It’s always worth going over the numbers before a Madison Bumgarner start, so here goes:
He’s 17-3 and three wins from becoming the Giants’ first 20-game winner since Bill Swift and John Burkett in 1993.
He ranks fourth in the league in strikeouts (203), strikeouts per nine innings (9.7) and fewest walks per nine innings (1.5) and sixth in innings (188 2/3).
He’s 11 1/3 innings from reaching 200 for the fifth time, and only one lefty in franchise history reached 200 more. Carl Hubbell threw 200-plus innings 10 times.