the last time the giants won the world series was 2011.
the last time the giants won the world series was 2011.
when was the last time the giants won the world series?
2011
in the deciding game of the world series, tim hudson took the mound for the giants setting a new record for the oldest pitcher to start a world series game. jeremy guthrie was the starter for the royals. after being sent down in order in the 1st inning, the giants offense awoke in the 2nd. pablo sandoval started the inning being hit by a pitch, hunter pence and brandon belt followed with base hits to load the sacks with nobody out. michael morse and brandon crawford produced consecutive sacrifice flies to give the giants a 2-0 lead. the advantage was to be short-lived, as hudson gave up a single to billy butler and an rbi double to alex gordon. salvador pérez was drilled by a pitch that forced him to hobble down to first base. mike moustakas hit a fly-ball to left-field, and gordon tagged up to go to third base, allowing omar infante to tie the game with a sacrifice fly. alcides escobar singled, and that was that for hudson as the giants were forced to remove a starter before the end of the 2nd inning for two straight games. jeremy affeldt came into the game and got the giants out of the inning. in the bottom of the 3rd inning, the giants turned a potentially game-changing double play after the leadoff man reached. joe panik dived to snare a ball hit off the bat of eric hosmer, flipped the ball with his glove to crawford who turned the ball over to first base where, after a replay review called for by the giants, hosmer was ruled out having elected to slide head-first. in the top of the 4th, sandoval and pence again reached to start the inning, and morse knocked in the go-ahead run off kelvin herrera. from that point on, the game became all about the pitchers. affeldt pitched the fourth, keyed by another panik-crawford-belt double play, before the giants called upon madison bumgarner to hold the lead. the royals missed two chances with a runner in scoring position in the 5th. bumgarner retired 12 hitters in a row to send the game into the 9th inning with the giants holding a one-run lead. instead of electing to use his closer, manager bruce bochy allowed bumgarner to go out and pitch the 9th. hosmer struck out and butler popped up and the giants were an out away. gordon hit a sinking liner that was misplayed by gregor blanco in center field, and then bobbled by juan pérez and gordon reached third base. with salvador pérez batting, bumgarner induced a pop up that was caught by sandoval and the giants won the world series title. bumgarner's personal performance earned him the world series mvp. incredibly only three days after making 117 pitches in shutting out the royals in game 5, bumgarner pitched 5 innings of scoreless relief making 68 pitches and not walking a batter. he broke the record set by curt schilling for the most innings pitched in a single postseason.
2014 san francisco giants season
rawlings returned to major league action with the boston braves (1917-'20), and later played for the philadelphia phillies (1920-'21), new york giants (1921-'22) and pittsburgh pirates (1923-'26). his most productive season came in 1921 for phillies and giants, when he posted career-numbers in hits (156), runs (60), extrabases (27), rbi (46) and games played (146), while hitting a respectable .278 average. in 1922 he hit .282 in 82 games, good enough to play for john mcgraw's national league pennant winning giants in 1921 and 1922. he hit .333 (10-for-30) with three doubles and four rbi for the 1921 giants world series champions. of particular note was the last play in the series, the last time a best-of-nine game format was used. with the giants winning in the 9th inning and the yankees facing elimination, yankees manager miller huggins sent babe ruth in to pinch hit to lead off the inning. ruth had knee and elbow injuries and had missed games 6 and 7 completely, and hat sat out game 8 thus far. he grounded out to the first baseman unassisted. aaron ward coaxed a walk, and represented the tying run. the next batter was john franklin "home run" baker. after fouling off several pitches, he hit a ball that appeared to have eyes for right field. ward took off on contact. rawlings reached the ball, and after tumbling, threw to first base from his knees to get the out. ward inexplicably continued running, rounded second base, and with his head down, barreled toward third. an astute throw to frank frisch at third base nailed ward for the third out, and the series was won by the giants. six seasons later, the winning pitcher, art nehf, then with the cincinnati reds, would call rawlings snag the best play he had ever seen. in all, johnny rawlings earned three world series rings, though he did not play for the 1922 giants and 1925 pirates series champions. during an early september game at pittsburgh against the st. louis cardinals, rawlings, now playing for the eventual world champion pirates, broke the fibula near the ankle in his left leg, while sliding into second base. the injury would keep him out of the world series, and would cut short his major league playing career the following year.
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