This isn’t the first year that Bruce Bochy and the Giants have been in a 2-0 hole to start a NLDS. The Giants’ skipper explained what he and his team learned when they were in this situation before.
Chip Kelly addressed the media following his team’s 33-21 loss to the Arizona Cardinals. He said right now it’s a group that’s hurting, but he had an interesting explanation for why that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
The Giants passed their first postseason test in incredible fashion with Wednesday’s 3-0 victory over the New York Mets in the NL Wild Card game, but now face a different animal in the NLDS, a Chicago Cubs powerhouse that was the best team in the major leagues by a country mile.
The Cubs-Giants NLDS series opens Friday at Wrigley field and will feature Johnny Cueto (18-5) against Cubs’ lefty Jon Lester (19-5), two pitchers who combined for 395 strikeouts in 2016 and both of whom had a sub-three E.R.A.
The San Francisco Giants have clinched the second NL Wild Card spot. They will travel to Citi Field in New York to face the New York Mets on Wednesday.
With the win on Sunday, Madison Bumgarner is locked into a NL Wild Card clash with Noah Syndergaard on Wednesday, Oct. 5.
He took time after the game to reflect on a wild 2016 regular season.