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Stabilized SF bullpen faces toughest test yet
- Updated: October 7, 2016
CHICAGO — The bullpen door never creaked open Wednesday night at Citi Field, so the Giants never had to answer the biggest question facing them as they roll into another even-year October.
Is their bullpen ready for the postseason?
For now, thanks to Madison Bumgarner’s National League Wild Card Game gem, the question remains hypothetical. But at some point in the NL Division Series against the Cubs, perhaps even in Game 1 at Wrigley Field on Friday night (9 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. PT, FS1), Giants manager Bruce Bochy will have to climb out of the dugout and put a game in the hands of his relievers.
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“It’s going to play a big part in every series,” Bochy said Thursday evening at Wrigley Field. “It’s kind of nice last night it didn’t play a part in it, but these starters aren’t going to go nine every game.”
San Francisco blew a franchise-record nine games in which they led in the ninth inning, with five of those coming in September and the most recent occurrence …
