Friday, February 11, 2011

Keys to The Streak™: Madison

Madison Bumgarner emerged as the secret weapon in the Giants stretch run, making an impact on the club every bit as valuable as fellow rookie Buster Posey. The Bumgarner-Posey battery in Game Four of the World Series (on Hallowe'en) put on a riveting show of baseball excellence, dominating (with a little help from Aubrey Huff, Andres Torres, etc.) a very tough Texas lineup and gave the Giants a commanding 3-1 lead. It will be interesting to see how the Giants handle their young lefty (he'll be 22 in August) and his increased workload in 2011. They seem to have done everything right with Matt Cain, Tim Lincecum, and Jonathan Sanchez, so I'm pretty confident MadBum will be treated right. I'm certainly excited about full seasons from both Bumgarner and Posey.

--M.C.

                                                     
Date    Opp  Rslt  IP H R ER BB SO HR  ERA BF Pit GSc
Sep6    ARI  W2-0 7.1 5 0  0  1  7  0 3.44 28  98  74
Sep11   SDP  L0-1 7.0 3 1  1  0  4  1 3.28 23  79  71
Sep17   MIL  L0-3 5.2 9 2  2  1  5  0 3.27 29  97  47
Sep23   CHC W13-0 7.0 7 0  0  1  9  0 3.06 28 103  71

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 2/11/2011.

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