A Wild One Down on the Farm

The Giants’ AA team, the Connecticut Defenders, won a wild one against the Bowie (MD) BaySox yesterday, 13-12.

This game should be of some interest to Giants fans because Madison Bumgarner had what was likely the worst start of his professional career.  He gave up three runs, all earned, in an inning and two-thirds and was evicted by the umpire for allegedly throwing at a Bowie hitter Daniel Figueroa a couple of batters after giving up a homerun to Steve Torrealba.  However, whether the pitch was intentional is up for debate, since the pitch went past the catcher and allowed the baserunner on first to advance to second.

Another top Giants’ pitching prospect Ben Snyder came in to replace Bumgarner, and he lasted only one batter.  Figueroa hit a lined shot which ricocheted off Snyder’s head and past the Defenders’ 3Bman.  Figueroa ended up on second and was credited with a double, while Snyder left the game and went to the hospital for tests.

Early reports are that all of Snyder’s tests came back negative for serious injury.  However, one has to expect that he will miss some games until he’s really ready to play again.  It’s shame, as he was pitching great (1.98 ERA).

The Defenders came back from a 7-2 deficit and won it in the 11th inning.  The teams combined for 42 hits, 22 by the Defenders, and Bowie made six errors.

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