San Francisco Giants World Champions After Game 7 Win Over Royals
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While I’m a Cardinals fan, they were defeated by the Giants in the NLCS, so it was on to Kansas City for the San Francisco team and they certainly won there. The Giants are to be congratulated on a job well done.
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(Newser) Madison Bumgarner pitched five innings of near-perfect relief as the San Francisco Giants held off the Kansas City Royals 3-2 in Game 7 of the World Series for their third championship in five seasons. With both starters chased early, this became a matchup of bullpens. And no one stood taller than the 6-foot-5-inch Bumgarner, who added to his postseason legacy with a third victory this Series. After Gregor Blanco misplayed Alex Gordon’s drive for a single and two-base error, Bumgarner got Salvador Perez to pop foul to third baseman Pablo Sandoval for the final out.
The Giants ended a Series streak that had seen home teams win the last nine Game 7s. San Francisco took this pairing of wild-card teams after earning titles in 2012 and 2010. Pitching on two days’ rest after his shutout in Game 5, Bumgarner entered in the fifth with a 3-2 lead. After giving up a leadoff single to Omar Infante, he shut down the Royals.
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World champions? WORLD champions? As in THE world? really? 😉
Yeah, really. Don’t you know we are the end all and be all of everything everywhere for all time. Get with the program man or I shall have to taunt you.
That was a nail biter in the ninth inning for me. I am just happy it went the way it did, otherwise my smirking grin would be for naught this morning 🙂 Just as a reminder kiddies, never go out on a school night to the civic center in SF then to Ocean beach for fireworks, if you have to be somewhere at 09:45 the next day and you get there only with 15 minutes to spare with bad hair.
Yo Jess I was going nuts in the ninth. I pictured that ball sailing over the backfield fence, two runs scoring, and the Royals winning. Glad it didn’t turn out that way.
I think people in Australia heard me screaming, what the fuck did you just let happen madbum when that ball went out there. My husband and best friend said it was like a banshee calling its mate the scream I let forth. I’m glad I don’t have high blood pressure, or I might have had myself a nice little stroke. Best series I have seen for a long time, right down to the last inning. That, plus I was able to aggravate Mike on a near constant basis throughout the whole playoffs and series.
LOL! Yes you were very aggravating 🙂 🙂