It didn't pack the same punch at Tuesday's AL wild card game, but the San Francisco Giants were happy to avoid the drama. Thanks to Madison Bumgarner's masterful complete game performance and Brandon Crawford's fourth-inning grand slam, they cruised past the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-0, advancing to the NLDS against the Washington Nationals. The largest crowd in PNC Park history was predictably loud and wild early, but Bumgarner calmed them down with three scoreless innings out of the box. Once Crawford's slam landed one row beyond the right field scoreboard, you could hear a pin drop. For all intents and purposes, the Pirates season ended right there. Neither the team or the crowd recovered as the relentless Giants continued piling on runs.
NL wild card: Bumgarner and Crawford help Giants overpower Pirates
Published October 1, 2014 at 8:40 PM
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