When FOX had the Texas Rangers lineup introduce themselves on Sunday night, they also had the players share their favorite Halloween costumes from when they were kids.
None of them said The Invisible Man, which is a shame since they all did such a fine job of impersonating him in Game Four of the World Series. The Rangers managed just three hits against Giants starter Madison Bumgarner and their season is now on the brink as a result. The victory means that the Giants can shut the door on the baseball season on Monday night in Arlington. Bumgarner, who went as a future ace slumming it as a fourth starter, deserves the lion's share of the credit.
The rookie lefty shut out the Giants for eight innings, struck out six and threw 69 strikes among his total pitches. He only one dangerous situation, two runners on in the seventh inning, while making the Texas hitters look totally befuddled more often than not in a start that feels like it could be the first step on a road to big, big things.
It is also one of the final steps toward forming the overriding theme of the postseason. The San Francisco Giants , boys and girls, can pitch the baseball a little bit.
So much has been made of their lackluster offense, although they didn't do a particularly bad job of it on Sunday night and have gotten a ton of key hits in this series, that it was overshadowing just how brilliantly their pitchers have performed.
