they need to win 7 games to win the world series.
they need to win 7 games to win the world series.
how many games do they need to win to win the world series?
7
the twins surprisingly did quite poorly in 1990, finishing last in the al west division with a record of 74–88, 29 games behind the athletics, the eventual world series runner-up. 1991 brought breakout years from newcomers shane mack, scott leius, chili davis, and rookie of the year chuck knoblauch, along with consistently excellent performances from stars hrbek and puckett. the pitching staff excelled as well, with 20-game winner scott erickson, closer rick aguilera, and newly acquired free agent, st. paul native jack morris, having all-star years. the twins defeated the toronto blue jays in five games to win the 1991 alcs and the atlanta braves 4 games to 3 to win the nail-biting 1991 world series, which is considered by many to be the greatest of all time. game 6 is widely considered to be one of the greatest world series games ever played. facing elimination, and with the score tied 3-3 in the bottom of the 11th inning, kirby puckett stepped up to the plate and drove the game-winning home run into the left field seats to force a decisive game 7. the home run was puckett's only walk-off home run of his career. in the final and deciding game, jack morris pitched a 10-inning shutout, viewed by many baseball historians as one of the greatest pitching performances in a 7th game of the world series, to beat the braves 1–0 and bring home the championship to minnesota. 1991 was considered to be the first season that any team that ended in last place the previous year advanced to the world series; both the twins and braves accomplished the unprecedented feat. espn rated the 1991 world series as the best ever played in a 2003 centennial retrospective of the world series. as with the 1987 world series, which the twins also won, all 7 games were won by the home team.
history of the minnesota twins
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.
madison bumgarner