The royals pitched four hitless innings of relief in game 3, which was the most in a world series game in 22 years. Get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day. The kansas city royals have decided to keep the same starting rotation in the world series that they used in their american league championship series sweep of the baltimore orioles. A completely unscientific breakdown of the 2014 world series. Using our mlb simulation engine, we played the giants vs. The kansas city royals announced their roster for the 2015 world series against the new york mets, which is set to begin on tuesday night the most notable addition to the royals roster is.
Yordano ventura was the benificiary of the scoring outburst as he picked up the win while jake peavy took the loss for the giants. Royalsgiants world series game 5 starting lineups new, 23 comments this could very well be the last start by james shields in a royals uniform, so he better make it count. Billy butlers tiebreaking single helps to lift royals to 72 win over giants in game 2 updated jan 17, 2019. Before i go into the game itself, lets take a look at both teams and how they did that season. Test your knowledge on this sports quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. The kansas city royals took a twogamestoone lead in the world series over the giants by sticking to their winning formula of quality starting pitching, sound defense and a dominant bullpen. Tv, the live video streaming product that airs every game in hd to nearly 400 different devices. The royals and giants are tied at one game apiece, so this is now a bestof5. Madison bumgarner pitches giants past royals for title. Giants announce 25man roster for 2014 world series. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Gameused lineup card 2014 world series kansas city royals vs. Yost put the focus squarely on having his best defensive lineup on the field to start the game.
Kansas citys kelvin herrerawade davisgreg holland relief lineup again kept the lead intact. In the predictions below, you will find each teams chances of advancing to the. Kansas city, mo the san francisco giants set their 25man roster for the 2014 world series vs. Kansas city royals world series roster announced sports. Kansas city royals bench coach don wakamatsu talks to his players before game 2 of baseballs world series against the san francisco giants wednesday, oct. Can you name the 2014 royals game 1 world series starting lineup. The 2014 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 2014 season. The royals starting lineup is announced prior to the start of game 1 of the world series check out for our full. Its also available for football, basketball and hockey.
Kansas city royals center fielder jarrod dyson 1 talks with members of the media prior to practice the day before the start of the 2014 world series at. Whatifsports 2014 world series prediction fox sports. Kansas city on a sunsplashed late october morning in 2014, royals general manager dayton moore paced on one end of the royals dugout at kauffman stadium. Kansas city with the giants and royals set to kick off game 1 of the 2014 world series on tuesday, for the win has identified seven factors real and trivial that could determine the. Outfielder terrance gore was removed from the roster. The giants defeated the royals four games to three to clinch their. On september 26, 2014 the royals clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 1985. Lets go back to february of this year when vegas released the odds for all teams to make it to the 2014 world series. The royals and giants line up for game 4 of the world series with the royals leading two games to one.
In 1985, he helped the royals capture a world series title though the years after werent so great. Since that time, millions of baseball fans around the world have subscribed to mlb. The 110th edition of the world series, it was a bestofseven playoff between the national league nl champion san francisco giants and the american league al champion kansas city royals. He retired the middle of the giants lineup in order and saved the game for the royals, giving them a 21 series lead. The royals victory evens the world series at one game apiece. The san francisco giants are champions for the third time in five seasons after beating the kansas city royals 32 in game 7 of the 2014 world series. The san francisco giants and the kansas city royals are.
The 2014 kansas city royals team roster seen on this page. Breaking down pivotal matchups between giants and royals pablo sandoval is a much bigger threat against righthanded pitchers. As promised, here is the start of the royals world series, which is between the 2014 royals and the 1982 royals. Predicting who will win between royals and giants updated mar 29, 2019. None of this makes any sense new, 833 comments the giants and royals are in the world series, so theres no point pretending like we know whats going to happen. Kansas city began struggling after their postseason run and it wouldnt be until 2014 until they reached the postseason again. Kansas city royals announce roster for 2014 world series. The royals had home field advantage for the 2014 world series as a result of the american leagues 53 victory in the 2014 allstar game.
He shredded through the middle of the royals lineup eric. Royals colin hanks 2014 highlights, interviews and footage that tells the story of the san francisco giants 2014 world series championship. The kansas city royals broke open game 6 of the 2014 world series in the bottom of the 2nd inning as they went on to shut out the giants 100 and force a game 7 tomorrow night. The kansas city royals announced their roster for the 2015 world series against the new york mets, which is set to begin on tuesday night. Lost world series 43 to san francisco giants won al. The 2014 world series is being televised by fox and mlb international, with radio broadcasts on espn radio as well as the royals radio network.
Kansas city, mo october 21, 2014 the kansas city royals have announced their 25man roster attached that they will use in the world. In the royals run to the 2014 world series, lefthanded pitcher brandon finnegan got. Royals, giants set world series game 2 lineups the royals are down 01 in the series, and will send the same lineup out for game 2. The giants defeated the royals, four games to three, to clinch their third world series championship in a fiveseason span and their third overall since their move to san francisco from new york where they. The 2014 kansas city royals team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 2014 season. Kelvin herrera, brandon finnegan, wade davis and greg holland did what they.
Jeremy guthrie pitched shutout ball into the sixth inning, lorenzo cain drove in an early run off tim hudson and made a pair of nifty catches, and the kansas city royals beat the san francisco. Having won the world series in 2010 and 12, this team oozes. Gameused lineup card 2014 world series kansas city. Kansas city, mo october 21, 2014 the kansas city royals have announced their 25man roster attached that they will use in the world series against the san francisco giants, scheduled to begin tonight at 7. You can expect more nailbiters in a postseason that already has given us a record 14 onerun games.
Royals coachs world series lineup cards are works of art. After four days without baseball, the giants and royals will finally open the 2014 world series on tuesday night. The third world series in royals history finished with a defeat to the san francisco giants, four games to three. The kansas city royals season of 2014 was the 46th for the royals franchise. Less than 24 hours earlier, the royals magical season had ended in a crushing 32, game 7 loss to the giants in the world series. San francisco giants over kansas city royals 43 statheads want to know.