NEW YORK—We were promised a pitching duel, and we sure got one. Both Madison Bumgarner and Noah Syndergaard brought their best stuff to Wednesday night’s National League wild-card game, trading scoreless innings across the night in one of the best combined postseason pitching performances in recent memory. But it was Bumgarner who came out on top with yet another incredible playoff performance, this time shutting out the Mets to lead the Giants to the NLDS with a 3–0 win. Up next for San Francisco: a date with the 103-win Cubs at Wrigley Field.
You Wouldn’t Like Him When He’s Madison
We’ve seen this before from Bumgarner—this exact outcome, in fact.