San Francisco Giants ace Madison Bumgarner struggled through his most recent outing seven days ago at San Diego, allowing four runs, including two home runs and suffering the loss. The Giants have lost five consecutive games for only the second time this season and the first since mid-April. Bumgarner has suffered back-to-back losses as recently as late-June, but for the most part he has been a rock San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy has been able to depend on for quality starts and putting his team in position to win.