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Madison Bumgarner won Game 1 of this World Series, throwing seven innings and giving up one run on three hits. He won Game 5, throwing a complete game shutout.

And on Wednesday night, completing one of the most impressive postseason pitching performances in history, he helped the team take Game 7, pitching the final five innings on two days' rest, giving up just two hits as the Giants won the game 3-2, and won the World Series.

All told, he gave up just nine hits and one run in 21 innings of World Series action as the Giants won their third title in five years. He struck out 17 while walking just one Royals batter.

The Royals, making their first World Series appearance since 1985, seemed in many ways a team of destiny early in the postseason as they won their first eight games, half in extra innings. But Bumgarner came into Kauffman Stadium and took a pair of wins.

Randy Johnson with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2001

 has also won three games in a World Series in recent decades.
At Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco, "a mass of humanity partied on the lawns" after watching the game on a jumbo screen, 

An official parade is planned for Friday, Mayor Edwin Lee said on Twitter:


The team got a taste, but ultimately Bumgarner "crushed their dreams," the 

 says. While fans in San Francisco partied in the streets, inside the Kansas City clubhouse, the paper reports, "the eyes of the Royals were either red or hollow. The room was quiet save for the sound bags being packed, noses sniffling and farewells being issued."



The celebration in San Francisco devolved into violence Wednesday night, as 

 two people were shot overnight, according to police. Both are expected to survive, CBS reports.


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Chris Hopkins

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Before last night, Madison Bumgarner won Game 1 of this World Series, throwing seven innings and giving up one run on three hits. He won Game 5, throwing a complete game shutout.

Bumgarner carries Giants to 3rd World Series in five years

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