![]() ![]() The production will land Crawford high on MVP ballots, but first he and Posey will lead the Giants into October. "He's good and he's always been good, but he's having a great year this year." RELATED: Late Night LaMonte's parents go crazy for walk-off hit "I tried to make it a good one, but he's good, there's no way around that," Bumgarner said. The blast came on a 3-0 count, but Bumgarner said he wasn't surprised Crawford swung. He hit a solo homer off Bumgarner to tie the game in the fourth. While those two sort of played to a draw, Crawford, another of Bumgarner's close friends, got bragging rights. I just tried to simplify it and see the ball and put a good swing on it." You can kind of get yourself spinning a little bit if you keep going down that path. "Obviously I know what his tendencies are to certain hitters and he knows that as well. "I think when you have as much history with somebody as I do with him you try not to overthink it too much," Posey said. He hit a sacrifice fly in the third and then an RBI double in the fifth. Posey came to the plate in the bottom of the first and grounded out to first. Posey stepped out in front of the plate to let the fans and Bumgarner have their moment. Bumgarner said the two didn't have to say anything to each other, noting that they talk a lot. It was a nightmare top of the first for the Giants, and when Bumgarner walked up, he lightly tapped Posey on the shoulder and got a tap back. He smiled and shook his head when asked about what his old friends have accomplished.īumgarner and Buster /yrgWg8WaqS- Alex Pavlovic October 1, 2021īefore Posey's first at-bat, Bumgarner actually got an at-bat. He's constantly catching up on other teams when he's not at the ballpark, and he admitted Thursday night that he's still watching a lot of Giants games. walked off the Diamondbacks, getting to within one of the franchise record.īumgarner has watched the march from afar all season long. The Giants, an afterthought coming into the season, won their 105th game when LaMonte Wade Jr. Cain played with them all, and he's actually a year younger than Scott Kazmir, who started for the Giants.Ĭain and Bumgarner, visitors for the night, helped lead the Giants to three World Series rings, but they've never seen anything quite like this at Oracle Park. It was Throwback Thursday at Oracle Park, with Bumgarner facing his old friends and Johnny Cueto coming off the IL to make his first career appearance out of the bullpen. The funny thing about it is Cain would have fit right in on the field. It was reserved for Matt Cain, who sat in the owner's box near the Giants dugout in a rare appearance at Oracle Park.Ĭain got a standing ovation from the 27,503 in attendance and finally gave in, rising and waving as the ballpark roared. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only.SAN FRANCISCO - The loudest ovation on a night when Madison Bumgarner faced Buster Posey and Brandon Crawford did not go to a man in a baseball jersey. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. ![]() Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. Some defensive statistics Copyright © Baseball Info Solutions, 2010-2022. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith.įull-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. ![]() Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Logos were compiled by the amazing .Ĭopyright © 2000-2022 Sports Reference LLC. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Madison Bumgarner page at the Bullpen WikiĪll logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC.More Madison Bumgarner Pages at Baseball Reference
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