Bumgarner allowed two runs on three hits while striking out three over four innings in Tuesday's spring start against the Athletics.

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Aside from the two solo home runs allowed in the fourth inning, Bumgarner was pleased with the effort. "It was really just two pitches that I would like to do over again," the left-hander told Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic. "The rest of them I felt pretty good about. It was nice to get up and down four times and get some at-bats and kind of feel like a regular game." This was Bumgarner's second Cactus League start, sandwiched around a three-inning simulated game. The 31-year-old hurler has a lot to prove this season after a desultory 2020 campaign in which he experienced a drop in velocity and posted a 6.48 ERA (7.17 FIP).