Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bumgarner ya fara wasa na 2 na NLDS a kan Cincinnati Reds, yana ba da gudummawa hudu a cikin innings kamar yadda Giants suka rasa 9<unk>0. Rashin nasarar ya sanya Giants ya buga wasanni biyu zuwa babu a cikin jerin mafi kyau na biyar, amma sun ci Reds ta hanyar cin nasara na gaba uku. A cikin wasan 1 na NLCS
a kan St. Louis Cardinals, Bumgarner ya sake rasa lokacin da ya ba da gudummawa shida a cikin innings da aka jefa a cikin rashin nasara 6 zuwa 4. Kodayake jerin sun ci gaba da wasanni bakwai, bai sake bayyana a ciki ba, amma Giants sun ci Cardinals wasanni hudu zuwa uku. A ranar 25 ga Oktoba a AT&amp;T Park, a cikin nasara 2 zuwa 0 a kan zakaran American League (AL) Detroit Tigers a Game 2 na Wasannin Duniya, Bumgarner ya jefa kwallaye bakwai ba tare da ci ba, ya buga 'yan wasa takwas kuma ya ba da nasara biyu kawai. Bumgarner ya zama dan wasa na farko da ya fara aikinsa na Duniya tare da wasanni goma sha biyar ba tare da wata matsala ba tun lokacin da Bruce Hurst ya shiga. Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson a cikin ya kasance Giant na ƙarshe kafin Bumgarner don samun ba tare da yin nasara ba a farkon wasanninsa na farko na World Series. Giants sun shafe jerin don taken su na biyu a cikin yanayi uku.