SAN FRANCISCO — On paper it looked like one of the biggest matchups of the season Sunday when the Braves sent Aaron Blair to the mound to face Giants ace Madison Bumgarner in a series finale at sold-out AT&T Park.
The Braves got Blair out of the game after four innings, by which point he already allowed five runs including three home runs. But his early exit and a two-run homer from Freddie Freeman in the sixth inning couldn’t prevent things from getting completely out of hand when the Giants scored eight runs in the seventh inning for a 13-4 rout.