Sunday. Bumgarner began his career 0-3 with a 4.30 ERA against the Braves in his first four starts. But he's gone 6-0 with a 1.75 ERA in his last seven.

LHP Madison Bumgarner (12-8) allowed five runs on nine hits with seven strikeouts and a walk in five innings Tuesday during the Giants' 9-5 loss to the Dodgers. Bumgarner is 0-3 with a 5.40 ERA in his past four starts against the Dodgers. "I don't know, man, sometimes you have to give those guys credit. They get paid to hit just like we get paid to pitch," said Bumgarner, who became just the fifth Giants pitcher to record 200 strikeouts in at least three consecutive seasons. "Sometimes it's just not going to go your way."

LHP Madison Bumgarner will move up in the rotation to pitch the first game of the Giants' important series against the Dodgers on Tuesday.Manager Bruce Bochy decided to skip RHP Matt Cain's turn so that Bumgarner, RHP Johnny Cueto and LHP Matt Moore could face the Dodgers in the three-game series with the National League West lead at stake. Cain landed on the disabled list Thursday. Bumgarner has gone 13-8 with a 2.57 ERA in 24 games, including 23 starts, against the Dodgers.

LHP Madison Bumgarner became just the second pitcher in baseball history to give up a grand slam and hit a home run in the same inning when he accomplished the feat Thursday in the Giants' 10-7 win over the Mets. Bumgarner gave up the slam to Mets OF Justin Ruggiano, just the third he has allowed in his career. Rockies C Jordan Pacheco and Phillies OF Jeff Francoeur hit the others. Bumgarner responded with his third home run, which moved him into a tie with Mets RHP Noah Syndergaard for the major league lead among pitchers. Bumgarner leads all active pitchers with 14 career homers.

LHP Madison Bumgarner will seek to continue his career-long dominance of the New York Mets when he opens a four-game series Thursday night. Bumgarner has never lost to the Mets, going 4-0 in five career starts. The only time he didn't win also was the only time he's faced the Mets in San Francisco, when he allowed two runs in six innings in an eventual 8-7 loss on July 30, 2012. Bumgarner has not allowed a run against the Mets since Sept. 13, 2013, having thrown 15 straight shutout innings against them since then.

LHP Madison Bumgarner won for the first time since July 10 on Saturday night, pitching seven shutout innings in a 6-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Bumgarner had been 0-3 and the Giants 0-5 in his last five starts, during which he three times allowed two or fewer runs. Bumgarner was facing the Orioles for the first time in his career. The only teams he has never pitched against are the Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

LHP Madison Bumgarner will attempt to add to a run of five straight interleague games without a loss when he faces the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night. Bumgarner has gone 1-0 in four interleague starts this season, improving his record against the American League to 8-7 with a 3.68 ERA in 20 career outings. His last interleague loss came more than a year ago -- July 31, 2015 at Texas. Bumgarner has never faced the Orioles.

LHP Madison Bumgarner bounced back from his worst outing of the season, tossing the 14th complete game of his career in a 1-0 loss to the Nationals. He allowed just two hits, but one was a homer by Wilson Ramos, and walked two while striking out seven. He also hit a batter. Bumgarner is winless since the All-Star Break, though he's pitched well in three of his five starts. "All I can do is come out and put us in a good spot and keep us in the game and hope that things go our way," he said.

LHP Madison Bumgarner got a no-decision Tuesday night in Philadelphia after allowing season highs of eight runs (four earned) and 10 hits in five-plus innings. Bumgarner, who struck out four and walked two, surrendered a two-run homer to Aaron Altherr in the first and a three-run shot to Maikel Franco in the second. He departed after issuing a leadoff walk in the sixth. "I wasn't making a whole lot of good pitches," he said. "Had a hard time putting guys away." He allowed eight runs for just the fourth time in his career, and the first time since he yielded a career-high nine on May 17, 2013.

LHP Madison Bumgarner will be in search for his first win since July 10 when he opens a Giants nine-game trip Tuesday in Philadelphia. The Giants have lost each of Bumgarner's last three starts. They haven't lost four consecutive games when he starts since Aug. 7-Sept. 3, 2013, when they lost six in a row. Bumgarner has gone 4-3 with a 3.27 ERA in eight career starts against the Phillies.

LHP Madison Bumgarner saw his string of hard luck in July continue in Wednesday's 2-1 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. The four-time All-Star allowed only one earned run in eight innings, but it was one too many when coupled with an earlier unearned run in the game. Bumgarner has just one win to show for five July starts during which he has allowed only seven earned runs. He nonetheless ran his streak to 28 consecutive home games in which he has gone at least five innings and allowed no more than three earned runs. It's the longest such run by a Giant since 1913.

LHP Madison Bumgarner, who starts Wednesday's finale, will be looking for more run support than the nine runs he's had to work with in his last four starts. The Giants has lost five of Bumgarner's last seven starts even though he's 1-1 with a 1.93 ERA in his last four outings.

LHP Madison Bumgarner makes his first career start at Yankee Stadium against the Yankees in New York on Friday. Bumgarner (10-5, 2.12 ERA) gave up a season-high-tying four earned runs and seven hits -- including two homers -- and a walk with nine strikeouts in six innings his last time out in a loss at San Diego on Friday. He has never faced the Yankees but has gone 8-7 with a 3.75 ERA in 19 career interleague starts.

RHP Madison Bumgarner took the loss Friday night in San Diego. But he worked six innings, meaning he has worked six or more innings in 17 straight starts -- the longest streak of his career and the longest by a Giants starter since Ryan Vogelsong made 22 straight starts of six innings or more over the 2011-2012 seasons. Bumgarner is 6-3 with a 1.75 ERA in 13 starts since May 11.