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Clayton Kershaw Wins Cy Young Award With Postseason Failure Spoiling His Success
By winning his third Cy Young award in four years, Clayton Kershaw has joined some very prestigious company. However, despite his success and reign as the best pitcher in Baseball, failing to deliver the goods for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the postseason is weighing on him, and hurts more than a little in the celebration of this excellence.
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Madison Bumgarner Officially Becomes a San Francisco Giants & World Series Legend
A closer doesn’t usually appear for more than one or two innings at a time. But Madison Bumgarner isn’t everyone, and not your typical relief pitcher. The San Francisco Giants didn’t win the World Series for a third time in five years just because of him, but they wouldn’t have won game 7 and other games without him.
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World Series – San Francisco Giants Enjoy Ace, Kansas City Royals Can’t Score
Putting Madison Bumgarner is the perfect solution to everything for the San Francisco Giants, getting another magical performance from their ace pitcher who threw a complete game and shutout, beating the Kansas City Royals 5-0 and putting his team one win away from winning the World Series, taking a 3-2 lead.
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World Series – Kansas City Royals Getting Closer, San Francisco Giants Losing Grip
Home field is meaningless in this World Series, as the Kansas City Royals win 3-2 to pick up a 2-1 lead against the San Francisco Giants with another fantastic performance from the bullpen without having to do too much on offense.
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World Series – Kansas City Royals Hit Back, San Francisco Giants Crumble Late
The 2014 World Series is tied at 1-1 as the Kansas City Royals finish strong with a five-run sixth inning to pull off a 7-2 win over the San Francisco Giants, pretty much forfeiting the game by starting Jake Peavy, who is too big of a liability to let play in such a crucial game.
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World Series – San Francisco Giants Going Strong, Kansas City Royals Need Change
The 2014 MLB Postseason has been great for Madison Bumgarner, and that didn’t change in game 1 of the World Series as an excellent performance from the starting pitcher was the linchpin in a 7-1 win over the San Francisco Giants on the road of the Kansas City Royals, taking a 1-0 lead.
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MLB Playoffs – San Francisco Giants Also Going to the World Series
It didn’t take long for the San Francisco Giants to finish the job in the NLCS and join the Kansas City Royals for the 2014 World Series, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 in game 4 to complete a 4-1 series win, getting a three run homer from Travis Ishikawa as a perfect way to kick off the celebrations.
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MLB Playoffs – Kansas City Royals Finally Make it Back to the World Series
This postseason continues to be one long lasting dream for the Kansas City Royals, completing a 4-0 sweep of the Baltimore Orioles in the ALCS, winning game 4 with a 2-1 score on a ground ball to first of all things, which means they’re still undefeated in the 2014 playoffs and are now going to the World Series for the second time in franchise history.
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Giants Over Cardinals – Late Errors Tend to be Fatal
The St. Louis Cardinals fought their way back only to see Randy Choate completely crumble in the 10th inning, eventually giving up the game winning run as the San Francisco Giants started loading the bases and made the most of a throwing error from the veteran pitcher, winning 5-4 and taking a 2-1 lead in the NLCS.
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MLB Playoffs – Kansas City Royals With Hitting, San Francisco Giants Through Pitching
The Kansas City Royals take a 2-0 lead in the ALCS following a 6-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles, while the San Francisco Giants open the NLCS against the St. Louis Cardinals with a 3-0 win.