Giants vs Pirates; Stewart, Bumgarner Power Giants to 6-0 Victory over Bucs

At 12 o'clock on Tuesday, Chris Stewart was signing autographs for fans.

About eight and a half hours later, he hit his first big league home run.

Stewart hit his first career home run, Madison Bumgarner went seven scoreless innings and the Giants took down the Pirates 6-0.

Aubrey Huff homered and knocked in two runs, while Nate Schierholtz, Cody Ross, and Orlando Cabrera knocked in runs. Sergio Romo continued his 13 inning scoreless streak with a scoreless eighth.

The game was scoreless until the fourth, and the Giants were hitless. Pittsburgh had chances, but Bumgarner's dominating fastball to get ahead in counts and breaking ball to finish off hitters was working.

In the fourth, Jeff Keppinger lead off with a double, which probably would've been a home run in Houston. Pablo Sandoval got him to third with a groundout, and Huff plated Keppinger with an RBI double just over shortstop Ronny Cedeno's head.

Pittsburgh threatened to tie the game in the fifth, as Orlando Cabrera's mistake almost tied the game up. But Pablo Sandoval robbed Andrew McCutchen of a hit with a diving stop, and the jam was escaped.

Then it was Stewart's turn. He hit a slider deep to left field, and it was a no-doubter. After 140 at-bats with Chicago, Texas, the Yanks, San Diego, and the Giants, he had a homer!

Stewart and his teammates enjoyed the moment, Guillermo Mota probably more than anyone, then Stewart went back to catching.

The person he went to the squat for, Madison Bumgarner, was pitching well. Bumgarner struck out ten, and stranded six runners on base.

In the second, runners were on first and second with one out, but Bumgarner struck out Brandon Wood on a high fastball and Ronny Cedeno on a breaking ball.

The eighth inning brought more runs for the Giants, who got a run on a fielder's choice (Nate Scheirholtz), bloop single (Cody Ross), and single (Orlando Cabrera).

Santiago Casilla pitched the ninth, and although he loaded the bases, he got Andrew McCutchen swinging to end the game, and give the Giants their third win in twelve games.

Since Arizona won, the Giants remain a half-game ahead in the NL West. Jeff Karstens pitches tomorrow for Pittsburgh, and Jonathan Sanchez takes the hill for SF.

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