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Final: Royals 7, Giants 2, World Series 27
DEJAN KOVACEVIC, DK ON PITTSBURGH SPORTS Getting ready for first pitch in Major League Baseball’s 110th World Series … Game 2: San Francisco Giants vs. Kansas City Royals, 8:07 p.m., Kauffman Stadium Series: Giants, 1-0 Pitchers: RHP Jake Peavy (1-0, 1.86) vs. RHP Yordano Ventura (0-0, 4.85) TV, radio: Fox (national), 970 ESPN Online: Live box score / Multimedia / Official game notes
Go Royals!
I know trades happen all the time but it’s still weird seeing Peavy’s name attached to another team. The local media was having a field day with all the former Red Sox still in playoffs a week ago. I think every team had them.They must bring good luck. We needed one
Not to be confused with “Karen” above, but I say “Go Royals!” too!
Peavy actually played almost 12 yrs before he ever got to Boston.
Giants
Jake Peavy (R)
1. Gregor Blanco (L) CF
2. Joe Panik (L) 2B
3. Buster Posey (R) C
4. Pablo Sandoval (S) 3B
5. Hunter Pence (R) RF
6. Brandon Belt (L) 1B
7. Michael Morse (R) DH
8. Travis Ishikawa (L) LF
9. Brandon Crawford (L) SS
Royals
Yordano Ventura (R
1. Alcides Escobar (R) SS
2. Nori Aoki (L) RF
3. Lorenzo Cain (R) CF
4. Eric Hosmer (L) 1B
5. Billy Butler (R) DH
6. Alex Gordon (L) LF
7. Salvador Perez (R) C
8. Omar Infante (R) 2B
9. Mike Moustakas (L) 3B
Thanks dk for this thread. Jal great as usual. Hope for a better game tonight.
Peavy was a really good pitcher for a long time, but he’s running on fumes these days. Kind of amazing SF is where they are with him being tabbed for Game 2.
KC needs to pull this out tonight, or they are staring at the wrong end of a short series.
They might be anyway.
That’s true, Lucky. 3/4/5 all in SF.
I still think you shouldn’t bet against a team that wiped out Oakland, Angels and the tigers.
Cain runs the bases like a couple of Pirates I have seen.
I like how the new GPS technology allowed them to tell us how fast Cain was going. He looked a lot like Cutch & Marte whipping around 3rd @ 20+ mph.
Looks like former Pirate farmhands aren’t faring too well tonight. Machi, then Strickland.
That’s 5 bombs allowed by Strickland in the playoffs. Then he acts the fool. KC is very much alive.
What did he do, Jim?
Started yelling at Perez and Infante after an HR. Childish.
Thanks, Lucky.
Bizarre, to say the least.
He was probably frustrated, as they say. Gave up a 2-run double, then a 2-run bomb. Then blew his cork.
Lost my satellite up here, turned to Gamecast and see it is suddenly 7-2. Wow!
Patrick:
Peavy couldn’t get the first 2 guys out in the 6th. Then, Machi came in & got hammered, & Hunter Strickland was even worse – including a bomb to LC.
Best inning of the series for KC & foul weather blew it away. Ah well.
Hopefully, you didn’t get hit too hard.
Wade Davis, the often overlooked piece of the Myers-Shields deal. Nasty stuff.
Rooting for the Royals, Jim.
Liked that trade for KC. They went for it.
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Hope they can build off of tonight.
My prediction now, plan, is they’ll be heading back to KC for Game 6 with the Giants up 3-2. That would set up for a great finish, potentially.
Just like I said, Royals in six!