2016 San Francisco Giants season

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2016  San Francisco Giants
National League Wild Card Winners
San Francisco Giants Cap Insignia.svg
League National League
Division West
Ballpark AT&T Park
City San Francisco, California
Record87–75 (.537)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Larry Baer (managing general partner)
Managers Bruce Bochy
Television KNTV (NBC Bay Area 11)
(Jon Miller, Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper)
CSN Bay Area
(Duane Kuiper, Mike Krukow, Dave Flemming, Jon Miller)
Radio KNBR (680 AM)
(Jon Miller, Dave Flemming, Duane Kuiper, Mike Krukow)
KTRB (860 AM, Spanish)
KKSF (910 AM, Spanish)
(Erwin Higueros, Tito Fuentes, Marvin Benard)
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 2016 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 134th year in Major League Baseball, their 59th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 17th at AT&T Park. They reached the postseason, where they defeated the New York Mets in the NLWC Game but lost in four games to the eventual World Series champion Chicago Cubs in the NLDS.

Contents

Events

Season standings

National League West

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9171.562—53‍–‍2838‍–‍43
San Francisco Giants 8775.537445‍–‍3642‍–‍39
Colorado Rockies 7587.4631642‍–‍3933‍–‍48
Arizona Diamondbacks 6993.4262233‍–‍4836‍–‍45
San Diego Padres 6894.4202339‍–‍4229‍–‍52

National League Division Standings

Division Leaders
Team W L Pct.
Chicago Cubs 10358.640
Washington Nationals 9567.586
Los Angeles Dodgers 9171.562
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
New York Mets 8775.537—
San Francisco Giants 8775.537—
St. Louis Cardinals 8676.5311
Miami Marlins 7982.4917½
Pittsburgh Pirates 7883.4848½
Colorado Rockies 7587.46312
Milwaukee Brewers 7389.45114
Philadelphia Phillies 7191.43816
Arizona Diamondbacks 6993.42618
Atlanta Braves 6893.42218½
San Diego Padres 6894.42019
Cincinnati Reds 6894.42019

Record vs. opponents

2016 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2016
TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLLADMIAMILNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLWSHAL
Arizona —5–22–53–310–97–122–43–45–14–31–510–96–134–32–55–15
Atlanta 2–5—3–33–41–61–511–72–510–911–83–44–23–42–44–158–12
Chicago 5–23–3—15–42–44–34–311–82–55–114–44–24–310–95–215–5
Cincinnati 3–34–34–15—5–22–53–411–80–64–29–103–43–39–103–45–15
Colorado 9–106–14–22–5—7–122–51–56–12–52–510–99–102–44–29–11
Los Angeles 12–75–13–45–212–7—1–65–24–34–22–511–88–114–25–110–10
Miami 4–27–113–44–35–26–1—4–27–129–106–13–32–44–39–106–14
Milwaukee 4–35–28–118–115–12–52–4—2–53–49–103–41–56–134–211–9
New York 1–59–105–26–01–63–412–75–2—12–73–34–34–33–37–1212–8
Philadelphia 3–48–111–52–45–22–410–94–37–12—3–45–23–32–55–1411–9
Pittsburgh 5–14–34–1410–95–25–21–610–93–34–3—3–34–39–102–49–11
San Diego 9–102–42–44–39–108–113–34–33–42–53–3—8–111–64–36–14
San Francisco 13–64–33–43–310–911–84–25–13–43–33–411–8—3–43–48–12
St. Louis 3–44–29–1010–94–22–43–413–63–35–210–96–14–3—2–58–12
Washington 5–215–42–54–32–41–510–92–412–714–54–23–44–35–2—12–8

Game log and schedule

All schedule and scores taken from MLB.com. [18]

Legend
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 Postponement
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2016 Game Log
April (12–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 4@ Brewers 12–3 Bumgarner (1–0) Peralta (0–1)—44,3181–0
2April 5@ Brewers 2–1 Cueto (1–0) Nelson (0–1) Casilla (1)24,1232–0
3April 6@ Brewers 3–4 Thornburg (1–0) López (0–1) Jeffress (1)20,0982–1
4April 7 Dodgers 12–6 Heston (1–0) Wood (0–1)—41,9403–1
5April 8 Dodgers 3–2 (10) Casilla (1–0) Blanton (0–1)—41,7424–1
6April 9 Dodgers 2–3 (10) Hatcher (1–0) Kontos (0–1) Jansen (2)41,2244–2
7April 10 Dodgers 9–6 Cueto (2–0) Coleman (0–1) Casilla (2)41,6565–2
8April 12@ Rockies 7–2 Samardzija (1–0) Chatwood (1–1)—20,8146–2
9April 13@ Rockies 6–10 Rusin (1–0) Peavy (0–1)—21,8916–3
10April 14@ Rockies 6–11 De La Rosa (1–0) Cain (0–1)—21,2266–4
11April 15@ Dodgers 3–7 Kershaw (2–0) Bumgarner (1–1)—53,4496–5
12April 16@ Dodgers 4–3 Cueto (3–0) Kazmir (1–1) Casilla (3)53,4097–5
13April 17@ Dodgers 1–3 Maeda (2–0) Samardzija (1–1) Jansen (5)48,9117–6
14April 18 Diamondbacks 7–9 (11) De La Rosa (1–3) Heston (1–1) Ziegler (3)41,4327–7
15April 19 Diamondbacks 0–3 Ray (1–0) Cain (0–2) Clippard (1)41,2187–8
16April 20 Diamondbacks 1–2 Greinke (1–2) Bumgarner (1–2) Ziegler (4)41,4977–9
17April 21 Diamondbacks 2–6 Wagner (1–0) Cueto (3–1)—41,0527–10
18April 22 Marlins 8–1 Samardzija (2–1) Cosart (0–1)—41,7608–10
19April 23 Marlins 7–2 Peavy (1–1) Fernández (1–2)—41,8869–10
20April 24 Marlins 4–5 Barraclough (1–0) Osich (0–1) Ramos (3)41,5099–11
21April 25 Padres 5–4 Bumgarner (2–2) Pomeranz (2–2) Casilla (4)41,26610–11
22April 26 Padres 1–0 Cueto (4–1) Shields (0–4)—41,41311–11
23April 27 Padres 13–9 Samardzija (3–1) Cashner (1–2)—41,35712–11
24April 29@ Mets 1–13 Matz (3–1) Peavy (1–2)—39,76412–12
25April 30@ Mets 5–6 deGrom (3–0) Cain (0–3) Familia (8)44,66612–13
May (21–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1@ Mets 6–1 Bumgarner (3–2) Syndergaard (2–1)—39,07713–13
27May 2@ Reds 9–6 Mazzaro (1–0) Ramírez (0–2) Casilla (5)13,82914–13
28May 3@ Reds 3–1 Samardzija (4–1) Cotham (0–1) Casilla (6)14,30915–13
29May 4@ Reds 4–7 Straily (1–1) Peavy (1–3)—21,33315–14
30May 5 Rockies 7–17 Bergman (1–3) Cain (0–4)—41,47715–15
31May 6 Rockies 6–4 Bumgarner (4–2) Bettis (3–2) Casilla (7)41,35816–15
32May 7 Rockies 2–1 (13) Law (1–0) Miller (1–1)—41,59017–15
33May 8 Rockies 0–2 Butler (1–1) Samardzija (4–2) McGee (8)41,59317–16
34May 9 Blue Jays 1–3 Sanchez (3–1) Peavy (1–4) Osuna (7)41,25617–17
35May 10 Blue Jays 0–4 Happ (5–0) Cain (0–5) Osuna (8)41,46417–18
36May 11 Blue Jays 5–4 (13) Suárez (1–0) Tepera (0–1)—41,37218–18
37May 12@ Diamondbacks 4–2 Cueto (5–1) Greinke (3–3) López (1)19,46119–18
38May 13@ Diamondbacks 3–1 Samardzija (5–2) Miller (1–4) Casilla (8)21,75320–18
39May 14@ Diamondbacks 5–3 Strickland (1–0) Hudson (1–1) Gearrin (1)32,44821–18
40May 15@ Diamondbacks 2–1 Strickland (2–0) Ziegler (1–2) Casilla (9)25,00722–18
41May 17@ Padres 5–1 Bumgarner (5–2) Rea (3–2)—24,43323–18
42May 18@ Padres 2–1 Cueto (6–1) Pomeranz (4–4)—23,51824–18
43May 19@ Padres 3–1 Samardzija (6–2) Shields (2–6) Casilla (10)26,41725–18
44May 20 Cubs 1–8 Arrieta (8–0) Peavy (1–5)—41,75025–19
45May 21 Cubs 5–3 Cain (1–5) Lester (4–3) Casilla (11)41,50726–19
46May 22 Cubs 1–0 Bumgarner (6–2) Hendricks (2–4) Casilla (12)41,35927–19
47May 23 Padres 1–0 Cueto (7–1) Hand (1–1)—42,09928–19
48May 24 Padres 8–2 Samardzija (7–2) Cashner (2–4)—41,77229–19
49May 25 Padres 4–3 (10) Kontos (1–1) Hand (1–2)—41,36330–19
50May 27@ Rockies 2–5 Chatwood (6–3) Suárez (1–1) McGee (14)32,90130–20
51May 28@ Rockies 10–5 Gearrin (1–0) Estévez (1–2)—39,25331–20
52May 29@ Rockies 8–3 Cueto (8–1) Rusin (1–3)—42,30732–20
53May 30@ Braves 3–5 Foltynewicz (2–2) Samardzija (7–3)—23,14732–21
54May 31@ Braves 4–0 Peavy (2–5) Wisler (2–5)—15,72333–21
June (17–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1@ Braves 4–5 (11) Withrow (1–0) Law (1–1)—15,10733–22
56June 2@ Braves 6–0 Bumgarner (7–2) Blair (0–4)—15,98334–22
57June 3@ Cardinals 5–1 Cueto (9–1) Wainwright (5–4)—43,56035–22
58June 4@ Cardinals 4–7 Lyons (2–0) Samardzija (7–4) Rosenthal (9)45,45335–23
59June 5@ Cardinals 3–6 Martinez (6–5) Peavy (2–6) Rosenthal (10)44,90735–24
60June 7 Red Sox 3–5 (10) Tazawa (1–1) Casilla (1–1) Kimbrel (14)41,51235–25
61June 8 Red Sox 2–1 Gearrin (2–0) Price (7–3) Strickland (1)41,63536–25
62June 10 Dodgers 2–3 Kershaw (9–1) Casilla (1–2) Jansen (17)41,20836–26
63June 11 Dodgers 5–4 (10) Stratton (1–0) Jansen (2–2)—41,35837–26
64June 12 Dodgers 2–1 Peavy (3–6) Urías (0–2) Casilla (13)41,58338–26
65June 13 Brewers 11–5 Suárez (2–1) Knebel (0–1)—41,54339–26
66June 14 Brewers 3–2 Bumgarner (8–2) Smith (1–1) Casilla (14)41,75040–26
67June 15 Brewers 10–1 Cueto (10–1) Nelson (5–6)—41,81141–26
68June 17@ Rays 5–1 Samardzija (8–4) Archer (4–9)—40,13542–26
69June 18@ Rays 6–4 Strickland (3–0) Colomé (1–2) Gearrin (2)23,94843–26
70June 19@ Rays 5–1 Law (2–1) Cedeño (3–2)—17,36144–26
71June 20@ Pirates 0–1 Locke (6–5) Bumgarner (8–3) Melancon (20)27,90644–27
72June 21@ Pirates 15–4 Cueto (11–1) Boscán (1–1)—27,72945–27
73June 22@ Pirates 7–6 Law (3–1) Hughes (0–1) Casilla (15)33,74746–27
74June 23@ Pirates 5–3 Suárez (3–1) Niese (6–5) Casilla (16)29,98647–27
75June 24 Phillies 5–4 Peavy (4–6) Araújo (1–1) Casilla (17)42,23848–27
76June 25 Phillies 2–3 Hellickson (5–6) Bumgarner (8–4) Gómez (20)41,92848–28
77June 26 Phillies 8–7 Gearrin (3–0) González (0–1)—41,47949–28
78June 27 Athletics 3–8 Mengden (1–3) Samardzija (8–5)—41,44249–29
79June 28 Athletics 11–13 Neal (1–1) López (0–2) Madson (15)41,73049–30
80June 29@ Athletics 1–7 Manaea (3–4) Peavy (4–7)—32,81049–31
81June 30@ Athletics 12–6 Bumgarner (9–4) Overton (1–1)—36,06750–31
July (11–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1@ Diamondbacks 6–4 Cueto (12–1) Miller (2–8) Casilla (18)24,85951–31
83July 2@ Diamondbacks 5–6 Barrett (1–0) Strickland (3–1) Ziegler (17)30,68351–32
84July 3@ Diamondbacks 5–4 (11) Osich (1–1) Burgos (0–1) Casilla (19)26,17152–32
85July 4 Rockies 3–1 Peavy (5–7) Anderson (0–3) Casilla (20)41,87453–32
86July 5 Rockies 3–7 Lyles (2–2) Gearrin (3–1)—41,75353–33
87July 6 Rockies 5–1 Cueto (13–1) de la Rosa (5–6)—42,07654–33
88July 8 Diamondbacks 6–2 Samardzija (9–5) Corbin (4–7)—41,57655–33
89July 9 Diamondbacks 4–2 Kontos (2–1) Ray (4–8) Casilla (21)41,57156–33
90July 10 Diamondbacks 4–0 Bumgarner (10–4) Bradley (3–5)—42,07557–33
87th All-Star Game in San Diego, California
91July 15@ Padres 1–4 Cashner (4–7) Bumgarner (10–5) Maurer (2)38,52257–34
92July 16@ Padres 6–7 (10) Quackenbush (6–3) Casilla (1–3)—40,55057–35
93July 17@ Padres 3–5 Jackson (1–1) Cueto (13–2) Maurer (3)35,78457–36
94July 19@ Red Sox 0–4 Porcello (12–2) Peavy (5–8)—38,08257–37
95July 20@ Red Sox 7–11 Barnes (3–3) Cain (1–6)—38,20157–38
96July 22@ Yankees 2–3 Miller (6–1) Osich (1–2) Chapman (20)45,30457–39
97July 23@ Yankees 2–1 (12) Casilla (2–3) Swarzak (1–1) Strickland (2)46,72758–39
98July 24@ Yankees 2–5 Eovaldi (9–6) Samardzija (9–6) Green (1)34,14358–40
99July 25 Reds 5–7 DeSclafani (6–0) Peavy (5–9) Cingrani (11)42,14758–41
100July 26 Reds 9–7 Cain (2–6) Reed (0–5) Casilla (22)41,89659–41
101July 27 Reds 1–2 Straily (6–6) Bumgarner (10–6) Cingrani (12)42,07959–42
102July 28 Nationals 2–4 Roark (10–6) Cueto (13–3) Kelley (5)42,00159–43
103July 29 Nationals 1–4 Scherzer (11–6) Samardzija (9–7) Kelley (6)41,95959–44
104July 30 Nationals 5–3 Law (4–1) Petit (3–2) Casilla (23)41,74360–44
105July 31 Nationals 3–1 Cain (3–6) González (6–9) Casilla (24)41,79561–44
August (11–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 2@ Phillies 8–13 Neris (4–3) Smith (0–1)—23,35161–45
107August 3@ Phillies 4–5 (12) García (1–0) Kontos (2–2)—23,16261–46
108August 4@ Phillies 3–2 (10) Romo (1–0) González (0–2) Casilla (25)30,22962–46
109August 5@ Nationals 1–5 González (7–9) Samardzija (9–8)—34,03662–47
110August 6@ Nationals 7–1 Cain (4–6) Strasburg (15–2)—36,40463–47
111August 7@ Nationals 0–1 Roark (12–6) Bumgarner (10–7) Melancon (31)32,79063–48
112August 8@ Marlins 8–7 (14) Kontos (3–2) McGowan (1–3)—22,80664–48
113August 9@ Marlins 0–2 Koehler (9–8) Moore (0–1) Rodney (19)19,63664–49
114August 10@ Marlins 1–0 Samardzija (10–8) Phelps (5–6) Casilla (26)21,09665–49
115August 12 Orioles 2–5 Bundy (6–3) Cain (4–7) Britton (36)41,47965–50
116August 13 Orioles 6–2 Bumgarner (11–7) Gausman (3–10) Casilla (27)41,45666–50
117August 14 Orioles 7–8 Brach (7–1) Casilla (2–4) Britton (37)41,26866–51
118August 15 Pirates 5–8 Vogelsong (2–2) Moore (0–2)41,85066–52
119August 16 Pirates 3–4 Bastardo (1–0) Law (4–2) Watson (6)41,18566–53
120August 17 Pirates 5–6 Nicasio (9–6) Cain (4–8) Watson (7)41,13966–54
121August 18 Mets 10–7 Bumgarner (12–7) deGrom (7–6) Casilla (28)41,51767–54
122August 19 Mets 8–1 Cueto (14–3) Lugo (0–2)—41,43468–54
123August 20 Mets 5–9 Colón (11–7) Moore (0–3)—41,12568–55
124August 21 Mets 0–2 Syndergaard (11–7) Samardzija (10–9) Familia (41)41,37768–56
125August 23@ Dodgers 5–9 Maeda (13–7) Bumgarner (12–8) Jansen (36)46,89968–57
126August 24@ Dodgers 0–1 Hill (1–0) Cueto (14–4) Jansen (37)43,95768–58
127August 25@ Dodgers 4–0 Moore (1–3) Stripling (3–5)—53,29769–58
128August 26 Braves 7–0 Samardzija (11–9) De La Cruz (0–7)—41,28370–58
129August 27 Braves 1–3 Foltynewicz (7–5) Suárez (3–2) Johnson (13)41,63570–59
130August 28 Braves 13–4 Bumgarner (13–8) Blair (0–6)—41,67571–59
132August 30 Diamondbacks 3–4 Greinke (12–4) Cueto (14–5) Hudson (2)41,44371–60
133August 31 Diamondbacks 4–2 Moore (2–3) Miller (2–10) Casilla (29)41,44772–60
September (13–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 1@ Cubs 4–5 Smith (1–0) Strickland (3–2) Edwards (1)38,53672–61
135September 2@ Cubs 1–2 Lester (15–4) Suárez (3–3)—40,81872–62
136September 3@ Cubs 3–2 Bumgarner (14–8) Arrieta (16–6) Casilla (30)41,25073–62
137September 4@ Cubs 2–3 (13) Cahill (4–4) Reynolds (0–1)—41,29373–63
138September 5@ Rockies 0–6 Bettis (12–7) Moore (2–4)—26,57473–64
138September 6@ Rockies 3–2 López (1–2) Ottavino (0–2) Casilla (31)22,43774–64
140September 7@ Rockies 5–6 Lyles (4–4) Osich (1–3)—23,96174–65
140September 9@ Diamondbacks 7–6 (12) Nathan (2–0) Leone (0–1) Gearrin (3)26,49275–65
141September 10@ Diamondbacks 11–3 Cueto (15–5) Bradley (6–9)—32,30176–65
142September 11@ Diamondbacks 5–3 Moore (3–4) Greinke (12–6) Strickland (3)26,00877–65
143September 12 Padres 0–4 Clemens (3–5) Samardzija (11–10)—41,23377–66
144September 13 Padres 4–6 Smith (1–0) Strickland (3–3) Quackenbush (2)41,23177–67
145September 14 Padres 1–3 Perdomo (8–9) Bumgarner (14–9) Maurer (10)41,18377–68
146September 15 Cardinals 6–2 Cueto (16–5) Wainwright (11–9)—41,21078–68
147September 16 Cardinals 8–2 Moore (4–4) Weaver (1–3)—41,27879–68
148September 17 Cardinals 2–3 Oh (5–3) Casilla (2–5)—41,40379–69
149September 18 Cardinals 0–3 Reyes (3–1) Suárez (3–4) Oh (18)41,32479–70
150September 19@ Dodgers 1–2 Blanton (6–2) López (1–3)—43,43579–71
151September 20@ Dodgers 2–0 Cueto (17–5) Hill (3–2) Romo (1)53,62180–71
152September 21@ Dodgers 3–9 Maeda (16–9) Moore (4–5)—45,98380–72
153September 22@ Padres 2–1 Samardzija (12–10) Friedrich (5–11) Romo (2)25,78981–72
154September 23@ Padres 2–7 Jackson (5–6) Suárez (3–5)—28,40481–73
155September 24@ Padres 9–6 (10) Smith (1–1) Quackenbush (7–7) Romo (3)31,17182–73
156September 25@ Padres 3–4 Morrow (1–0) Gearrin (3–2) Hand (1)28,45682–74
157September 27 Rockies 12–3 Moore (5–5) Márquez (1–1)—41,58283–74
158September 28 Rockies 0–2 Chatwood (12–9) Samardzija (12–11) Ottavino (9)41,42683–75
159September 29 Rockies 7–2 Cueto (18–5) Gray (10–10)—41,27584–75
160September 30 Dodgers 9–3 Bumgarner (15–9) McCarthy (2–3)—41,35985–75
October (2–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
161October 1 Dodgers 3–0 Blach (2–0) Kershaw (12–4) Romo (4)41,32086–75
162October 2 Dodgers 7–1 Moore (6–5) Maeda (16–11)—41,44587–75

Postseason

2016 Postseason Game Log
GameDateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceSeries
1October 5@ Mets 3–0 Bumgarner (1–0) Familia (0–1)—44,7471–0
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceSeries
1October 7@ Cubs 0–1 Lester (1–0) Cueto (0–1) Chapman (1)42,1480–1
2October 8@ Cubs 2–5 Wood (1–0) Samardzija (0–1) Chapman (2)42,3920–2
3October 10 Cubs 6–5 (13) Blach (1–0) Montgomery (0–1)—43,5711–2
4October 11 Cubs 5–6 Rondón (1–0) Smith (0–1) Chapman (3)43,1661–3
Giants lose series 1–3

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Postseason

Wild Card

Despite having claimed the Wild Card spot on the final day of the regular season, the Giants were able to tab ace Madison Bumgarner for the Wild Card game start. Bumgarner had an excellent regular season for the Giants, finishing with a career-low in ERA and a career-high in strikeouts, finishing fourth in the National League in both categories. On the hill for the New York Mets was Noah Syndergaard, who himself finished 3rd in the NL in ERA and 9th in strikeouts. The pitching matchup didn't disappoint, it took until the bottom of the third inning for the game's first hit and baserunner, with Syndergaard striking out four straight batters on two occasions. The closest either side came to scoring was in the top of the 6th when, after Denard Span singled and stole second base with two outs, Brandon Belt hit a long fly ball to center field which was caught on the dead run by Curtis Granderson, smashing into the wall and holding on. Syndergaard exited after 7 innings, having struck out 10. Crucially as it turned out, the Giants had forced Syndergaard out of the game with Bumgarner still going strong. Another golden opportunity was squandered by the Giants in the top of the 8th inning, when Addison Reed struck out Hunter Pence to end the inning with the bases loaded. After Bumgarner left a runner in scoring position in the bottom of the 8th, the game moved to the 9th with the Mets bringing in closer Jeurys Familia. Brandon Crawford led the inning off with a double to left-center, but Ángel Pagán couldn't lay down the sacrifice bunt and then struck out. Joe Panik worked a walk and Conor Gillaspie stepped up to the plate to launch a three-run home run to right field. Gillaspie had only started the game because Eduardo Núñez was still dealing with a hamstring injury and had to be left off the roster. Bumgarner then got the final three outs, completing the shutout just as he had done in the 2014 Wild Card Game. Bumgarner made 119 pitches, allowed just 6 total baserunners, striking out 6 and setting an MLB record of 23 consecutive scoreless innings pitched in postseason elimination games. [19] With the win, the Giants equalled the Major League record for consecutive postseason series wins with 11, also extending their streak of postseason elimination game wins to 9. [20]

Wednesday, October 5, 2016 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Citi Field in New York City

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WP: Madison Bumgarner (1–0)   LP: Jeurys Familia (0–1)
Home runs:
SF: Conor Gillaspie (1)
NYM: None
Attendance: 44,747

Division Series

Game 1, October 7

The Giants started 18-game winner Johnny Cueto in Game 1 of the NLDS, while the Cubs countered with 19-game winner Jon Lester. Just as in the Wild Card game, both starting pitchers lived up to the billing, and dominated the opposing team's lineup. Also as in that game, the Giants had slightly more opportunities to score in the early innings, but were unable to take advantage of them. The Giants had the leadoff man on base in each of the first three innings, but the Cubs, with the help of a caught stealing and a successful pickoff play at first base were able to wipe the runners off base quickly. Lester seemed to improve as the game went on, and the Giants found it difficult to have extended at bats against him. After 8 dominant innings in which he made just 86 pitches, Lester looked set to come out of the game, as his spot in the lineup along with the spot of his catcher David Ross were due up, and it looked as though Cubs manager Joe Maddon would decide to pinch-hit for them both. In the end before the game reached that point, Javier Báez cranked a home run to left-field off Cueto which would ultimately seal the game. Cueto nonetheless pitched superbly, striking out 10 in his 8 innings of work and allowing just three hits in total. Neither starter walked a batter. Though Buster Posey doubled with two outs off Cubs closer Aroldis Chapman to give the Giants a faint hope, Hunter Pence grounded out to end the game and give the Cubs the lead in the series.

October 7, 2016 9:15 PM EDT at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois
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San Francisco Giants000000000060
Chicago Cubs00000001x130
WP: Jon Lester (1–0)   LP: Johnny Cueto (0–1)   Sv: Aroldis Chapman (1)
Home runs:
SF: None
CHC: Javier Báez (1)
Attendance: 42,148

Game 2, October 8

The Giants started former Cub, Jeff Samardzija in Game 2. Samardzija had pitched well for the Giants down the stretch, but only lasted four innings in his last appearance at Wrigley Field. Unfortunately for the Giants, Samardzija produced a similar effort this time. Dexter Fowler led off the bottom of the 1st inning with a double and was eventually brought in to score on a two-out base hit by Ben Zobrist. The second inning proved Samardzija's undoing as he loaded the bases with nobody out on the way to giving up three more runs in the frame. A 4-run deficit to the Major League leader in ERA Kyle Hendricks appeared to be a large one already, but the Giants did bring themselves briefly back into the game. Joe Panik produced a leadoff double and that was followed by another from pinch-hitter Gregor Blanco spelling the end of the night for Samardzija. Blanco was brought in to score on a sacrifice fly from Brandon Belt and the Giants had halved the deficit. However, those were to be the only runs they would score. In the 4th inning, Hendricks took a line drive off the bat of Ángel Pagán off his arm and eventually decided to leave the game. This proved not to help the Giants as, not only did the Cubs bullpen shut them down the rest of the way, but also Travis Wood, brought on to relieve Hendricks, launched a solo home-run off George Kontos to pad the Cubs lead in the bottom half of the 4th. This was just the second time a relief pitcher has homered in a postseason game, the last time being in 1924. [21] Aroldis Chapman locked down the save again, and the Giants were faced with elimination in Game 3.

October 8, 2016 8:08 PM EDT at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois
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San Francisco Giants002000000261
Chicago Cubs13010000x593
WP: Travis Wood (1–0)   LP: Jeff Samardzija (0–1)   Sv: Aroldis Chapman (2)
Home runs:
SF: None
CHC: Travis Wood (1)
Attendance: 42,392

Game 3, October 10

Facing a possible sweep, the Giants were able to call on Madison Bumgarner to take the mound and try to extend their streak of elimination game wins. As a mark of the strength of the Cubs rotation, they were able to start an 18-game winner and the reigning Cy Young Award winner Jake Arrieta. Bumgarner wasn't especially sharp and he struggled to put away hitters in the second inning, culminating in a three-run home run with two strikes to Arrieta. The Giants were staring down the barrel with a 3–0 deficit. Buster Posey singled home Denard Span in the third and the Giants narrowed the gap to one in the 5th inning, with Span again the catalyst, tripling and scoring on Brandon Belt's sacrifice fly. Bumgarner left the game after five innings and the bullpen managed to keep the Cubs in check. There looked to be a major turning point in the bottom of the 6th inning, when a play at first was reviewed. After a spectacular sliding save from Javier Báez at one end, it appeared from multiple angles that first baseman Anthony Rizzo may have taken his foot off the base, but much to the consternation of the crowd, the call stood as called, wiping out a lead-off runner as the Giants were running out of time. In the bottom of the 8th inning, Belt singled to lead off the inning off Travis Wood, and Héctor Rondón walked Posey. With two on and nobody out, Joe Maddon called on Aroldis Chapman for a six out save. After Hunter Pence struck out, Wild Card hero Conor Gillaspie lined a two-run triple to the gap in right-center to turn the tables and give the Giants the one-run lead. Brandon Crawford then singled through the drawn-in infield and the Giants had an insurance run to lead 5–3. Crawford then stole second base, and advanced to third on an errant throw but the Giants weren't able to cash him in. Sergio Romo came in to try to close out the game, but Dexter Fowler drew a walk on 8 pitches and Kris Bryant sent a deep fly ball to left field that hit the top of the wall and bounced over for a game-tying two-run home run. The 9th inning had been a huge problem for the Giants all season, and that problem had surfaced again at a crucial time. Romo did manage to pitch through the inning without surrendering the lead, and the game went to extra innings. In the end, it was a battle of two left-handed long relievers to see who would crack first, Ty Blach for the Giants and Mike Montgomery for the Cubs. Crawford led off the bottom of the 13th inning with a double, and that was followed by a walk-off double off the high wall in right field by Joe Panik, and the Giants ensured there would be a Game 4 in the series.

October 10, 2016 9:38 PM EDT at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California
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Chicago Cubs03000000200005102
San Francisco Giants00101003000016131
WP: Ty Blach (1–0)   LP: Mike Montgomery (0–1)
Home runs:
CHC: Jake Arrieta (1), Kris Bryant (1)
SF: None
Attendance: 43,571

Game 4, October 11

The Giants turned to trade deadline acquisition Matt Moore to keep them in the series. Moore, who had pitched in the Game 162 win to see the Giants into the postseason would be opposed by John Lackey for the Cubs. The early going was good for the Giants as Denard Span doubled to lead off the Giants half of the 1st, and came into score on a sacrifice fly from Buster Posey. Though David Ross would homer to lead off the 3rd inning, the Giants would soon be back on top. With the bases loaded and 1 out in the bottom of the 4th, Moore singled home the go-ahead run, and another would come into score as Lackey couldn't maintain contact with first base as the Cubs attempted to double up Span. A throwing error from Brandon Crawford that allowed Javier Báez to reach third led to a Ross sacrifice fly that immediately cut the Giants lead to 1 in the 5th. The Giants were to hit right back as, after Hunter Pence singled with one out in the bottom half of the inning, Crawford made amends by launching a double that would have been a home run were it not for a short section of railing on the top of the wall of Levi's Landing. Both runners would come into score anyway as Conor Gillaspie came through again with an RBI base hit (one of four hits in the game for him), and Joe Panik hit a sacrifice fly to give the Giants a 5–2 lead. The Cubs bullpen again shut the Giants down the rest of the way, but Moore was gradually becoming the story in the game. After 8 innings, Moore had delivered 120 pitches, surrendering just 2 hits, 2 walks and 2 runs (one unearned) whilst striking out 10. However, in a stunning turn of events, five Giants relief pitchers combined to blow the game and the season in the 9th inning. Derek Law allowed a leadoff hit to Kris Bryant, Javier López walked Anthony Rizzo and Sergio Romo gave up an RBI double to Ben Zobrist setting up the tying runs in scoring position. Will Smith then entered to allow the tying hit to pinch-hitter Willson Contreras. Finally an out was recorded as Jason Heyward's sacrifice bunt ended up in a force play at second, but another Crawford error allowed Heyward to reach second base. Baez then came through for the Cubs again to bring in Heyward for the go-ahead run off Hunter Strickland. The Giants had blown another 9th inning lead, and didn't have a win in the 9th inning when trailing all season. Aroldis Chapman promptly struck out the side to eliminate the Giants. With the loss several streaks ended, the Giants equal MLB record 11 straight postseason series win streak, their MLB record 10 game elimination game win streak, and also their even-year World Series win streak dating back to 2010.

October 11, 2016 8:40 PM EDT at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California
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Chicago Cubs001010004660
San Francisco Giants1002200005112
WP: Héctor Rondón (1–0)   LP: Will Smith (0–1)   Sv: Aroldis Chapman (3)
Home runs:
CHC: David Ross (1)
SF: None
Attendance: 43,166

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters
National League Wild Card Game
National League Division Series

Statistics

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; OPS = On base plus slugging percentage; SB = Stolen bases

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOAVGOPSSB
Ehíré Adríanza, IF40633162027213.254.6790
Gordon Beckham, 3B3500000102.000.0000
Brandon Belt, 1B156542771494181782104148.275.8680
Ty Blach, P4412000000.5001.0000
Gregor Blanco, OF10624128541041182951.224.6206
Trevor Brown, C751731741705191039.237.6470
Madison Bumgarner, P368681660391043.186.6290
Matt Cain, P2127121015017.074.2960
Brandon Crawford, SS155553671522811128457115.275.7727
Johnny Cueto, P3270180005224.114.2510
Matt Duffy, 3B7025732651124212040.253.6718
Cory Gearrin, P561010000001.0002.0000
Conor Gillaspie, 3B1011912450846251228.262.7471
Grant Green, 2B1846712201738.261.6700
Gorkys Hernández, OF26547145024311.259.7610
Derek Law, P61100000000.000.0000
Javier López, P68100000001.000.0000
Vin Mazzaro, P2100000001.000.0000
Matt Moore, P1224210000011.042.0830
Eduardo Núñez, 3B501822449934201430.269.74413
Steven Okert, P16100000001.000.0000
Ángel Pagán, LF1294957113724512554266.277.75015
Joe Panik, 2B1274646711121710625047.239.6955
Jarrett Parker, OF631272230315141944.236.7510
Jake Peavy, P3127250003212.185.4270
Ramiro Peña, IF308792661110216.299.7550
Hunter Pence, RF1063955811423113574395.289.8081
Buster Posey, C, 1B1465398215533214806468.288.7966
Jeff Samardzija, P34644105009128.156.3990
Denard Span, CF1435727015223511535379.266.71212
Chris Stratton, P7100000000.000.0000
Albert Suárez, P2221142002011.190.4760
Rubén Tejada, 3B133235300255.156.5200
Kelby Tomlinson, 2B52106133140061218.292.7005
Mac Williamson, OF541121425306151335.223.7260
Team Totals16255657151437280541306755721107.258.72879

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERHRBBK
Ty Blach 101.0642017.08221510
Mike Broadway 0011.814005.1977214
Madison Bumgarner 1592.7434340226.217879692654251
Matt Cain 485.642117089.11035856163272
Santiago Casilla 253.576203158.050232381965
Johnny Cueto 1852.7932320219.219571681545198
Cory Gearrin 324.28560348.142242341445
Chris Heston 1110.804005.0966063
George Kontos 322.53570053.142191532035
Derek Law 422.13610155.04413133950
Javier López 134.05680126.224131231515
Vin Mazzaro 1054.002001.0796010
Matt Moore 654.081212068.159313153269
Joe Nathan 100.007004.1300025
Steven Okert 003.21160014.014552414
Josh Osich 134.71590036.131201971925
Jake Peavy 595.5431210118.213476731836102
Matt Reynolds 017.508006.0755053
Sergio Romo 102.64400430.226995733
Jeff Samardzija 12113.8132320203.119088862454167
Will Smith 112.95260018.113660926
Chris Stratton 103.6070010.01144156
Hunter Strickland 333.10720361.050212141957
Albert Suárez 354.292212084.0844240112654
Team Totals87753.65162162431460.113346315931584391309

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Sacramento River Cats Pacific Coast League José Alguacil
AA Richmond Flying Squirrels Eastern League Miguel Ojeda
A-Advanced San Jose Giants California League Lipso Nava
A Augusta GreenJackets South Atlantic League Nestor Rojas
A-Short Season Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Northwest League Kyle Haines
Rookie AZL Giants Arizona League Henry Cotto
Rookie DSL Giants Dominican Summer League

Notes

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