The Giants were able to get on the board in the top of the third, when Aubrey Huff took Tommy Hunter deep to right field for a two-run homer. We're headed to the fifth now, and the score's still 2-0 San Francisco after some good work by Hunter and Madison Bumgarner.
World Series Game 4, Giants Vs. Rangers: Tommy Hunter, Madison Bumgarner Trade Goose Eggs
Bumgarner came out for the bottom of the third looking to provide a shutdown inning, and he was able to do exactly that. He only needed eight pitches as Bengie Molina grounded out, Mitch Moreland struck out, and Elvis Andrus grounded out. That wrapped up the first third of the game.
Hunter returned to the mound and looked better than he had earlier. The Giants were able to hit the ball hard. Juan Uribe hit a hard fly out. Travis Ishikawa hit a hard groundout. Edgar Renteria hit a hard single to left. But Nate Schierholtz flew out to end the inning and keep it scoreless.
Bumgarner came back for the bottom of the fourth, and again kept the Rangers quiet. After Michael Young led off with an infield single to second, Bumgarner nicked a Josh Hamilton comeback with his glove, the ball deflecting to Freddy Sanchez, who tagged Young for the first out. The second out was a four-pitch swinging whiff of Vladimir Guerrero. And the third out came on a terrific throw down to second by Buster Posey to gun down Hamilton, who was attempting to steal. Hamilton got a good jump, but Posey's throw was perfect.
To the fifth we go, and Alexi Ogando is on in relief of Hunter. Hunter's line:
4 innings
5 hits
2 runs
1 walk
1 strikeout
83 pitches (55 strikes)
Hunter only generated two swinging strikes in the start, and has now thrown just 11.1 total innings over three starts in the playoffs.











