I thought Bruce Bochy made a pretty big mistake by not starting Madison Bumgarner tonight, both in terms of winning tonight's game an in setting him up to possibly pitch a game seven. I'm still not totally convinced that Bochy made the right call there, given how vital it was to win this game.* That said, Bochy might have saved this series for the Giants by rediscovering his best weapon out of the bullpen in Yusmeiro Petit. If he doesn't come in and give those three shut down innings, this series is likely over and those big innings never happen for San Francisco.
*I'm trying to look at this ignoring the result. Sure, it worked out, but just because it worked this time doesn't necessarily mean it was right. Tomorrow, we'll get to see if "Big Game" James can (finally) live up to that name, and if anybody can solve Bumgarner this post-season. Bochy made a ballsy move in tonight's game. If tomorrow goes by the book, the Giants will be feeling awfully good about themselves going back to KC.
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