Led by the beer-chugging, snot-rocket spewing ace of the staff. It is fun to watch these guys. Brandon Crawford comes clutch again, his BA wRISP has been off the charts all year and he continues to come up big to start the playoffs. Brandon Belt and Joe Panik combine with Buster Posey to provide the good-quality, professional hitter type AB's to balance out the free-swingyness of Pablo and Pence. Although Pablo showed remarkable plate discipline for him.
from Yahoo Sports:
The Giants’ key to victory? Madison Bumgarner calling his wild-card shutout - Yahoo Sports:
PITTSBURGH – The San Francisco Giants milled about their clubhouse Wednesday afternoon, engaging in the usual time-killing activities that are part and parcel of a baseball season, when an interloper interrupted. It was Madison Bumgarner, the Giants’ ace and starting pitcher in the National League wild-card game, and he just wanted to tell the clutch of relief pitchers they shouldn’t bother getting loose, because he planned on pitching all nine innings and sending the Giants into the National League Division Series. And that was that.
Bumgarner strolled off, like it was typical for a pitcher to stare at a game of such import with the nonchalance of a nihilist. Because for him, it pretty much is the norm, not arrogance as much as the personification of self-awareness.'via Blog this'
You couldn't ask for anything more. If you told me out lead-off hitter goes oh-for-four I would have said, "We're done", but Panik balances it out with a three for five.
The roller coaster (of ❤) ride continues
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