Kid outshines vet in Giants’ victory over Rockies

DENVER – No win for the ages. Or, for that matter, the aged.

Madison Bumgarner scattered four hits over 7 1-3 innings and took a no-hit bid into the sixth Thursday in the San Francisco Giants’ 4-2 win over the Colorado Rockies.

At 49, Moyer failed in his second attempt to become the oldest pitcher to win a major league game.

Moyer (0-2) surrendered four runs, two of them earned, and eight hits in 5 13 innings. He walked one, struck out three and hit a batter before leaving to a standing ovation in the sixth. Bumgarner (1-1), the Giants’ 22-year-old lefty who wasn’t even born when Colorado’s crafty left-hander made his major league debut in 1986, stifled a Rockies lineup that had produced 17 runs on 22 hits the night before, yielding just four hits over 7 1-3 spectacular innings. He walked two and struck out two.

The age difference between the starting pitchers – 26 years and 256 days – was the largest since Satchel Paige faced Bill Monbouquette in 1965, and the third-largest since 1900, according to STATS LLC. That was Paige’s only start that season, so on Thursday, Moyer became the oldest pitcher to make multiple starts in a season.

Bumgarner looked like a younger version of Moyer, keeping hitters off-balance with a good mix of pitches and superb control that left batters mumbling in frustration on the way back to the dugout.