KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Giants have Madison Bumgarner to thank for their third World Series title in five years and being identified as baseball's latest dynasty.
With a pair of Series victories and working on two days' rest, the lefty entered Wednesday night's Game 7 against the Royals at Kauffman Stadium to start the fifth inning holding a one-run lead.
The skinny advantage was enough for Bumgarner to protect as the Giants beat the Royals, 3-2, in front of 40,535 fans at Kauffman Stadium who waited since 1985 for their beloved team to reach another World Series.
In a Series that had just one close game in the first six, Game 7 was a classic with each manager removing his starter early to make sure the game didn't get away from them.
That might have happened if Bumgarner showed he was not only the best starter in the Series but a very qualified reliever and a deserving MVP.
Pablo Sandoval throws up his arms after catching the final out to seal the Giants' title.Photo: AP
After giving up a leadoff single to Omar Infante in the fifth, Bumgarner retired the next 14 Royals before a single and fielding error by center fielder Gregor Blanco allowed Alex Gordon to reach third with two outs in the ninth.
Blanco let Gordon's single to get by him and roll all the way to the wall. Bumgarner responded by getting Salvador Perez on a foul pop to Pablo Sandoval to seal the victory and start a celebration as the crowd watched in silence.
Sacrifice flies by Michael Morse and Brandon Crawford in the second inning staked Giants starter Tim Hudson to a 2-0 lead, but the Royals tied the score in the home half when Giants manager Bruce Bochy replaced Hudson with Jeremy Affeldt.
The move was a good one. Affeldt provided 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief and was in the game when Morse drove home Sandoval with a run in the fourth that put the Giants ahead 3-2.
"He is available, he's set to go, he feels great,'' Bochy said before Game 7 of Bumgarner, who threw a complete-game shutout Sunday in Game 5. "I don't how much we will use him. I think we have to read him and see how he is doing out there. But he should be good for 50 to 60 pitches at least.''
Bumgarner needed 15 pitches to get through the fifth when Infante, the No. 9 batter, opened with a single, was bunted to second but never got further. Eleven pitches was all he needed for a perfect sixth and he required 10 to get three outs in the seventh. Then it was 16 pitches for three straight outs in the eighth.
When Bumgarner started the ninth he was at 52 pitches and there was no action in the Giants' bullpen.
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