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PHOENIX -- Diamondbacks pitching prospect Yoan Lopez is considering quitting baseball a year after signing for an $8.27 million bonus as a Cuban free agent.Arizona confirmed Saturday night that Lopez, 23, left the Diamondbacks Double-A affiliate in Mobile, Alabama, recently and has yet to return to the team. Diamondbacks general manager Dave Stewart has since spoken to Lopez, and the pitcher agreed to take time to mull his future and not retire from baseball immediately.Lopez, a 6-foot-3, 185-pound right-hander, signed a minor league contract in January of 2015. After going 1-6 with a 4.69 ERA in 10 games with Mobile last season, he entered this season as a top-10 Diamondbacks prospect despite three stints on the disabled list.Lopez is 4-7 with a 5.52 ERA in 14 starts for Mobile this year, with 36 strikeouts and 32 walks. Hes lost four of his last five starts, including his most recent one on June 29.The Arizona Republic first reported Lopezs departure from the Mobile club. 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I got the heaters on the plate and they didnt miss them.Giants manager Bruce Bochy said Cain didnt have his good fastball command.A lot of them came back over the plate, Bochy said. Theyre a good hitting ball club with a lot of power. They took advantage of him. He just didnt have his good command. So that was pretty much the story. He got a lot of balls up.In just his sixth career start, Dylan Bundy relied on mental strength more than physical dominance to pitch the Orioles back into first place in the AL East.Bundy allowed one run and three hits in 5 2/3 innings, Trumbo regained the major league lead with his 33rd home run and Zach Britton notched his 36th save.Orioles manager Buck Showalter said Bundy (6-3) didnt have a good feel for his curveball and it was good seeing him compete and fight through it.Bundy acknowledged he didnt have command of his pitches at points and refused to blame it on a cool night in San Francisco, with the temperature in the 50s.Weather is the easy excuse, but it was just that you cant have your best stuff every time, Bundy said. You just got to focus a little more, get the ball over the plate and let them get themselves out.Trumbos two-run homer in the third inning traveled an estimated 441 feet, landing near the back of the stands in left field. Earlier Friday, Torontos Edwin Encarnacion hit his 32nd home run to tie Trumbo for the MLB lead.Trumbo said he hadnt known that Encarnacion had homered, and said it was way too early to worry about whos leading the majors in homers.The win matters, I dont care about the other stuff, he said.The Orioles win, coupled with the Blue Jays 5-3 home loss to Houston, moved Baltimore back into first place by a half-game over Toronto. The Giants retained their one-game lead in the NL West over the Los Angeles Dodgers, whho lost 5-1 at home to Pittsburgh.ddddddddddddDavis led off the fifth with his 24th homer of the season for the Orioles, who are 4-4 on a 10-game road trip that ends Sunday in San Francisco. Matt Wieters and Adam Jones had RBI in the Orioles two-run second.Denard Span drove in San Franciscos first run with a third-inning double. Brandon Belt added an RBI single in the ninth.Britton, who leads the AL in saves, has not blown a save this season, and hasnt allowed an earned run in his last 40 games.The Giants have lost eight of their last 10 interleague games.TRAINERS ROOMOrioles: Showalter said RHP Darren ODay was sent home to Baltimore for tests after experiencing shoulder discomfort in Thursdays relief appearance at Oakland. ... Showalter said INF Steve Pearce, who has missed four games with an injured flexor tendon in his right arm, should be ready to return Saturday.Giants: Bochy said theres no date set for the return of RHP Cory Gearrin, who has made five relief appearances at Triple-A Sacramento while rehabbing from a right shoulder strain.BRONZED PERRYThe Giants will dedicate a nine-foot bronze statue to Hall of Fame pitcher Gaylord Perry on Saturday before their game against the Orioles. Fellow Giants Hall of Famers Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal and Orlando Cepeda, all of whom already have statues outside AT&T Park, are expected to attend. Perry, 77, talking before Fridays game, as usual refused to say whether he ever doctored the ball during his 22-year MLB career.GIANTS HOMECOMINGThe Giants opened a 10-game homestand after finishing a 4-5 road trip to Philadelphia, Washington and Miami. Bochy said he was looking forward to having 15 of the teams next 18 games in San Francisco. Its important to have a good homestand and get back to who we are, he said. Weve been sputtering since the All-Star break.UP NEXTOrioles: Kevin Gausman (3-9, 4.02 ERA) starts Saturday against the Giants. He is tied for the team lead with quality starts in 60 percent of his 20 outings this season.Giants: Madison Bumgarner (10-7, 2.20) makes his 25th start of 2016 on Saturday. The Giants have lost his last five starts, including a 1-0 complete game defeat at Washington last Sunday. 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