 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - MaGiants akasvika mupostseason kwenguva yechitatu mubasa raBumgarner, nguva ino sechikwata chemakadhi asina kurongwa. Mumutambo weNL Wild CardKurwisana nePittsburgh Pirates, Bumgarner akarova shutout ina, yake yekutanga basa postseason yakazara-mutambo shutout, ichibvumira maGiants kuti afambire kuNLDS kurwisa Washington Nationals. Anobatana naSandy Koufax kubva ku1965 World Series naJustin Verlander kubva ku2012 ALDS sevamwe chete vanokanda kuti vaise shutout uye varove gumi kana kupfuura vanorova mumutambo unohwina-kutora-zvese. Yakashandiswa muGame 3 yeNLDS, yakasiya matatu maviri akawana mumatanho manomwe asi akarasikirwa mukukundwa kwe4 × 1. Kurasikirwa kwacho kwaive kwega kweGiants mumutambo, sezvo vakakunda maNational muGame 4 kuti vafambire mberi kuNLCS vachipesana neCardinals. Bumgarner akakanda shutout innings mu Game 1 yeNLCS, achiisa Major League postseason rekodhi ine akateedzana postseason isina zvibodzwa innings mumugwagwa, achiputsa rekodhi yemakore makumi mapfumbamwe yakachengetwa nemumwe Giant, Art Nehf. Mumutambo wechishanu, akaganhurira maCardinals kumakundano matatu mumainings masere asi akasiya mutambo wakabatana. Zvisinei, Travis Ishikawa akarova kufamba-kure-kumba mumutambo wepfumbamwe kuti akunde mutambo 6 3 uye akabata Giantsmhirizhonga yemitambo mishanu pamusoro peVatungamiriri. Bumgarner akatumidzwa zita rokuti NLCS MVP. 