SF Giants Pitcher Madison Baumgartner Ends Drought by Picking Off Two Baserunners in One Inning

San Francisco has a good pitcher in Madison Baumgartner. He has a 2.63 ERA and has won more than he lost (9-4) so far this season--but there is one thing he has not been able to do this season. In fact, going in to Friday's game against the Reds he had failed the last 49 times.

So when chance arose in the first inning of the game he took advantage of the Reds and made up for lost time (a little) by nabbing two in one inning.

via MLB.com

According to one local writer that covers the Giants he is the first San Francisco pitcher to pull off the feat in 30-years:

Giants say Neftali Feliz in 2011 was last to have two pickoffs in one inning. Bumgarner is first Giant to do it in last 30 years.
— Alex Pavlovic (@AlexPavlovic) June 28, 2014

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