Before the World Series, I suggested that Madison Bumgarner might be the key to this World Series.
Giants’ Bumgarner carrying shutout into 7th inning
Of course, that was before the Giants raked Justin Verlander in Game 1; now, that looks like the key. But Bumgarner entered his Game 2 start as San Francisco's biggest question mark, having not really pitched well since late August.
Well, we’re six innings into Game 2, and Bumgarner’s pitching a shutout. He’s already recorded eight strikeouts, which he hadn’t done in a single game since the 20th of August. He did issue his first walk in the sixth, to Austin Jackson ... who, just a couple of pitches earlier, had lined a foul ball a long way into the stands down the left-field line.
That walk came with two outs. Omar Infante was next, and lined Bumgarner's first two pitches ... but foul. Bumgarner's third pitch was a high fastball, and Infante swung through it to become the eighth strikeout victim and end the inning.
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