SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.–Madison Bumgarner gave up six earned runs, plunked a batter in the head and didn’t record an out in the second inning on Sunday against the Cubs.
His day was still more successful than the last time the left-hander took the mound at Scottsdale Stadium.
Thirteen months after a Whit Merrifield line drive busted up Bumgarner’s pitching hand and cost him the first two months of the season, Bumgarner wasn’t exactly fazed by his stat line in Sunday’s game.
“It’s weird to say but I’m not concerned at all,” Bumgarner said. “It’s all about how you feel, how you bounce back after the first inning and getting your work in.