Giants lose 2-1, concussion symptoms for Belt

Friday night’s game was rolling along with nothing at stake for the Giants and everything at stake for the Diamondbacks, who continue their unexpected run toward a wild-card berth.

The highlights clearly were the at-bats pitting two of the sport’s elite players, Madison Bumgarner and Paul Goldschmidt, and Goldschmidt emerged the victor with three hits and two RBIs in Arizona’s 2-1 victory.

The game came to a screeching halt in the sixth inning when Brandon Belt was beaned by rookie lefty Anthony Banda and immediately collapsed, quieting the crowd of 38,967.

Belt’s first concussion with the Giants came in July 2014 when he was drilled by an errant throw from Marco Scutaro during batting practice.

Last September, Belt was hit on the helmet, a glancing blow, by Cubs reliever Rob Zastryzny, and stayed in the game.

Catcher Buster Posey, who served on the concussion disabled list in April after he was struck in the helmet by a 94 mph fastball from Arizona’s Taijuan Walker, said, It’s always scary, a ball up around the head and the way he went down.

Bumgarner completed seven innings and drilled Jake Lamb an inning after Belt was beaned.

Goldschmidt legged out an infield single in his first at-bat, beating a strong one-hopper by Brandon Crawford in the hole between short and third.

In Goldschmidt’s next at-bat, Bumgarner threw a 1-0 changeup that was smashed to right-center, Goldschmidt galloping for a run-scoring triple.

Next at-bat, Goldschmidt blasted an RBI single off the left-field wall.