2014 World Series - San Francisco Giants over Kansas City Royals (4-3)

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2014 World Series (4-3): San Francisco Giants (88-74) over Kansas City Royals (89-73)

WS: SFG-KCR / ALCS: KCR-BAL / NLCS: SFG-STL / Div. Series: KCR-LAA / BAL-DET / KCR-OAK / SFG-WSN / STL-LAD / SFG-PIT
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    San Francisco Giants         3  0  0    2  0  0    2  0  0     7 11  1
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     1  4  0

    PITCHERS: SFG - Bumgarner, Lopez (8), Strickland (9)
              KCR - Shields, Duffy (4), Collins (7), Frasor (9)

               WP - Madison Bumgarner
	       LP - James Shields
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: SFG - Pence
              KCR - Perez

  ATTENDANCE: 40,459

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    San Francisco Giants         1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     2  9  0
    Kansas City Royals           1  1  0    0  0  5    0  0  x     7 10  0

    PITCHERS: SFG - Peavy, Machi (6), Lopez (6), Strickland (6), Affeldt (6), Lincecum (7), Casilla (8)
              KCR - Ventura, Herrera (6), Davis (8), Holland (9)

               WP - Kelvin Herrera
	       LP - Jake Peavy
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: SFG - Blanco
              KCR - Infante

  ATTENDANCE: 40,446

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 24, 2014 at AT&T Park (San Francisco Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Kansas City Royals           1  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0     3  6  0
    San Francisco Giants         0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0     2  4  0

    PITCHERS: KCR - Guthrie, Herrera (6), Finnegan (7), Davis (8), Holland (9)
              SFG - Hudson, Lopez (6), Romo (7), Affeldt (8), Casilla (9)

               WP - Jeremy Guthrie
	       LP - Tim Hudson
             SAVE - Greg Holland

   HOME RUNS: KCR - none
              SFG - none

  ATTENDANCE: 43,020

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 25, 2014 at AT&T Park (San Francisco Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  4    0  0  0    0  0  0     4 12  1
    San Francisco Giants         1  0  1    0  2  3    4  0  x    11 16  0

    PITCHERS: KCR - Vargas, Frasor (5), Duffy (5), Finnegan (6), Collins (7)
              SFG - Vogelsong, Machi (3), Petit (4), Affeldt (7), Romo (8), Strickland (9)

               WP - Yusmeiro Petit
	       LP - Brandon Finnegan
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: KCR - none
              SFG - none

  ATTENDANCE: 43,066

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 26, 2014 at AT&T Park (San Francisco Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  4  1
    San Francisco Giants         0  1  0    1  0  0    0  3  x     5 12  0

    PITCHERS: KCR - Shields, Herrera (7), Davis (8)
              SFG - Bumgarner

               WP - Madison Bumgarner
	       LP - James Shields
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: KCR - none
              SFG - none

  ATTENDANCE: 43,087

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    San Francisco Giants         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  6  0
    Kansas City Royals           0  7  1    0  1  0    1  0  x    10 15  0

    PITCHERS: SFG - Peavy, Petit (2), Machi (3), Strickland (6), Vogelsong (8)
              KCR - Ventura, Frasor (8), Collins (9)

               WP - Yordano Ventura
	       LP - Jake Peavy
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: SFG - none
              KCR - Moustakas

  ATTENDANCE: 40,372

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    San Francisco Giants         0  2  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     3  8  1
    Kansas City Royals           0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     2  6  0

    PITCHERS: SFG - Hudson, Affeldt (2), Bumgarner (5)
              KCR - Guthrie, Herrera (4), Davis (7), Holland (9)

               WP - Jeremy Affeldt
	       LP - Jeremy Guthrie
             SAVE - Madison Bumgarner

   HOME RUNS: SFG - none
              KCR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 40,535

Series MVP - Madison Bumgarner

Series Batting Stats

San Francisco Giants Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																	Regular Season Stats
Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	E	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Jeremy Affeldt	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joaquin Arias	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	107	193	18	49	0	15	1	.254	.581
Brandon Belt	7	26	1	8	1	0	0	2	3	9	.308	.379	.346	.725	0	0	0	61	214	30	52	12	27	3	.243	.755
Gregor Blanco	7	28	6	4	0	0	1	2	6	4	.143	.294	.250	.544	1	0	1	146	393	51	102	5	38	16	.260	.707
Madison Bumgarner	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	34	66	10	17	4	15	0	.258	.755
Santiago Casilla	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	54	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Brandon Crawford	7	23	2	7	0	0	0	4	3	6	.304	.370	.304	.675	0	0	1	153	491	54	121	10	69	5	.246	.713
Matt Duffy	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	34	60	5	16	0	8	0	.267	.602
Tim Hudson	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	31	53	0	2	0	1	0	.038	.127
Travis Ishikawa	6	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	.231	.286	.231	.516	0	0	0	*62	107	9	27	3	18	0	.252	.703
Tim Lincecum	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	34	44	2	3	0	1	0	.068	.214
Javier Lopez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	65	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jean Machi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	71	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Mike Morse	6	16	2	4	1	0	0	4	1	5	.250	.278	.313	.590	0	0		131	438	48	122	16	61	0	.279	.811
Joe Panik	7	27	3	6	2	1	0	3	2	5	.222	.276	.370	.646	0	0	0	73	269	31	82	1	18	0	.305	.711
Jake Peavy	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	*32	23	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Hunter Pence	7	27	7	12	3	0	1	5	3	2	.444	.500	.667	1.167	0	1	0	162	650	106	180	20	74	13	.277	.777
Juan Perez	6	12	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	4	.250	.231	.333	.564	0	0	0	61	100	13	17	1	3	0	.170	.494
Yusmeiro Petit	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	39	25	2	1	0	0	0	.040	.117
Buster Posey	7	26	1	4	0	0	0	2	3	3	.154	.241	.154	.395	0	0	0	147	547	72	170	22	89	0	.311	.854
Sergio Romo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	64	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pablo Sandoval	7	28	6	12	3	0	0	4	1	4	.429	.467	.536	1.002	0	0	0	157	588	68	164	16	73	0	.279	.739
Hunter Strickland	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Susac	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	35	88	13	24	3	19	0	.273	.792
Ryan Vogelsong	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	32	61	3	7	0	2	0	.115	.304
Totals	104	238	30	66	11	1	2	29	23	51	.277	.340	.357	.697	1	1		162	5523	665	1407	132		56	.255	.699

Kansas City Royals Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																	Regular Season Stats
Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	E	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Nori Aoki	6	14	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	.071	.188	.071	.259	0	0	0	132	491	63	140	1	43	17	.285	.710
Billy Butler	5	15	1	5	1	0	0	3	1	1	.333	.375	.400	.775	0	0		151	549	57	149	9	66	0	.271	.702
Lorenzo Cain	7	26	4	8	2	0	0	4	3	3	.308	.400	.385	.785	0	0	0	133	471	55	142	5	53	28	.301	.751
Tim Collins	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	1	22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wade Davis	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	71	0	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Duffy	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	31	6	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Jarrod Dyson	5	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.273	.200	.473	0	0	0	120	260	33	70	1	24	36	.269	.651
Alcides Escobar	7	29	3	9	3	0	0	2	0	5	.310	.310	.414	.724	0	1	1	162	579	74	165	3	50	31	.285	.694
Brandon Finnegan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Frasor	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	*61	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Gordon	7	27	4	5	3	0	0	2	0	5	.185	.214	.296	.511	1	0	0	156	563	87	150	19	74	12	.266	.783
Terrance Gore	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0		11	1	5	0	0	0	5	.000	.500
Jeremy Guthrie	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	33	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167
Kelvin Herrera	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	70	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Holland	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	65	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Hosmer	7	28	3	7	2	0	0	4	2	8	.250	.300	.321	.621	0	0	0	131	503	54	136	9	58	4	.270	.716
Omar Infante	7	22	4	7	3	0	1	5	1	6	.318	.333	.591	.924	0	0	0	135	528	50	133	6	66	9	.252	.632
Mike Moustakas	7	23	3	5	2	0	1	2	1	3	.217	.250	.435	.685	0	0	0	140	457	45	97	15	54	1	.212	.632
Jayson Nix	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	*41	83	2	10	1	4	1	.120	.325
Salvador Perez	7	24	3	8	1	0	1	4	0	2	.333	.360	.500	.860	0	0	0	150	578	57	150	17	70	1	.260	.692
James Shields	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	34	7	1	2	0	1	0	.286	.714
Jason Vargas	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yordano Ventura	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	31	4	1	1	0	0	0	.250	.500
Josh Willingham	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0		*92	297	48	64	14	40	2	.215	.743
Totals	98	229	27	57	17	0	3	27	11	43	.249	.291	.362	.653	1	1		162	5545	651	1456	95		153	.263	.690

San Francisco Giants Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats												Regular Season Stats
Name	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Jeremy Affeldt	4	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	5.1	3	0	0	0	0	0.563	62	0	2.28	4	2	0	55.1	47	14	41	1.102
Madison Bumgarner	3	2	0.43	2	0	1	1	21.0	9	1	1	1	17	0.476	33	33	2.98	18	10	0	217.1	194	43	219	1.090
Santiago Casilla	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	54	0	1.70	3	3	19	58.1	35	15	45	0.857
Tim Hudson	2	2	6.14	0	1	0	0	7.1	7	5	5	2	3	1.227	31	31	3.57	9	13	0	189.1	199	34	120	1.231
Tim Lincecum	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	33	26	4.74	12	9	1	155.2	154	63	134	1.394
Javier Lopez	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	1.200	65	0	3.11	1	1	0	37.2	31	19	22	1.327
Jean Machi	3	0	8.10	0	0	0	0	3.1	6	3	3	2	3	2.400	71	0	2.58	7	1	2	66.1	45	18	51	0.950
Jake Peavy	2	2	12.79	0	2	0	0	6.1	12	9	9	3	3	2.368	*32	32	3.73	7	13	0	202.2	196	63	158	1.278
Yusmeiro Petit	2	0	4.91	1	0	0	0	3.2	5	2	2	0	2	1.364	39	12	3.69	5	5	0	117.0	97	22	133	1.017
Sergio Romo	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.1	2	0	0	0	4	0.857	64	0	3.72	6	4	23	58.0	43	12	59	0.948
Hunter Strickland	4	0	6.75	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	3	3	1	3	1.250	9	0	0.00	1	0	1	7.0	5	0	9	0.714
Ryan Vogelsong	2	1	9.82	0	0	0	0	3.2	7	4	4	2	3	2.455	32	32	4.00	8	13	0	184.2	178	58	151	1.278
Totals	30	7	3.98	4	3	1	1	61.0	57	27	27	11	43	1.115	162	162	3.503	88	74		1449.0	1305	389	1211	1.169

Kansas City Royals Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats												Regular Season Stats
Name	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Tim Collins	3	0	3.60	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	2	2	2	6	1.600	22	0	3.86	0	3	0	21.0	18	11	15	1.381
Wade Davis	4	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	1	0	0	10	0.600	71	0	1.00	9	2	3	72.0	38	23	109	0.847
Danny Duffy	2	0	4.91	0	0	0	0	3.2	2	2	2	4	4	1.636	31	25	2.53	9	12	0	149.1	113	53	113	1.112
Brandon Finnegan	2	0	27.00	0	1	0	0	1.2	5	5	5	2	1	4.200	7	0	1.29	0	1	0	7.0	6	1	10	1.000
Jason Frasor	3	0	3.86	0	0	0	0	2.1	4	1	1	1	2	2.143	*61	0	2.66	4	1	0	47.1	40	18	46	1.225
Jeremy Guthrie	2	2	5.40	1	1	0	0	8.1	8	5	5	0	3	0.960	32	32	4.13	13	11	0	202.2	215	49	124	1.303
Kelvin Herrera	4	0	2.70	1	0	0	0	6.2	5	2	2	5	6	1.500	70	0	1.41	4	3	0	70.0	54	26	59	1.143
Greg Holland	3	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	5	0.333	65	0	1.44	1	3	46	62.1	37	20	90	0.914
James Shields	2	2	7.00	0	2	0	0	9.0	15	7	7	2	5	1.889	34	34	3.21	14	8	0	227.0	224	44	180	1.181
Jason Vargas	1	1	6.75	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	3	3	2	3	2.000	30	30	3.71	11	10	0	187.0	197	41	128	1.273
Yordano Ventura	2	2	1.46	1	0	0	0	12.1	11	2	2	5	6	1.297	31	30	3.20	14	10	0	183.0	168	69	159	1.295
Totals	28	7	4.28	3	4	1	0	61.0	66	30	29	23	51	1.459	162	162	3.505	89	73		1450.2	1386	440	1168	1.259

WS: SFG-KCR / ALCS: KCR-BAL / NLCS: SFG-STL / Div. Series: KCR-LAA / BAL-DET / KCR-OAK / SFG-WSN / STL-LAD / SFG-PIT
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