the world series started on august 18, 2018.
the world series started on august 18, 2018.
when does the world series start in 2018?
august 18
on october 11 at turner field, in a 3–2 win over the atlanta braves in the national league division series clinching-game 4, bumgarner made his postseason debut and by pitching six innings advanced the giants to the 2010 nlcs, becoming the youngest pitcher in giants' franchise history to appear in, start, and win a playoff game. on october 20 at at&t park, in a 6–5 win over the philadelphia phillies in game 4 of the national league championship series, bumgarner became the third-youngest pitcher to start an lcs game, according to fox. only bret saberhagen (20 years and 175 days) and fernando valenzuela (20 years, 347 days) were younger. on october 23 at citizens bank park, in a 3–2 win in the nlcs-clinching game 6 over the philadelphia phillies, by pitching two shutout relief innings, bumgarner helped advance the giants to the 2010 world series. on october 31 at globe life park in arlington, in a 4–0 win over the american league champion texas rangers in game 4 of the world series—his world series debut—bumgarner pitched eight shutout innings, while allowing only three hits and one ranger to reach second base, for his first career world series win. bumgarner became the fifth-youngest pitcher to start a world series game, the fourth-youngest to win one, and the youngest to make a start of six scoreless innings or more or the second youngest starter behind jim palmer to throw eight scoreless innings in a world series game. bumgarner and posey were the first rookie battery to start a world series game since spec shea and yogi berra in . this win gave the giants a 3–1 lead in the series, en route to the giants winning the next day for their first world series championship in fifty-six years—since the 1954 world series—and their first title in the 52-year history of the san francisco era.
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smoltz's win in game 5 was the first of only two world series wins he recorded in his hall of fame career. after recording three no decisions in as many starts (games 4 and 7 in 1991 and game 2 in this series), smoltz would go another four years before winning another world series game before winning game 1 of the 1996 world series. his overall record in world series play was 2-2; he lost game 5 in 1996 and game 4 in 1999. smoltz's only other world series start was in the 1995 world series, where he recorded a no decision in game 3 after the braves rallied to force extra innings.
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