By Jeremy Kahn

Madison Bumgarner was magnificent on the mound, but his battery mate Buster Posey was big at the plate.

Bumgarner allowed one tun on five hits in eight innings of work, while walking just one and striking out nine and the San Francisco Giants defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 at Dodger Stadium.

It what was the fifth career matchup between Bumgarner and Dodgers’ ace Clayton Kershaw, be NLCS and World Series MVP improved to 3-1 lifetime.

Kershaw gave up two runs on seven hits in seven innings of work, as the reigning NL MVP and Cy Young award winner fell to 1-2 on the season.

Posey drove in both runs for the Giants, as he singled in Angel Pagan in the first inning and then hit a home run leading off the fourth inning, as he ended a 49 at-bat drought.

Santiago Casilla pitched a perfect ninth inning to pickup his sixth save of the season, as he struck out Adrian Gonzalez to end the game.

The Dodgers were without the services of Carl Crawford and Yasiel Puig, who are both on the disabled list.