*** Official Kansas City Royals @ San Francisco Giants World Series Game 5 Thread ***
 

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<tr><td>Final</td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 2 </td><td> 3 </td><td> 4 </td><td> 5 </td><td> 6 </td><td> 7 </td><td> 8 </td><td> 9 </td><td> R </td><td> </td><td> E </td></tr>
<tr> <td> KC </td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> </td><td> 1 </td></tr>
<tr> <td> SF </td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 3 </td><td> X </td><td> 5 </td><td> </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
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Madison Bumgarner throws the first Complete Game Shutout in a World Series since 2003.

Giants Lead the Series, 3-2

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Loss James Shields 6IP 2R 2ER 1BB 4K
Kelvin Herrera 1IP 2R 2ER 1BB 0K
Wade Davis 1IP 1R 0ER 0BB 3K

VS.

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SHO; CG; Win Madison Bumgarner 9IP 0R 0ER 0BB 8K

Home Runs

none

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Alcides Escobar, SS
2. Alex Gordon, LF
3. Lorenzo Cain, RF/CF
4. Eric Hosmer, 1B
5. Salvador Perez, C
6. Mike Moustakas, 3B
7. Omar Infante, 2B
7. Kelvin Herrera, P
7. Wade Davis, P
8. Jarrod Dyson, CF
8. Billy Butler, ph
8. Norichika Aoki, RF
9. James Shields, P
9. Jayson Nix, 2B

SF

1. Gregor Blanco, CF
2. Joe Panik, 2B
3. Buster Posey, C
4. Pablo Sandoval, 3B
5. Hunter Pence, RF
6. Brandon Belt, 1B
7. Travis Ishikawa, LF
7. Juan Perez, pr/LF
8. Brandon Crawford, SS
9. Madison Bumgarner, P

In!

Ratings in KC tomorrow? Ill put the over at a 50

In. very in.

Doubt he does it, but I'm curious to see if Yost runs Aoki out there to try and steal a couple ABs against Bumgarner.

This better be a win alnorth. I mean this gots to be a win!

He should play aoki

In. But I'll probably be listening via TuneIn again tomorrow.

Good luck guys.

I hate the Giants.

FOX 4 will make bank. Chiefs game at Noon. Royals at 7pm. Damn their ad prices will be crazy.

Sign me up for Aoki tomorrow.

Wtf? ROFL

Yep, bet he is in the line up tomorrow.

That Right Field pasture ought to be entertaining for that sawed off JACKASS.:rolleyes:


Plus the idiotic MLB commentators seem to think Butler starts at 1st base with his average vs Baumgarner!:rolleyes:

Hos smacked him well in KC, hits just didn't fall in and why would Ned surrender his D at 1st base ?

In.

Out.

Reading between the lines throughout this season, Ned seems to pretty much despise the thought of playing Butler on the field. I am very confident that Hosmer is our 1B tomorrow.

I'm less confident about Aoki vs Dyson, but I think he'll stay with his defense.

You gave it your best shot but they are just too tough. It will take a miracle.

We're gonna see some #RoyalsDevilMagic tomorrow

Miracle? It's 2-2 butthole

We'd need a miracle if we were St. Louis.

JFC. You are a reerun.

Go Chiefs Go Royals.


Glad Chiefs aren't playing Broncos or Raiders because that would be too much tension to handle.

Miracle? Wtf ever...tied at 2 they've beaten bumgardner once

In! They squared balls up game one. Do it again and the turn into hits this time. I'm more concerned about getting 5 good in innings from Shields.

2-2 you're doing well. Get em game 5.

Things I'm hopeful about:

1) Shields is better on the road.

2) We were getting hits on Bumgarner. We just need to string some together.

3) Even if we lose, we take 2 in KC and can still win this thing.

I hope we win this thing but doubt has crept in to my mind after tonight

God damn it, it's perfect. Everyone chuckling at the "Big Game" name. He's gonna take that mound. He's gonna grab that ball.

AND HE'S GONNA SHOVE IT UP BUMGARNER'S ASS.

KILL
JAMES
KILL

This game will def define Shields legacy in kc....def has not looked good in the playoffs

This. Will James Shields go down as a pretty good player who helped turn the culture and gave us all a neat October or will he become a ****ing legend in this city for ever more?

I have no idea why anyone thinks that Aoki should start.

He's a defensive liability, and he has been a liability at the plate.

Wouldn't be surprised if we lose today and win Tuesday.. Game 7 in KC would be insane.

I am puzzled by this as well. Dyson has hits in both games and has played good D. Not to mention, Cain has been stellar in RF. Sure, Aoki hits lefties better but there is no way you can put him in that RF.

In.

Terrible feeling, I have.

But in either way.

****.

One thing I dont understand, what has happened to our running game????Dyson had opportunity to try and steal last night, and never went? Is Yost getting conservative, or are their pitchers and catcher that tough to steal on???

I think it's tk13 that lays it out pretty well in the game 4 thread, but the pitcher did a great job of holding the runner.

I thought, however, that Aoki should have been bunting.

Absolutely, this.

****ing Yost.

No. He should have taken a strike. And Dyson should have been stealing before Aoki got 2 strikes.

That was awful.

Yeah, the decision on starting Aoki or Dyson is a tough one for me.

On one hand, you're already playing with a dead spot in the lineup at 9, so putting Dyson in at 8 against a LHP essentially gives you two dead spots.

Then again, the Giants put the ball in play, and have hit a ton of tough balls to RF. I have zero confidence in Aoki playing RF.

Add to that Aoki's recent woes at the plate, and I think I lean towards Dyson.

Let me add that if you go to Aoki, I bat him 8th and let Gordon stay 2nd.

He should have either bunted or Dyson should have stolen. The steal was preferable (Petit gave up 15/18 SB's), but the bunt was the next right play.

There's no way a swing without a steal was a good idea.

he should have taken 2nd and then Aoki should have bunted

In for the win. They get this one, its over IMO.

In but I sure don't have any positive feeling going into this game. Kind of a Chiefs feeling really.

I'll obviously feel a lot better if we win this one - but by no means is it over if we lose.

We need Shields to step up and kick some ass tonight.

Shields needs to perform...

Has too..

If we lose this game, then the pure odds (if you assume every game is a coin flip) of winning the world series is 1 in 4. If we win, its 3 in 4.

So yeah, this game means a lot.

Same.

In for the win, and laryngitis comes to mind for Buck. :thumb:

I think there's a good chance of this... it's just reeruned that 24 hours ago people were talking about finishing them off, and now they're in big big trouble.... like they haven't ever lost to Bumgarner and then won two games in a row before.

Good thing the players aren't nearly as fickle about each game.

He definitely likes to hear himself talk, I won't disagree with that. But, I don't detect any of this bias some of you are seeing, and the Fox crew is better than TBS, so I'm fine with it.

MadBum's a different guy at home. 4+ERA at home puts him in the mortal human category.

Shields needs to step up and get some redemption for that ****ing terrible performance in game one. Whatever his issues were/are, they need to be gone and he needs to be locked in.

Its not over if we lose, but it will be a helluva lot better if we win.

And bumgarner isn't as good at home

Oh what the **** ever.

Dude's the biggest ball gargler for the Giants. ANY play that gets made for the Giants, his decibel level raises considerably and you can tell hes just drenching the front of his pants with semen.

Royals make a great play, and he's casually calling it in a ho-hum manner, wooden as **** and going through the motions.

Dude's a Giants fan calling the game, you can hear it pouring out of his **** mouth anything even remotely positive happens for the Giants.

I wish I could hear your version. The version I hear sounds nothing like that.

Doesn't matter. They're giants, San Francisco don't lose championships, all they do is win sadly. They even own New York and Boston.

Yep

You are nuts

Lol. Joe Buck hates the giants. He only likes the cards.

Think what you want...

I guess you've been completely ignoring his similar excitement when the Royals were winning. You are just wrong on this.

edit: also, the home field and the story makes a difference. In Kauffman stadium when the Royals were down a game, and the story was can KC come back, he was all over that. Now the story was the Giants are in a hole at home, can they come back.

He doesn't root for teams, he roots for the story and a long series.

Well I'll be back in the threads tonight.

If KC can win this, they'll win the world series.

When the Giants lost the first game at home we all knew it was coming back to KC. What we don't know yet is whether KC or the Giants will come back having to sweep in KC. Don't want to be a 'Downer' here but emotionally prepare yourself ahead of time for tonight. Giants were hungrier last night taking advantage of the atrocious pitching and lack of intensity by the Royals once the Royals got up 4-1 thinking they could just cruise to the 7th. Royals found out differently and this is where the Giant experience of being in recent previous WS has paid off by not panicking when it was 4-1. My prediction will be the Royals will have to sweep at home. No way the Giants want to come back to KC having to sweep.

With Shields pitching and the Giants already handing this guy's arse to him in the first game in KC and now at home after last night's shellacking. Giant confidence is riding high. Stating the obvious I realize but just emotionally prepare yourself for tonight is all I am saying.:thumb:

I've had this one marked as a loss all along. Shields is just shit right now. Why last night bummed me out so much. Expect that we'll need to win 2 at home.

Thank ****ing god. Don't you ever pull a disappearing act like that again, we need your sensibility around these parts. The lake will always be there, however the Royals in the World Series...

Agreed.

Tonight is the 29th anniversary of the Denniker game.

Missed that one. Is Denniker a German guy that ****ed something up?

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Now the Royals need to take this energy that the Chiefs just gave them and beat the Giants tonight!

Denkinger

The Giants already have the bases loaded.

I'm more worried about them hitting Bum.

Jon Lester> Madison Bumgarner

Thought Id share where I have been sitting the last 3 games. Last night was painnful. Took lots of shit from the giants fans. Hoping tonight is better. Good news is I get to fly into KC and catch the last two at the K!

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In his last 9 outings in NL parks, James Shields is 7-0 w/a 2.96 ERA after going 4-4 w/a 5.11 ERA in his first 10 such outings. #WorldSeries

Hopefully only one dude...With us winning

Such vocal pessimism leading into tonight's game from Royals fans.

Prediction: 7-3 Royals.