Recap: San Francisco vs. Pittsburgh
San Francisco, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Vance Worley tossed the first shutout of his career as the Pittsburgh Pirates took a 5-0 win over the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three-game series.
Worley (4-1) allowed just four hits and a walk while striking out three to finish off the first shutout of his career and second complete game.
Josh Harrison hit a solo homer, while Gaby Sanchez, Neil Walker, Russell Martin and Gregory Polanco all drove in a run for the Pirates, who have won their past two.
Madison Bumgarner (12-8) gave up five runs on six hits over four innings of work for the Giants, who have lost five straight. Pablo Sandoval had two of the four hits.
Pittsburgh did the majority of its damage in the first inning, as the team loaded the bases and got the first run on a Sanchez sacrifice fly. Walker followed with an RBI single, before Martin added a run-scoring single and Polanco followed with a sac fly for a 4-0 lead.
Harrison hit his seventh home run of the season with one out in the second for a 5-0 lead.
Worley was flawless through the first four innings before Sandoval singled to lead off the fifth. Michael Morse, though, hit into a double-play and Tyler Colvin flied out to end the inning.
Gregor Blanco singled to lead off the sixth, but was later caught stealing.
Hunter Pence tripled with two outs in the ninth, but Worley got Joe Panik to ground out to third and end the game.
Game Notes
The New York Yankees got a bigger dose of Yu Darvish this time.
The Colorado Rockies struggles away from Coors Field continued.
Vance Worley tossed a four-hitter for his first career shutout, and the Pittsburgh Pirates pounded Madison Bumgarner early in a 5-0 win over the struggling San Francisco Giants on Monday night.
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