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SAN FRANCISCO -- Madison Bumgarner will pitch his All-Star Game two days before his National League teammates Sunday when he leads the San Francisco Giants against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the final game of the traditional first half of the baseball season.Making padding the clubs best-in-baseball win total a higher priority than a chance for the staff ace to pitch in Tuesdays nationally televised exhibition of the stars, Giants manager Bruce Bochy broke the news to Bumgarner on Wednesday.Your priority is here, the veteran manager explained earlier this week. You want these guys to have a chance to pitch in the (All-Star Game). But youre here to win and maybe win a championship.You cant change your rotation around so they can pitch in it.In fact, Bochy has done the opposite. He has fiddled with his rotation this week to push Bumgarner ahead of schedule, assuring he would miss Tuesdays showcase.The Giants took advantage of Thursdays day off to skip right-hander Albert Suarez in the rotation. If Bochy hadnt made the move, Bumgarners next scheduled start wouldnt have been until the Giants first game after the All-Star Game next Friday.That said, the four-day break will allow Bumgarner to pitch both Sunday and next Friday.Bochy followed the same script in 2014, pitching Bumgarner on the Sunday before the All-Star Game and again in the first game after the break. He won both games, 8-4 over the Diamondbacks and 9-1 at Miami.In between, he was ineligible to pitch in the All-Star Game, handing his spot over to teammate Tim Hudson.This time, Bartolo Colon of the New York Mets will take the place of Bumgarner, who will nonetheless suit up for the game and be a part of the pregame introductions.The Giants were in a much tighter battle with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the NL West title in 2014. San Francisco went into the break a half-game up, only to see its rival eventually take the division by six games.Bochy had the last laugh, however. He was able to arrange his rotation so that Bumgarner could start the wild-card playoff game at Pittsburgh, which the Giants won en route to the World Series title. Bumgarner wound up being the Series Most Valuable Player.The Giants (56-33) walked off the field Saturday seven games up on the Dodgers (49-40), who hadnt taken the field for their night game against the San Diego Padres.The Dodgers have won the last three NL West titles.The Diamondbacks (38-51) are 11 games farther back, so far that theyve begun what could be a sell-off before the July 31 trade deadline.Arizona dealt closer Brad Ziegler to the Boston Red Sox during Fridays 6-2 loss to the Giants, accepting two Class A prospects in return.Even though general manager Dave Stewart assured the trade isnt the case of us throwing in the towel, manager Chip Hale admitted he understood the logic.Its just something that has to happen, he said of his last-place club, which also lost to the Giants 4-2 on Saturday. 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BEIJING -- Swimming officials from Australia and China have joined the fray as a feud over doping between swimmers Mack Horton and Sun Yang boils over at the Rio Olympics.The Chinese Swimming Association asked Horton on Monday to apologize for his inappropriate words after he labeled Sun a drug cheat -- a reference to Suns three-month suspension in 2014 over banned heart medication. Australias Olympic Committee shot back in Hortons defense hours later, saying he was speaking his mind in support of clean athletes and wished him luck.We have no intention of making an apology, Kitty Chiller, Australias chef de mission at the Olympics, said in Rio.Horton, 20, took a dig at Sun while the two attended a news conference Saturday after Horton unseated the Chinese defending champion in the 400-meter freestyle. It was the second time in days that Horton had publicly referred to Suns drug suspension as part of what the Australian team acknowledged is a campaign to unsettle the Chinese star.Sun had earlier been accused of splashing water at Horton in an apparent attempt to get his attention, and Horton made his initial drug cheat reference when asked why he had ignored Sun.We would urge athletes to respect their fellow competitors, International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams said Monday.Sun, 24, who won two golds at the 2012 London Games, has a long history of bad behavior and tangling with others. He has been accused of disruptive pool behavior by swimmers -- both men and women -- from several countries. The Chinese team briefly banned him from competing after a raft of disciplinary issues, including crashing a friends Porsche SUV into a bus in 2013 while driving without a license, landing him in jail.Sun has previously said he did not know the medication trimetazidine, which he took for chronic heart palpitations, had been placed on the banned list when he tested positive.The 2-meter (6-foot-6-inch) Chinese star burst into tears Sunday after losing to Hortonn, garnering an outpouring of support from Chinese social media users who pilloried Horton on his Facebook page.dddddddddddd The Australian was accused of snubbing Suns attempt to congratulate him on his win immediately after the race, although the two did briefly shake hands later at the podium.Mack obviously has very strong views about the need for clean sport, as every single one of us does, and he has every right to express his views and his displeasure in that sense, Chiller said.Chinese swim team manager Xu Qi also laid into Horton, saying the Australian had hurt the feelings between Chinese and Australian swimmers and showed a lack of good manners and upbringing, according to the official Xinhua news agency.Sun, who has largely refrained from firing back at his rival and has called for respect for all athletes, appeared to get his swagger back Monday. He told reporters at an Olympic village bus stop that he is the king in the 1,500-meter freestyle event scheduled for Sunday, when he will again compete against Horton. When prodded, he added that he was no friend of Hortons.The spiraling row has generated a shrill response from Chinese media during what has already been a period of elevated tensions after Australia voiced opposition in recent weeks to Chinese claims of maritime territory.On Monday, Xinhua released a slew of gently critical articles on topics ranging from Australian trade policy to Melbournes quality of life. The Global Times tabloid opted for a more blunt approach, referring to Australia in a commentary as a former British offshore prison that is on the fringes of civilization.We dont know if it is Horton who is silly or its the Australian media that is evil, or perhaps Australia just has a different moral standard, the newspaper said. No one should be surprised at uncivilized acts emanating from the country. ' ' '