By Jeremy Kahn

Madison Bumgarner is all of 25 years old, and now he owns a major league baseball postseason record.

Bumgarner pitched into the eighth inning, not allowing a run and the San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 in Game One of the National League Championship Series at Busch Stadium.

The left-hander extended his scoreless streak to 26.2 innings on the road, breaking a 90-year old record.

Bumgarner scattered four hits over 7.2 innings, and besting the record of former Giants pitcher Art Neff, who pitched 23 scoreless innings on the road from 1921-1924.

Travis Ishikawa drove in the first Giants run in the top of the second, driving in Pablo Sandoval.

Gregor Blanco drove in the second run, as he reached on a Matt Carpenter fielding error that scored Hunter Pence.

Brandon Belt drove in the third and final run of the night, as he drove in Buster Posey.

Sergio Romo got the last out, and closer Santiago Casilla finished the shutout for Bumgarner.