SAN FRANCISCO -- With a five-run lead and Madison Bumgarner on the mound, the San Francisco Giants absolutely expect to win. Pinch-hitter Franmil Reyes connected for a go-ahead, two-run homer in the ...

The scene was familiar to fans of the San Francisco Giants. Madison Bumgarner was on the mound. Behind him, Brandon Belt was at first base, and Brandon Crawford at shortstop. They blew an early lead, ...

SAN FRANCISCO — As San Francisco Giants ace Madison Bumgarner sauntered out to the AT&T Park mound to finish off his Game 5 masterpiece, the public address cued up Cake’s “The Distance.” Ten pitches ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Madison Bumgarner will get to hit for himself -- even in an American League park. San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy says he plans to use his slugging pitcher instead of a designated ...

Just how dramatically have things changed for the Giants? Look no further than the rumors surrounding Madison Bumgarner. Speculation that the left-handed pitcher would be traded ahead of the deadline ...

While San Francisco Giants starter Madison Bumgarner will be on the mound Tuesday to face the Los Angeles Dodgers, his usual foil -- Clayton Kershaw-- is not quite ready to make it a duel of aces.

NEW YORK -- Baseball's regular season is a novel, one that was full of melodramatic twists and turns this season for the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants. When the Mets host the Giants in the ...

Madison Bumgarner didn't show much rust in his return to the San Francisco Giants' rotation Tuesday night. The left-hander, making his season debut, allowed two runs on eight hits in six innings, ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- With every pitch, Madison Bumgarner etched his place among the World Series greats. The long, tall lefty kept slinging away and put the San Francisco Giants just one win from yet ...

The Giants had sent signals that they wanted Madison Bumgarner back, that they hoped to keep one of the greatest players ever to wear the uniform in the orange and black, but in the midst of an ...

On the night of Madison Bumgarner’s possible final home start as a Giant, manager Bruce Bochy said, “I haven’t even thought about it. He’s saying the same thing.” If that’s the case, Bochy and ...

SAN DIEGO Madison Bumgarner stood on the mound and stared. Plate umpire Joe West stared back. Ten seconds. Twenty. In another setting, you’d have holsters and tumbleweeds. Two time zones away, the ...