Madison Bumgarner sharper as Giants rally to beat Rockies

[...] even after he racked up 10 strikeouts in 71/3 innings in the Giants’ 6-4 victory over Colorado on a chilly Friday night in China Basin, the lefty still insisted that he’s not quite hitting on all cylinders.

Manager Bruce Bochy especially appreciated the way Bumgarner competed after Colorado’s four-run second inning in which poor defense and bad luck played big roles.

[...] baseman Matt Duffy pointed to Bumgarner’s strikeout of Nolan Arenado in the third inning as evidence that the 2014 World Series MVP is back on track.

The lefty has won his past three starts, including a six-inning scoreless stint against the Mets on Sunday.

After the Rockies scored 13 runs in the fifth inning of the series opener, their four-run second inning Friday night seemed like small potatoes.

Joe Panik has made many good throws to shortstop Brandon Crawford as well, but after the second baseman fielded Gerardo Parra’s grounder, his throw was wide and Crawford couldn’t handle it.

A sacrifice fly by Dustin Garneau made it 3-0 and then Parra came home on a squeeze bunt by pitcher Chad Bettis.

In the bottom of the inning, a one-out walk to Belt and a single by Hunter Pence preceded Crawford’s fourth homer of the season.

Denard Span led off the inning with a bunt single, and he motored home on Duffy’s one-out triple to right-center.

With two outs, Hunter Pence’s infield single brought home Duffy and the Giants had their first lead of the evening at 5-4.

Belt made it 6-4 in the seventh with a two-out RBI double to right.