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LOS ANGELES -- Once he found the outside corner, everything went smoothly for Madison Bumgarner. Leon Gray Jersey . His only hiccup led to a quick confrontation with Yasiel Puig. Bumgarner pitched eight superb innings and Brandon Crawford hit a two-run homer, leading the San Francisco Giants past the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 Friday night. "I felt better as the game went on," Bumgarner said. "I was making pitches and making adjustments. I was having a hard time getting the outside corner early on, but I got to where I could hit that spot the last two or three innings." San Franciscos 12th victory in 15 games was overshadowed, however, by the broken left thumb first baseman Brandon Belt sustained when he was hit by Paul Maholms first pitch of the second inning. Belt will be sidelined for at least six weeks, according to manager Bruce Bochy. The Giants were leading 3-0 when Puig homered to centre in the sixth, after taking a called third strike his previous time up and stranding Justin Turner at third base. As soon as Puig made contact, he flipped the bat away, walked a few feet toward first base and began a slow trot around the bases. "Honestly, I think Puig overreacted a little bit. I dont know," Dodgers teammate Scott Van Slyke said. "He felt like he had an unfair pitch thrown to him the previous time up, and then he acted like he got him back. But Puigs an emotional guy. Some people just have that fire in them when they play, and it comes out sometimes. I wouldnt necessarily say that its wrong or right. Its just that theres lots of different personalities in the world, and youve just got to learn to deal with them." Bumgarner walked toward the third base line and had a few choice words for Puig as he approached home plate. But the hostilities ended there with some quick action by plate umpire Will Little, who intercepted Bumgarner. "I was just congratulating him," Bumgarner said, tongue in cheek. "That was a really good swing. That was pretty impressive. I dont know why everybody got so mad. It escalated quickly for no reason. "I think he said, Thank you. Im not sure if he did. I dont speak Spanish very well. But its always a passionate series when you play the Dodgers, and its fun. No matter what the records are, either team could be 30 games out and its still going to be a big series just because its the Giants and Dodgers." Hanley Ramirez was the next batter and took a 1-1 pitch for a strike that had manager Don Mattingly chirping from the dugout. Little ejected Mattingly, who came running out to argue. Belt, who leads the Giants with nine homers, ran the bases until the second inning ended but was replaced on defence by Joaquin Arias. "When I looked at it, I said: Its not good. He couldnt move it, and it was just locked," Bochy said. "I had a bad feeling it was broken and that he was going to have to come out of the game. "Its the old bittersweet thing," he added. "It was a great game and a great performance by Bumgarner, so you appreciate that. But at the same time, we lost our first baseman. And thats a blow for us because of the job he does at first base and the fact that he hits in the heart of our order." Bumgarner (4-3) allowed a run and four hits with eight strikeouts en route to his second straight victory after three consecutive losses -- two of them by 2-1 scores against the Dodgers and Colorado. He is 5-1 with a 1.45 ERA in his last six starts at Dodger Stadium, and hasnt allowed more than two earned runs in any of them. "Hes good at missing just high, or just outside, or just inside," Van Slyke said. "Hes really tall and he throws hard. He has an idea of what he wants to do and his ball moves. And hes a competitor, so hes going to be tough for a lot of years." Sergio Romo pitched a perfect ninth for his 12th save in as many attempts. Maholm (1-3) gave up three runs, three hits and four walks in 5 2-3 innings. The left-hander is 0-4 with a 6.66 ERA in his last five starts against the Giants. Maholm got out of a first-inning jam by retiring cleanup hitter Mike Morse on a double-play grounder and matched zeros with Bumgarner until the fifth. Brandon Hicks walked with one out and Crawford drove the next pitch into the right-field pavilion for his fourth homer of the season and first in 117 career at-bats against the Dodgers to that point. Dodgers reliever Brandon League escaped a bases-loaded, none-out jam in the seventh when he fielded Hunter Pences comebacker to start a 1-2-3 double play and then retired Buster Posey on a fly to right. NOTES: Mattinglys ejection was his 13th as a manager and first this season. ... Puig extended his hitting streak to nine games, matching his longest as a rookie last season. ... Turner started at third base because of Juan Uribes sore right hamstring. ... It was the 12th time in the Dodgers last 15 meetings with San Francisco that they have scored fewer than four runs. ... Romos scoreless inning reduced the ERA of the Giants bullpen to a major league-best 1.75. ... Maholm, who has induced a major league-high 192 double-play grounders since the start of the 2006 season, hasnt had more than three strikeouts in any of his six starts this season. Cheap Patriots Jerseys . Off-season additions Jermain Defoe and Michael Bradley did not train with the club today, prompting Nelsen to declare its too early to tell if either will be ready for Saturday. Joe Thuney Jersey . Selected by the Titans in the 2007 NFL Draft, Johnson rejoined the club last season after a five-year stint with Indianapolis. https://www.patriotsjerseysale.com/121p-john-simon-jersey-patriots.html . - Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard has signed with WME-IMG, saying the sports management powerhouse will help maximize the value of my brand.CHICOUTIMI, Que. -- Quinn OBrien scored three times in the third period as the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies beat the host Chicoutimi Sagueneens 7-3 on Friday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Mathieu Lemay scored twice in the final 20 minutes for the Huskies (30-19-5), who outscored Chicoutimi 5-1 in the third period, while Francis Beauvillier and Antoine Waked added single goals. Marcus Power chipped in with three assists. Dominic Beauchemin, Janne Puhakka and Philippe Archambault scored for the Sagueneens (25-30-1), who are on a five-game skid. Rouyn-Norandas Alexandre Belanger made 36 saves for the win. Domenic Graham started in net for Chicoutmi but was pulled after allowing four goals on 21 shots in 48 minutes of action. Julio Billia replaced Graham and stopped 2-of-4 shots in relief. Huskies forward Jack Nevins was ejected after receiving a boarding misconduct. Sagueneens forward Jeremy Carigan was given a game misconduct for checking-to-the-head. Both infractions came at 18:44 of the first period. --- WILDCATS 4 SEA DOGS 1 SAINT JOHN, N.B. -- Christophe Lalonde scored twice as Moncton downed the Sea Dogs for its fourth win in five games. Christopher Caissy had a goal and an assist for the Wildcats (30-25-3) while Will Smith added a shorthanded goal. Samuel Dove-McFalls scored for Saint John (17-35-4), which is on a three-game slide. MMonctons Alex Dubeau made 26 saves for the win as Sebastien Auger turned away 26-of-29 shots for the Sea Dogs. Mohamed Sanu Sr. Jersey. --- DRAKKAR 5 REMPARTS 3 BAIE-COMEAU, Que. -- Jeremy Gregoire scored once and set up two more as the Drakkar beat Quebec. Alexandre Ranger, Gabriel Verpaelst, Charles Hudon and Maxime St-Cyr also connected for Baie-Comeau (37-14-4), which scored four times in the final 20 minutes. Duncan MacIntyre, Mikhail Grigorenko and Olivier Archambault supplied the scoring for the Remparts (32-14-9). Philippe Cadorette made 21 saves for the Drakkar. Quebecs Francois Brassard stopped 38-of-43 shots in a losing cause. --- FOREURS 4 VOLTIGEURS 1 DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. -- Antoine Bibeau stopped 32 shots as Val-dOr defeated the Voltigeurs for its fourth straight victory. Anthony Richard, Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Ryan Graves each had a goal and an assist for the Foreurs (34-18-2) while Anthony Mantha scored once. Drummondville (34-17-2) got its lone goal from Frederick Gaudreau and Nikolas Brouillard was a team-worst minus-4. Louis-Philip Guindon turned aside 21-of-23 shots for the Voltigeurs. --- Due to difficult weather conditions, the QMJHL cancelled two games that will be made up at a later date. The Acadie-Bathurst Titan at Charlottetown is rescheduled for Feb. 17 and the Victoriaville at Rimouski game is set for Mar. 4. ' ' '

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