
Once again, Madison Bumgarner got the better of Clayton Kershaw - although not by much. Bumgarner pitched eight sharp innings in the fifth installment of this marquee matchup, and batterymate Buster Posey homered to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night. There's no way around that,'' Bumgarner said. Last year's World Series and NLCS MVP is 3-1 lifetime against Kershaw, who was his mound opponent six nights earlier in San Francisco when neither got a decision in the Giants' 3-2 win.
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