By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-Madison Bumgarner is showing the major league world why he should be considered as one of the top pitchers in all of Major League Baseball.

Bumgarner threw a complete game shutout, on just four hits, while walking zero striking out eight, as the San Francisco Giants moved within one win of their third World Series in the past five years with a 5-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals in Game Five of the 2014 World Series before a sellout crowd of 43,087 at AT&T Park.

Brandon Crawford got the Giants on the board in the bottom of the second inning, as he grounded out to Omar Infante at second base to score Hunter Pence from third base after the right fielder led off the inning with a single off of Royals starter James Shields.

Crawford added a second run batted in, as he singled in Pablo Sandoval in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Sandoval led off the inning with a single of his own, then went to second on a base hit by Travis Ishikawa.

Bumgarner continued to mesmerize the Royals, as after allowing a leadoff single to Salvador Perez in the top of the second inning, Bumgarner struck out the side and proceeded to retire 10 in a row all together until Infante doubled with one out in the top of the fifth inning.

After the Infante double that brought the potential tying run to the plate in the prescience of Jarrod Dyson, but Bumgarner regrouped to strikeout both Dyson and Shields to end the threat.

Despite being on the losing end for the second time in the series, Shields pitched a great game, as he went six innings, allowing two runs on eight hits, while walking just one and striking out four.

The Royals threatened in the top of the seventh inning, as Eric Hosmer led off the inning with a single, but then Bumgarner was able to get Perez to fly out to newly inserted Juan Perez in left field, then Mike Moustakas flew out to Gregor Blanco for the second out and the inning came to a close when Infante grounded out to Sandoval at third base.

Juan Perez broke the wide open in the bottom of the eighth inning, as he doubled to centerfield to score Sandoval and Hunter Pence.

Perez advanced to third on a throwing error by Alcides Escobar and then scored the fifth and final run of the game on a single by Crawford.

Sandoval and Pence hit back-to-back singles to lead off the inning.

Bumgarner is the first pitcher since Bret Saberhagen for the Royals in Game Seven of the 1985 World Series throw a shutout without allowing a walk.

He is the first pitcher in World Series history to throw a shutout, not walk a batter and at least eight strikeouts.

Billy Pierce was the last Giants pitcher to throw a complete game was Billy Pierce in Game Six of the 1962 World Series against the New York Yankees.

Jack Sanford was the last Giants pitcher to throw a shutout in the World Series and that was in Game Two of the same 1962 World Series.