One win away from their third World Series Championship in five years, the Giants head to Kansas City Tuesday to take on the Royals with a three games to two lead. How did they get that lead? Behind yet another dominating performance from their best pitcher who is cementing his place amongst the greats of the game in the postseason.
 

@ESPNStatsInfo

Madison Bumgarner ERA MLB Career Regular season 3.06 Postseason 2.27 World Series 0.29 

Madison Bumgarner career in World Series 31 innings pitched 1 run allowed 12 hits allowed 27 K, 5 BB 

Madison Bumgarner: 1st pitcher to win first 4 World Series starts of career since Lew Burdette (1957-1958 Braves) 

@MLB_PR

Among pitchers w/ at least 25.0 IP in #WorldSeries history, Madison Bumgarner's 0.29 ERA is the best of all-time. 

Bumgarner joins Curt Schilling in 2001 as only pitchers ever w/ at least 7.0 IP in each of six starts in a single #Postseason 

Bumgarner's 47.2 IP are 2nd-most in #Postseason history (Schilling 48.1 in 2001) & most ever for a LHP. #SFGiants #WorldSeries 

Bumgarner's shutout was 16th in #WorldSeries history with no walks allowed, & 1st since #Royals Bret Saberhagen in 1985 Game 7. 

Last P to throw #WorldSeries CG for #SFGiants: Billy Pierce 1962 Game 6. Last SF WS shutout was Jack Sanford in 1962 Game 2. 

@AlexPavlovic 

Bumgarner is the first pitcher in World Series history to pitch a shutout with no walks and at least eight strikeouts. 
 
Can Bumgarner get better? "Yeah," Brandon Belt said. "He can get some postseason hits." 

@CSNBaggs

Giants confirm Brandon Belt's beat-the-shift ploy was the first bunt hit of his career. 

@MLBStatoftheDay

Among players with at least 40 #WorldSeries at-bats, Pablo Sandoval’s .390 batting average is tied for 7th all-time.  

Hunter Pence (@hunterpence) has now reached base safely in 20 of his past 21 #postseason games, dating back to Game 6 of the 2012 #NLCS. 

is the seventh player ever to have at least three multi-hit games in one Fall Classic.

Madison Bumgarner tossed the first #WorldSeries shutout since Josh Beckett in Game 6 of the 2003 Fall Classic. 

Rube Benton was the last @SFGiants pitcher to throw a shutout while allowing no walks in a #WorldSeries game (1917). 

@Aceballstats

All-time #WorldSeries ERA leaders (30+ IP): Madison Bumgarner 0.29, Harry Brecheen 0.83, Babe Ruth 0.87, Sherry Smith 0.89, Sandy Koufax 0.95

GAME 1: Giants win 7-1
GAME 2: Royals win 7-2
GAME 3: Royals win 3-2
GAME 4: Giants win 11-4
GAME 5: Giants win 5-0
GAME 6:
Jake Peavy vs. Yordano Ventura, 5:07 PM PST Tuesday

 


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