Madison Bumgarner turned back the clock on Wednesday, Sept.21, giving up one run on one hit over six innings as the Arizona Diamondbacks finished off a 6–1 victory over the host Los Angeles Dodgers.
In his 40th career start against the Dodgers, Bumgarner earned the win over his longtime National League West nemesis for the first time since 2017, going winless over a stretch of 12 prior starts. He walked one with five strikeouts.
There was little to indicate a dominating outing was ahead, not after Bumgarner (7–15) gave up five runs in seven of his previous nine starts and had a 7.82 ERA during that stretch….