The Giants beat the Kansas City Royals, 3-2, in Game 7 at Kauffman Stadium and became the first team since the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates to win a Series Game 7 on the road. They also became the second team, after the Boston Red Sox, to win three championships in the 21st century.
Those guys, playing for a franchise that once featured the likes of Christy Mathewson, Mel Ott, Willie Mays and Barry Bonds, included Buster Posey, Pablo Sandoval and, most of all, Madison Bumgarner, a 25-year-old left-hander who wrote his name into World Series lore with a performance for the ages.
He won two games, including a shutout in Game 5, and earned the save Wednesday, pitching five scoreless innings in relief, to be named the most valuable player of the World Series. He allowed two hits and struck out four while throwing 68 pitches on just two days’ rest, having thrown 117 in Game 5.
Madison Bumgarner ended the World Series by throwing six straight high fastballs to Salvador Perez, the majority of which were up around Perez’s eyeballs. It was the perfect matchup for the series to end on: a guy who works his fastball high in the zone better than any pitcher in the league coming right after a hitter who has no qualms about trying to put a chin-high burner into the seats.
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