These are the San Francisco Giants. This is what they do. You were expecting something else?
The Mets did well just to get this far, into the National League wild-card game — at home, too — with a chance to get back to the World Series. They used Noah Syndergaard, their last ace standing, who did all he could. The Giants’ ace did more. It is what he does.
“He did what everybody expected him to do,” Giants first baseman Brandon Belt said. “It’s almost boring. He needs to do something different next time.”
Bumgarner’s routine October four-hit shutout ended the Mets’ season, 3-0.