The San Francisco Giants are officially 2014 World Series champions after a 3-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals in Game 7 on Friday night.
One of the biggest storylines heading into the game was whether or not Madison Bumgarner would make his way into the game for the Giants on two-days rest.
He did that and then some, throwing five shutout innings to earn the save and cap off one of the greatest postseason runs in baseball history.
His final October line: 7 G, 6 GS, 4-1, SV, 1.03 ERA, 0.65 WHIP, 6 BB, 45 K, 52.2 IP
That earned the 25-year-old National League Championship Series MVP, World Series MVP and his third World Series ring.
Focusing specifically on his Game 7 performance, though, let's take a look at where it ranks among the 10 greatest single-game performances in World Series history.
Overall dominance of the performance, what game of the series it happened in as well as extra circumstances such as the two-days rest Bumgarner was pitching on were all considered when hatching out these rankings.
//from Bleacher Report http://ift.tt/13i62Cc
via IFTTT October 29, 2014 at 10:55PM
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