Kansas City Royals Extend World Series To Game 7, Rout San Francisco Giants 10-0
In every sporting event, there is nothing better than the two words uttered that makes fans, players, and even non-spectators excited - Game Seven. The Kansas City Royals and the San Francisco Giants are headed to a final dance to determine who goes home with the victory.
This is what Royals manager Ned Yost had been predicting and wanting all along and now that he's got it, it would be interesting how his team responds to the nerves and atmosphere of a sudden death, clincher game. There will be sleepless nights and anxious moments from here until the first pitch Wednesday night at Kauffman Stadium and the whole world will be watching.
Right now, the series is evenly match and after Kansas City whipped the behinds of the Giants with a 10-0 shutdown and domination in Game 6. It would now be up to manager Bruce Bochy to make the adjustments. It was a team effort for the Royals who won largely in part to the contributions of rookie starter Yordano Ventura who provided seven shutout innings and fielding strategy of the rest of the squad. The masterful pitching combined with the magnificent second inning that produced seven runs assured that there will be a seventh game in this nail biter.
As recounted by Yahoo Sports, during the said second inning mastery of the Royals, Alex Gordon and Salvador Perez combined to break the tie with a Mike Moustakas double. This was followed by runs and scores from an assortment of hitters in Perez who went to home plate on a Nori Aoki single, Lorenzo Cain with a single hit scoring single and a Billy Butler double that in just a matter of minutes raised the lead of the home team to 7-0.
Even with the loss, the Giants remained positive after the game and is hoping to cement its legacy as one of baseball's most prolific squads by capturing its third World Series title in just five years. The Royals on the other hand, are banking on the support of the home crowd and the momentum of the Game 6 win to complete its remarkable season.
"We have no experience but we hungry," the Royals' Jarrod Dyson told CBS Sports. "The city of Kansas City has gone a long time without excitement. It's been 29 years."
There are no assurances on who is favoured in the final game of the year as both teams have been evenly matched if statistics are to tell the story. Both teams have pitched on par, hit on the same averages and even fielded on a near-identical and magnificent level. The Giants have experience on its ide but the home team is banking on the fact that most teams that went down 2-3 and had home court advantage eventually won when it forced a Game 7.
To illustrate how close these teams are, the Royals won just one more game in the regular season as against the Giants and had two lesser games on the road to the World Series. Game 7 is essentially a toss-up and with the fan support shown by Kansas City, the Giants will have to muster up enough experience to overcome the fan support and the will to break 29 years of title drought for the Royals.