Giant’s ace Madison Bumgarner was on the mound tonight to inch the Giants one step closer to a World Series win. Bumgarner dominated at pitching, giving the Giants a 5-0 win over the Royals. The Giants now lead the series 3-2.

Bumgarner pitched a complete game shutout, something that has not been done in the Giants franchise since 1962. With nine innings pitched, no earned runs, no walks, four hits and eight strikeouts, Bumgarner is the MVP of the World Series. Currently, Bumgarner has a 0.69 ERA for the World Series, which is almost unspeakable for a pitcher.

The Giants helped their ace early in the game. After Hunter Pence reached base in the second, he moved into scoring position when Brandon Belt laid out a beautiful bunt. Brandon Crawford was up with two on and hit into an RBI ground out, scoring Pence.

In the fourth, Crawford hit another RBI, this time a single to center field scoring Pablo Sandoval and giving the Giants a 2-0 lead.

With Sandoval and Pence on in the eighth, Juan Perez hit an RBI double, adding insurance runs for the Giants. Crawford hit his third RBI of the night, after singling and scoring Perez. The Giants had the lead 5-0.

Tonight was the final game of the season at AT&T Park. The Giants will travel to Kanas City tomorrow and resume their efforts of winning a third World Series on Tuesday. They only need one more win to make that happen.

In unrelated news, today was a sad day in Major League Baseball when word came in that St. Louis Cardinals top prospect, Oscar Taveras, was killed in a car accident in the Dominican Republic. Just two weeks ago, Taveras hit a game tying home run off of Giants pitcher Yusmerio Petit during the National League Championship Series. Taveras was just twenty-two years old.