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MLB : ATS Matchup
Wednesday 10/22/2014Line$ LineOU LineScore
SAN FRANCISCO  PEAVY )
 
KANSAS CITY  VENTURA )
+1.5  -170

-1.5  +150
+125

-135

7un
 
2
Final
7

SAN FRANCISCO (97 - 76) at KANSAS CITY (97 - 74)
No Previous GameNo Next Game
Wednesday, 10/22/2014 8:05 PM
JAKE PEAVY (R) vs. YORDANO VENTURA (R)
World Series - Best of 7 - Game 2 - SF leads 1-0
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
903SAN FRANCISCO+110Ov 7,+110+110Ov 7,+110
904KANSAS CITY-120Un 7,-130-120Un 7,-130
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
SAN FRANCISCO - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPRunsAvgOBP
All Games97-76+1782-814.10.2540.3093.70.2370.288
Road Games48-39+14.141-404.20.2520.3063.90.2440.295
vs Right-handed Starters66-46+1761-454.40.2570.3123.80.2360.289
Past 7 Games6-1+5.45-24.90.2600.3382.70.2050.261
Grass Games97-76+1782-814.10.2540.3093.70.2370.288
Night Games57-49+4.647-573.80.2520.3043.70.2330.282
Interleague11-10+1.611-83.90.2480.2953.60.2340.280
Playoff games9-2+8.86-54.30.2460.3182.40.1870.241
SAN FRANCISCO - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABHEBHR/ABRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.10.2540.309173592015044531380.026794691310581184134106  
Road Games4.20.2520.306873085776245820.03354242677286116553  
Righty Starters4.40.2570.3121123866994307960.02466306837447688070  
SAN FRANCISCO - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games2.921.050509.41751653934214241937-15511972.9%
Road Games2.991.048255.79185195237320718-730878.9%

KANSAS CITY - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPRunsAvgOBP
All Games97-74+11.678-854.10.2620.3103.80.2490.305
Home Games46-40-7.640-443.70.2540.3044.20.2600.313
vs Right-handed Starters70-52+8.456-604.10.2590.3073.70.2470.304
Past 7 Games6-1+5.84-34.40.2480.3183.30.2200.287
Grass Games93-71+10.175-824.00.2610.3103.80.2480.304
Night Games70-49+12.953-594.10.2620.3103.70.2450.302
Interleague15-6+8.49-114.80.2640.3143.00.2300.276
Playoff games8-1+8.45-44.80.2470.3153.70.2170.291
KANSAS CITY - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABHEBHR/ABRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.10.2620.310171585715334301040.0264641110541661138161108  
Home Games3.70.2540.304862820717203460.02299201498965397053  
Righty Starters4.10.2590.30712241831084306700.0245828775011980910370  
KANSAS CITY - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.191.2265051971794313318848834-18591283.1%
Home Games3.941.3212651221162492010126720-830683.3%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
SAN FRANCISCO - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
10/11/2014BUMGARNER(L)@ ST LOUISWAINWRIGHT(R)3-0W1106 unU8100461
10/12/2014PEAVY(R)@ ST LOUISLYNN(R)4-5L1206.5 ovO1090850
10/14/2014HUDSON(R)ST LOUISLACKEY(R)5-4W-1157 unO650951
10/15/2014VOGELSONG(R)ST LOUISMILLER(R)6-4W-1157 unO111001180
10/16/2014BUMGARNER(L)ST LOUISWAINWRIGHT(R)6-3W-1506 unO730660
10/21/2014BUMGARNER(L)@ KANSAS CITYSHIELDS(R)7-1W-1106.5 unO1091441
10/22/2014PEAVY(R)@ KANSAS CITYVENTURA(R) 
10/24/2014HUDSON(R)KANSAS CITYGUTHRIE(R) 
10/25/2014VOGELSONG(R)KANSAS CITYVARGAS(L) 

KANSAS CITY - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
10/10/2014SHIELDS(R)@ BALTIMORETILLMAN(R)8-6W1107 unO129114101
10/11/2014VENTURA(R)@ BALTIMORENORRIS(R)6-4W1057 unO13819101
10/14/2014GUTHRIE(R)BALTIMORECHEN(L)2-1W+1007 evU740340
10/15/2014VARGAS(L)BALTIMOREGONZALEZ(R)2-1W-1207.5 unU5100451
10/21/2014SHIELDS(R)SAN FRANCISCOBUMGARNER(L)1-7L+1006.5 unO4411091
10/22/2014VENTURA(R)SAN FRANCISCOPEAVY(R) 
10/24/2014GUTHRIE(R)@ SAN FRANCISCOHUDSON(R) 
10/25/2014VARGAS(L)@ SAN FRANCISCOVOGELSONG(R) 
KEY GAME INFORMATION
SAN FRANCISCO: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - From every slot in a talented, experienced rotation to the back end of the bullpen and in between, to the starting fielders and the role players on the bench, it's hard to find a member of the San Francisco Giants pleased with his 2013 season.
A year after winning the World Series, the Giants finished 10 games under .500, third in the NL West and they missed the playoffs.
''We don't even have to have the conversation, a lot of the guys know it,'' right-hander Matt Cain said. ''We didn't pitch the way that we wanted to.''
As the Giants begin a new year, they will try to keep up with the big-spending Los Angeles Dodgers and regain the grip they had on the NL West when the club won World Series championships in 2010 and `12 - even if everybody expects the Dodgers to be the team to beat.
''You do try to reflect back and try to learn from what happened last year and how you can get better,'' manager Bruce Bochy said. ''You move forward, that's what we had to do. There are some things we'll talk about in the spring, mistakes that we made last year. Also, hopefully guys come in with an attitude, that they weren't happy with what happened the year before and want to get back on track.''
Buster Posey certainly doesn't want to spend too much time thinking about last season.
''That's probably how everybody feels. There's a bad taste in a lot of guys' mouths,'' Posey said. ''We want to come out and focus on winning ballgames.''
KANSAS CITY: KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - James Shields thinks back to last year, thoughtfully piecing together what was missing from the Kansas City Royals as they made a late push for the postseason.
The pitching was strong. The offense was coming around. The defense was sublime.
He finally settled on experience.
''These guys that didn't realize or have never been to September, when you're fighting for a playoff spot, now you have that experience,'' Shields said. ''And I think that was one of the things we were lacking last season, the experience. You tend to put too much on your shoulders. And I think the second half we definitely relaxed and put all that aside and had fun and played the game the way we know how to play, and it showed.
''I think with the experience factor now,'' Shields concluded, ''we're ready to go.''
After finishing 86-76 a year ago, and contending into September for the first time in a decade, the Royals have their sets sight squarely on their first playoff appearance since 1985 this year.
Anything less would be a disappointment. Anything less would be a failure.
''Last year was a blast. When the end of the season came in Chicago, nobody wanted to leave,'' first baseman Eric Hosmer said. ''They knew how close we were. We were right there. And it left a good taste in everyone's mouth going into the offseason, knowing how good everyone can be.''
Indeed, the Royals return most of their key players from a year ago, signing left-hander Jason Vargas to replace their only significant loss, starting pitcher Ervin Santana. They also upgraded at their weakest spots, trading for Norichika Aoki to play right field and bat leadoff and signing Omar Infante to settle a second base position that has been a black hole for years.
All of which left the notoriously frugal franchise with a record-setting payroll.
Royals manager Ned Yost hopes all those moves will pay off for a rotation that was among the league's best last year, and an offense that was among the league's worst.
''It's going to be a lineup that has offensive sequence from one to nine. You're not going to have any dead spots,'' Yost said. ''You're not going to get something going and then bam, run into a wall and have to get going again. At least, I hope not. I don't think so.''
So with more experience and an upgraded lineup, Kansas City enters its season opener Sunday at Detroit with boundless enthusiasm.
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NL PREVIEW (SAN FRANCISCO-KANSAS CITY) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*Giants-Royals Preview* =======================

By KEVIN CHROUST STATS Writer

San Francisco (88-74) at Kansas City (89-73), 8:07 p.m. EDT

The playoff-hardened San Francisco Giants welcomed the Kansas City Royals to the World Series with a Game 1 thumping.

Gritty veteran Jake Peavy will try for the same kind of result in a pitching matchup with a potentially similar storyline.

Experience faces youth in the form of rookie Yordano Ventura for Wednesday night's Game 2 as the Giants set out to steal both games in Kansas City and inch closer to a third World Series crown in five seasons.

"A lot of energy, I think, on both sides," said Peavy, 33, pointing out his shared demeanor with the 23-year-old. "We'll have our work cut out for us, for sure."

The headline-grabbing Royals had won their first eight games of the postseason prior to Tuesday's 7-1 home loss, and now will try to become just the third team in the last 18 World Series to recover from a 1-0 deficit.

"We didn't expect to come in here and sweep the San Francisco Giants," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "We knew that this was a series that was going to go deep. We know how tough they are. They swung the bats really well."

San Francisco, which was swept in a three-game regular-season series in Kansas City by a 16-6 score, got the bulk of its offense from Pablo Sandoval and Hunter Pence, who each collected two hits and two RBIs.

Pence's two-run homer sparked a three-run first inning, while Sandoval is batting .400 since the start of the NL Championship Series and has reached base in a club-record 24 straight postseason games dating to 2012. If he gets on Wednesday, Sandoval will match Baltimore's Boog Powell for the third-longest streak in playoff history.

"I can't say I'm surprised by these guys," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said of his Nos. 4 and 5 hitters.

Prior to 2013 with Boston, Peavy's postseason experience had been limited with two starts in his first 12 seasons, which resulted in a pair of losses and a 12.10 ERA.

The right-hander's next assignment will be his sixth start in the last two years, and while his playoff numbers are improving with age, they're still probably not up to a level of his liking.

Peavy (1-0, 1.86 ERA) has allowed two runs and six hits in 9 2-3 innings of two starts this season and has surrendered more than two runs once in his last five playoff starts - all of which have come on the road - but he's failed to pitch beyond four innings in three of those.

One such outing came in Game 2 of the NLCS as Peavy gave up two runs and four hits with three walks in four innings of a 5-4 loss in St. Louis.

He didn't factor into the decision, which was also the case in his lone World Series start last season with two runs and six hits allowed in four innings of another 5-4 loss at St. Louis.

Peavy's no stranger to Kauffman Stadium, though he might not have fond memories of his AL Central days. Peavy is 1-5 with a 6.42 ERA in seven starts in the Royals' building, and his 4.97 ERA against Kansas City is the worst among any club he's faced more than six times.

Billy Butler has inflicted plenty of that damage with a 14-for-33 career mark and three home runs, while Alcides Escobar is 9 for 22 with two homers.

Ventura (0-0, 4.85) began his postseason career with a rough relief outing in the Royals' wild-card win over Oakland, and his performance nearly cost them a spot in the ALDS. The hard-throwing right-hander allowed two runs and two hits in 1-3 of an inning before they rallied.

"For me, another thing I focus on is to live day by day," Ventura said with Game 3 starter Jeremy Guthrie serving as his translator. "Really, what happened (against) Oakland, I had moved past that."

He's since made two road starts and yielded five runs in 12 2-3 innings, four of which came over 5 2-3 in Game 2 of the ALCS against Baltimore.

Ventura posted a 5-7 record and 3.27 ERA in 16 home starts during the regular season.

The Royals will now try to avoid losing back-to-back games for the first time since Sept. 19-20.

Salvador Perez homered in Game 1, but the catcher is batting .135 in the playoffs. The Royals' two hottest bats this postseason - Eric Hosmer (.394) and Lorenzo Cain (.333) - went a combined 0 for 6 as Giants pitchers held the Royals to four hits, matching the AL club's postseason low.

While it's been the Kansas City bullpen that has earned plenty of attention this October, San Francisco's relievers have been the more effective bunch with a 1.69 ERA in the postseason and 12 2-3 scoreless innings over the last four games.


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