UPDATE 1-Baseball-Giants ace Bumgarner named World Series MVP

(Corrects to Kansas City in fourth par) KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Madison Bumgarner was named the World Series Most Valuable Player after sealing the San Francisco Giants' 3-2 Game Seven victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday with five shutout innings of relief. The brilliant performance in the do-or-die game gave Bumgarner his third win of the Fall Classic following two dominant starts that produced victories for the Giants, who claimed their third World Series crown in five years. The 25-year-old left-hander held the Royals to two hits while striking out four without a walk after manager Bruce Bochy called on him just three days after his nine-inning shutout of Kansas City on Sunday. Bumgarner entered the game with the Giants leading 3-2 and shut Kansas City out the rest of the way, surviving a two-base outfield error that put the potential game-tying run at third base with two outs before he retired Salvador Perez on a foul pop caught by third baseman Pablo Sandoval. The performance gave him a total of 21 innings pitched in the Series, with the Royals managing just one run on nine hits and one walk off the North Carolinian, who struck out 17. Despite his tender age, Bumgarner further cemented himself as one of baseball's greatest post-season pitchers by improving his career Fall Classic record to 5-0. "Madison Bumgarner, what can you say about him?" Kansas City manager Ned Yost told reporters. "MVP? That's a no-brainer." (Reporting by Larry Fine; Editing by Frank Pingue)