nine innings are there in the world series.
nine innings are there in the world series.
how many innings are there in the world series?
nine
on october 1 at pnc park, in an 8–0 win over the pittsburgh pirates in the national league wild card game, bumgarner pitched his first career postseason complete-game shutout and first of the 2014 postseason, a four-hit shutout, allowing the giants to advance to the nlds against the washington nationals. he joins sandy koufax from the 1965 world series and justin verlander from the 2012 american league division series as the only postseason pitchers to pitch a shutout and strikeout ten or more batters in a winner-take-all game. on october 11 at busch stadium, in a 3–0 win over the st. louis cardinals in game 1 of the national league championship series, by tossing shutout innings, bumgarner set a new major league postseason record with consecutive postseason scoreless innings on the road, breaking the ninety-year-old record held by fellow giant, art nehf. for his performance, he was named nlcs mvp. on october 21 at kauffman stadium, in a 7–1 win over the american league champion kansas city royals in game 1 of the world series, bumgarner pitched seven innings of one-run ball. his major league postseason record of consecutive scoreless innings on the road ended when he gave up a solo home run to salvador pérez in the seventh inning; it was the first run he had allowed on the road since game 4 of the 2010 nlcs. on october 26 at at&t park, in a 5–0 win over the royals in game 5 of the world series, bumgarner pitched his second career postseason complete-game shutout, another four-hit shutout on the 2014 postseason, becoming the second pitcher in franchise history with two shutouts in a single postseason after christy mathewson's three shutouts in the 1905 world series and the first san francisco giants pitcher to toss a complete-game shutout in a world series game since jack sanford in game 2 of the 1962 world series, according to fox. in addition, according to fox sports, bumgarner is the fourth left-handed pitcher with at least two shutouts in a single postseason, joining whitey ford, sandy koufax, and former teammate randy johnson. he set all-time mlb records for lowest world series era (0.29) among pitchers of at least twenty-five innings pitched and three starts, and was the first pitcher in world series history to pitch a shutout with at least eight strikeouts and no walks. on october 29, in game 7 of the world series against the kansas city royals, on two days rest, bumgarner pitched five scoreless innings in relief, preserving a one run lead as the giants won their third title in five seasons.
madison bumgarner
bullet::::- october 19 – the los angeles dodgers beat the chicago cubs in game 5 of the nlcs at wrigley field, 11–1, heading to the world series for the first time in 29 years. enrique hernández, a valuable and versatile utility man, slugged three home runs, including a grand slam and seven runs batted in. clayton kershaw exhibited his usual dominance, as he held chicago to one run and three hits while striking out five across six innings and 89 pitches before turning over the dodgers' bullpen. los angeles scored their first run early in the game with an rbi-double by cody bellinger off cubs starter josé quintana in the first inning. hernández added other run with a solo homer in the second. the dodgers would chase quintana in the third, when he allowed an rbi-single to justin turner and hernández came up with the bases loaded against reliever héctor rondón, as the puerto rican utility went deep for the second time in as many innings on a grand slam off rondón that gave the dodgers an insurmountable 7–0 lead. logan forsythe hit a two-rbi double in the fourth and hernández belted a two-run home run for good measure. the only run for the cubs came on a solo homer by kris bryant in the fourth inning. hernández, who had seen only five at-bats in the series, became just the 10th player to hit three home runs in a postseason game and the first to drive in many runs in a league championship game. he also was the first to reach both feats in any postseason game. in addition, chris taylor and justin turner were voted co-mvps of the series. the dodgers will meet either the houston astros or new york yankees in the world series, which was slated to start in los angeles on october 24.
2017 in baseball