Programming note: October Quest starts tonight at 5pm on CSN Bay Area, and immediately after the final out of Game 1.
Jake Arrieta gave Madison Bumgarner and the Giants some bulletin-board material on Thursday.
“He’s really good, but he’s beatable,” Arrieta told reporters.
Bumgarner threw a complete game shutout in the Wild Card Game against the Mets on Wednesday night.
Over his last nine postseason appearances (eight starts), he is 8-1 with a 0.79 ERA.
Across 68.2 innings, he has allowed six earned runs, 34 hits and 10 walks, while striking out 59.
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Bumgarner and Arrieta are slated to start Game 3 in San Francisco on Monday.
Earlier this week, Arrieta was asked if he wanted to face the Giants or Mets.
His answer: "Who gives a s---? Who cares? Now the fun starts.”
