[Alberta's Child]

Good post. I'm not even a fan of the Mets, but it was embarrassing to see their hitters flailing away at pitches out of the strike zone -- even early in the count.

Syndergaard actually outpitched Bumgarner through seven innings. He didn't give up a hit until the sixth, and struck out ten Giants through seven innings.

[Mariner]

Team displine.

The Giants knew Syndergaard was going to come in with the intent of gunning them all down. So the Giants got every pitch out of him they could, every at bat so they could get into the bull pen.

At the same time, Posey and Bumgarner had a complementary game plan...keep Madison in the game as long as possible.

High fast balls, never missing over the middle of the plate...and breaking balls that start in the same tunnel and 25mph slower.

Posey deserves as much credit for that game as Bumgarner.