Madison Bumgarner has some Mariano Rivera about him. Brilliant from April through September, the Giants ace becomes better in October.
Still, both Jonny Gomes and Justin Ruggiano agreed there will be pitches for the Mets to hit in Wednesday night’s wild-card game and both used the same term, “You can’t miss them,” because of how rare they are.
These would be our expert witnesses, our PHDs in how to cope with Bumgarner. Among players with more than seven plate appearances against the lefty, Gomes has the second-best OPS (1.720) by going 8-for-13 with two homers. Ruggiano (1.