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Bumgarner, Giants strong-arm Padres

First, Colin Rea bounced a curve in the dirt to Brandon Crawford. Then he missed with two fastballs.

Rea’s fourth attempt to find the plate in a 30-pitch second inning Tuesday night found too much of it.

Way too much of it.

The Giants’ shortstop deposited Rea’s 91 mph fastball onto The Pier in right-center, a 432-foot mistake that was unforgivable given Rea’s adversary: An especially sharp and confrontational Madison Bumgarner, who struck out 11, stared down Wil Myers in a benches-clearing incident and completed a 5-1 win that buried the Padres even deeper in the NL West.