Good morning, McCoven!
We all knew going into Sunday’s game that there was a possibility that it could be Madison Bumgarner’s final game as a Giant. The team had moved up his start in Boston in order to line it up so that he could pitch the last game of the season (bumping Massachusetts native Tyler Beede in the process). However, they ultimately decided to not have him pitch the game. The explanation for this implied that it was Bumgarner’s decision to spend the game with Bochy in the dugout.
They hinted that Bumgarner might see an at-bat, and of course, that is exactly what happened.