Bumgarner started Game 2 of the NLDS against the Cincinnati Reds, allowing four runs in innings as the Giants lost 9–0. The loss put the Giants down two games to none in a best-of-five series, but they defeated the Reds by winning the next three. In Game 1 of the NLCS against the St. Louis Cardinals, Bumgarner lost again when he allowed six runs in innings pitched in a 6–4 defeat. Though the series went the full seven games, he made no further appearances in it, but the Giants defeated the Cardinals four games to three. On October 25 at AT&amp;T Park, in a 2–0 win over the American League (AL) champion Detroit Tigers in Game 2 of the World Series, Bumgarner pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out eight batters and yielding only two hits. Bumgarner became the first pitcher to begin his World Series career with fifteen scoreless innings since Bruce Hurst in . Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson in was the last Giant before Bumgarner to have scoreless outings in his first two career World Series starts. The Giants swept the Series for their second title in three seasons.