the giants last won the world series in 2014.
when did the giants last win the world series?
2014
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
the series was notable as being the first time since the 1995 inception of the wild card in major league baseball that two wild card teams would vie for the title. it was also the fourth world series played between two teams from california (after , , and , when the giants last went to the world series), and the first such series to not include the oakland athletics. it was also the last series to be played in a full seven games until 2011.
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