Madison Bumgarner(Hickory/South Caldwell HS) versus Phillies tonight

Game 4 of the NLDS tonight with the San Francisco Giants up 2-1 over the Philadelphia Phillies and Madison Bumgarner(7-6), a lefthander from Hickory and South Caldwell High School, gets the call for the Giants….

Bumgarner, 6’4/215 will face the Phillies’ Joe Blanton(9-6)….

Bumgarner pitched at NewBridge Bank Park, here in Greensboro, just two seasons ago when he was with San Francisco’s South Atlantic League entry, the Augusta Greenjackets……

Bumgarner also saw action several summers back, when he was with the Caldwell County Post 89 American Legion team……

Bumgarner on the hill tonight for the Giants and Cody Ross has been hitting the ball like he is holding a hammer for San Fran…Ross was with the Florida Marlins earlier this season and they let him go for nothing in return, back in July, when the Giants picked him up off of waviers….