Royals Reduce Giants to Dwarves In Game Two of World Series
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(Newser) The first showdown of brilliant bullpens went to the Kansas City Royals. After Kansas City took the lead with a five-run sixth inning, the trio of Kelvin Herrera, Wade Davis, and All-Star closer Greg Holland shut down the hot-hitting San Francisco Giants. Kansas City cruised from there to a 7-2 victory last night, evening the World Series at a game apiece as it shifts to the Bay Area for the next three games. “It’s a huge luxury for me,” Royals manager Ned Yost says. “After the sixth inning, my thinking is done. I don’t have to mix and match.” Herrera’s blistering 101mph fastballs kept the free-swinging Giants on their heels, and Davis breezed through a perfect eighth inning with his own heat.
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The hard-throwing Holland worked around a single in the ninth, punctuating the victory by punching the air. “We’ve got a pretty good recipe for success with Herrera, Davis, and Holland,” Yost says. Meanwhile, the San Francisco bullpen—which had the fifth-best ERA in the majors and had tossed 12 2-3 scoreless innings in its last four games—was lit up like the crown-shaped scoreboard in center field. The series now shifts to AT&T Park, a quirky ballpark that very few Royals have played in. Jeremy Guthrie will be on the mound for them in Game 3 on Friday night, while veteran Tim Hudson makes the first World Series start of his 16-year big-league career for San Francisco.
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That is alright, the Giants just wanted to give them 1 and bring it home for the win with their own fans cheering them on, so the Royals fans don’t feel bad 😉 That’s my story and I am sticking with it. Go Giants!!!11!!!!!!!!!!!
Ha! Good story and I would stick with it as well were I a Giants fan 🙂 Go Royals!
Go Royals! I surprise myself when I say that because I’m a Cards fan, but you have to go with what you’ve got.