ATLANTA (AP) -- Madison Bumgarner pitched into the eighth inning, Kelby Tomlinson drove in three runs and the San Francisco Giants beat the Atlanta Braves 6-1 on Wednesday night.Matt Duffy added a two-run double and Hunter Pence had an RBI single for San Francisco, which has won 16 of 21.Bumgarner (12-6), last year's World Series MVP and a three-time All-Star, allowed seven hits, one run and struck out nine in 7 1-3 innings. Just two baserunners made it into scoring position against the big left-hander.Williams Perez (4-2) surrendered 10 hits, two walks and six runs in six-plus innings for the Braves, who have lost 11 of 14. 
Bumgarner gave up a leadoff single to Nick Markakis in the first and retired 10 straight before Chris Johnson singled in the fourth.Tomlinson's opposite-field single made it 2-0 in the second, and San Francisco was up 3-0 in the fourth when Ehire Adrianza doubled and scored on Tomlinson's single up the middle.Duffy and Pence drove in their runs in the Giants' three-run seventh.Bumgarner gave up Ryan Lavarnway's RBI double in the seventh and left in the eighth after Eury Perez's infield single.Bumgarner's performance reversed a personal season-long trend on the road. He had gone 6-4 with a 4.50 ERA in 10 starts away from home, a considerable contrast from the 11-4 record and 2.22 ERA he had in 18 road starts last year.Bumgarner threw strikes on 81 of his 116 pitches.KEEP BANGINGThe Giants' offense has had plenty of success on the road, scoring nearly five runs a game to rank second in the majors. ... C Buster Posey went 3 for 5 and is hitting .421 with 34 RBIs in his last 31 games. ... Duffy went 2 for 5 and is batting .383 in his last 21 games. ... Tomlinson, who joined the Giants on Monday after getting his contract purchased from Triple-A Sacramento, has hits in 3 of his first 5 at-bats.
Bumgarner gave up a leadoff single to Nick Markakis in the first and retired 10 straight before Chris Johnson singled in the fourth.Tomlinson's opposite-field single made it 2-0 in the second, and San Francisco was up 3-0 in the fourth when Ehire Adrianza doubled and scored on Tomlinson's single up the middle.Duffy and Pence drove in their runs in the Giants' three-run seventh.Bumgarner gave up Ryan Lavarnway's RBI double in the seventh and left in the eighth after Eury Perez's infield single.Bumgarner's performance reversed a personal season-long trend on the road. He had gone 6-4 with a 4.50 ERA in 10 starts away from home, a considerable contrast from the 11-4 record and 2.22 ERA he had in 18 road starts last year.Bumgarner threw strikes on 81 of his 116 pitches.KEEP BANGINGThe Giants' offense has had plenty of success on the road, scoring nearly five runs a game to rank second in the majors. ... C Buster Posey went 3 for 5 and is hitting .421 with 34 RBIs in his last 31 games. ... Duffy went 2 for 5 and is batting .383 in his last 21 games. ... Tomlinson, who joined the Giants on Monday after getting his contract purchased from Triple-A Sacramento, has hits in 3 of his first 5 at-bats.
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