Bumgarner Dominance puts Giants one game away!

Madison Bumgarner continued to show why fans may look back at the 2014 postseason as the year of MadBum as the Giants lefthander tossed a complete game shutout in the final game of the season at AT&T Park in giving San Francisco a 5-0 win over the Kansas City Royals.

Brandon Crawford finished with three runs batted in to lead the San Francisco offense.
The Giants can become the world champions for the third time in five years with one victory in Kansas City.
Game six will feature a rematch of the second game with Jake Peavy for the Giants and Yordano Ventura for the Royals...

Giant Steps

1) Madison Bumgarner might be the best big game pitcher since Bob Gibson.
That is a heavy statement to make,but it is at least worth considering.
0.29 ERA in four World Series starts and add that to the playoff games and he's the best.
Take that,Clayton Kershaw!

2) Juan Perez broke the game open in the eighth with a two run double off the wall and this might sound maudlin,but sometimes these things happen for a reason.
Perez was good friends with the Cardinals Oscar Taveras,who was killed in a car accident earlier in the day and was told during the game.
Perez broke down in the dugout and the normally light hitting outfielder came through in the clutch.
Funny how often that works out,isn't it?

3) Brandon Crawford with three RBI? Another stat that one would not expect.
Crawford plays for his glove,but he seems to see the ball well against James Shields...

4) Conflicting stats- team that wins game five when a series is tied at 2-2 is 27-14 overall.
Team that leads the series 3-2,but travels to the other city for the final two games are 2-8 since 1982.

5) More Bumgarner numbers? Check this article out of Jayson Stark's file.
Dominating.

6) AT&T Park was loud last night in the final game there all season and it deserved to be.
The Giants have given lots of memories and this was a great way to send things out.
See you all Tuesday for game six!

Back later with a look at the Browns ugly win (but still a win) against the Raiders....