For the second time in three years, the San Francisco Giants are Millennium League champions. The Giants got by the Red Sox in five games. Boston won game 1, but San Francisco came back to win the next four behind some good pitching by Scherzer, Greineke, and Williams. A recap of the series:
Game 1 - Boston 2, San Francisco 1: Chris Sale out dueled Max Scherzer in the opener. A Tim Beckham triple and then a sac fly by Brett Gardner in the 8th scored the winning run for Boston. Aroldis Chapman tossed a 1-2-3 ninth for the save.
Game 2 - San Francisco 3, Boston 0: Zack Greinke (4-0, 1.74 ERA in the postseason) was dominant as he fanned 15 Red Sox batter while only allowing two hits in a CG performance. Joey Votto hit a 2-run homer in the 1st inning.
Game 3 - San Francisco 2, Boston 1: In another tight scoring game, Trevor Williams pitched seven solid innings and Craig Kimbrel fanned three in the 9th to earn his 7th save in this postseason.
Game 4 - San Francisco 3, Boston 0: This time, Scherzer came out on top over Boston starter Sale. Another dominant pitching performance - Max struck out 14 while only allowing two hits in the complete game.
Game 5 - San Francisco 13, Boston 4: Zack Greinke fanned another 11 batters as he won his 5th game in this postseason. The Giants scored 6 times in the 5th to put the game away.
The Giants went 122-40 in the regular season and 12-2 in the post season. Congratulations to Gene in putting together such an impressive team this season!
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