World Series Game 5, Royals Vs Giants Final Score: Madison Bumgarner dominates, Giants Win

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The San Francisco Giants are one win away from another World Series title and MLB Championship after defeating the Kansas City Royals in Game 5 behind another masterful pitching performance from Madison Bumgarner.

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When people sit down to tell the stories of this year’s MLB playoffs, the focus will be on the teams. There have been fascinating teams involved, from those that have lost to those that are in the World Series. Once the stories move past the teams to the individual players who had an impact, the name at the top of the list will be Giants’ starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner.

The Giants’ ace started Game 5, and once again he was spectacular. Bumgarner worked an incredible complete game shutout, striking out eight hitters, issuing zero walks, and absolutely overwhelming the Royals’ hitters from wire to wire. It was the kind of showing that puts Bumgarner on the short list of great World Series performances in baseball history.

In his World Series career, Bumgarner is now 4-0 in four starts with a 0.29 ERA.

James Shields pitched well for the Royals. He broke the mold of his recent struggles and gave his team a chance to win. All told, Shields went six innings, scattered eight hits, and allowed just two earned runs.

On the offensive side of things, the Giants were their usual opportunistic selves, putting the ball in play and getting clutch hits. Brandon Crawford drove in the first two runs with a groundball and a single. The Giants then busted things open in the bottom of the eighth inning against two of Kansas City’s dominant relievers, Kelvin Herrera and Wade Davis.

Pablo Sandoval and Hunter Pence got on base with singles to lead off the bottom of the eighth inning. It was at that point that backup outfielder Juan Perez, in for defensive purposes, tripled off the center field wall to make the score 4-0. Crawford drove in a fifth run for good measure and gave Bumgarner a comfortable cushion to put the final touches on his masterpiece.

The word “ace” gets thrown around far too loosely these days in Major League Baseball. Not every team is entitled to having an “ace,” and there are only a handful of starting pitchers in baseball who are truly that much better and should be considered in that class. Bumgarner is one of those guys, a true staff ace, and thanks to his good work, the Giants are one win away from a World Series championship.

Game 6 will take place Tuesday night back at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City.

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