"During the closing seconds of an 18-inning affair that lasted six hours and 39 minutes, Fox flashed a graphic on the screen over footage of LA ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto warming up in the Dodgers' pen, just two days after pitching a complete game in a 5-1 Game 2 victory. The graphic listed former Red Sox reliever Nathan Eovaldi's line in an epic 2018 World Series appearance out of the pen (six innings pitched, one earned run) alongside Dodgers hero Will Klein's effort Monday night (four innings pitched, zero earned runs), with the title "World Series: Heroic Relief Appearances.""
"Bumgarner, of course, owns what's almost universally regarded as the greatest relief appearance in the history of baseball. In Game 7 of the Giants' 2014 World Series title run, he pitched five scoreless innings and gave up just two hits on two days of rest after a complete game shutout of the Royals in Game 5. Bumgarner threw 68 pitches and retired 15 of the final 16 batters."
"For much of the extra innings affair, Fox's broadcast booth called attention to the longest World Series game in MLB history: an also-18-inning Game 3 between the Dodgers and the Red Sox in 2018. The Dodgers would go onto win that one with a Max Muncy go-ahead homer, but the Red Sox staved off defeat for 18 innings thanks in a large part to Eovaldi working the final six innings. (The only earned run he gave up was Muncy's homer in the top of the 18th.)"
A Fox graphic compared Nathan Eovaldi's six-inning 2018 World Series relief outing and Will Klein's four-inning relief on Monday, labeling both "World Series: Heroic Relief Appearances." The graphic appeared during the closing seconds of an 18-inning game that lasted six hours and 39 minutes, overlaying footage of Yoshinobu Yamamoto warming up in the Dodgers' bullpen. The graphic omitted Madison Bumgarner, whose five scoreless innings in Game 7 of the Giants' 2014 title run are widely regarded as the greatest relief appearance. Bumgarner threw 68 pitches, retired 15 of the final 16 batters and yielded two hits after a prior complete-game shutout. Fans reacted online, while the broadcast had emphasized parallels to the 2018 18-inning game and Eovaldi's long relief.
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