Giants, Mariners Head To Seattle

(AP) -- Felix Hernandez and Madison Bumgarner have been two of baseball's best pitchers over the last half-decade, though Hernandez has hardly looked the part lately.

He'll try to bounce back from an abysmal outing Wednesday night as the Seattle Mariners and San Francisco Giants take their series to Safeco Field.

Bumgarner (7-3, 3.16 ERA) ranks sixth in the majors since 2011 with 67 wins, while Hernandez (9-3, 3.38) is tied for eighth at 63. Both also rank in the top 10 in strikeouts and ERA in that span.

Hernandez hasn't been right lately, though, and is coming off what he called the worst start of his career. He gave up eight runs and two homers while matching a personal worst by only recording one out in Friday's 10-0 loss at Houston.

"Look, he's human," manager Lloyd McClendon said. "He had a tough night."

Hernandez was two starts removed from giving up seven runs over 4 2-3 innings of a 7-2 loss to the New York Yankees. The right-hander has a 4.50 ERA in his last eight while giving up nine home runs in 48 innings, a rate of 1.69 per nine. He's averaged 0.72 for his career.

Bumgarner enters off his first loss in six starts despite a solid outing, limiting Arizona to one run over eight innings in a 1-0 defeat Friday. He walked a season-high three and allowed nine hits, though he retired

nine of the last 10 he faced.

"He's a warrior," manager Bruce Bochy told MLB's official website. "He regrouped, started mixing (pitches) up a little bit more and did a great job, as he normally does."

The left-hander is 5-1 on the road and 15-4 in his last 21 outings away from home.

He held Seattle to one run in eight innings in his only previous matchup, a 2-1 walk-off win for the Mariners on June 17, 2012. Hernandez was on the mound in that one, yielding one run and striking out seven over seven innings.

Hernandez had won

his two previous starts against the Giants in 2006 and 2009, giving up five earned runs in 14 innings.

These clubs split two games

in San Francisco, with the Giants (35-31) snapping a five-game losing streak with Tuesday's 6-2 victory. The six runs were one fewer than they had totaled during the skid. Matt Duffy went 3 for 4 with a homer and three RBIs,

"This is a game we needed just to kind of change momentum of how things have been going," said Casey McGehee, who doubled in two runs as a pinch-hitter. "Definitely a better taste in our mouth getting on the plane this way rather than the alternative."

Seattle (29-36) had five hits, including two by Brad Miller, who drove in both runs. Nelson Cruz was 0 for 4, falling to 3 for his last 22 with six strikeouts.

Robinson Cano has struggled to hit lefties, batting .210, though he has never faced Bumgarner. Kyle Seager is 12 for his last 30 off left-handers with four home runs and two doubles.

San Francisco, which had lost nine straight at home before Tuesday, has been baseball's best road team over the last month, winning 12 of 16. The Mariners have averaged 1.8 runs while dropping eight of nine at home.

Updated June 16, 2015