Kansas City Royals rout San Francisco Giants 10-0 in game six
Teams observe tribute to tragic St Louis Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras before the game
Yordano Ventura surrendered only three hits over seven shutout innings as the Kansas City Royals blanked San Francisco Giants 10-0 in game six to force a one-game showdown for the World Series crown on Tuesday.
The Royals tagged the Giants for seven runs on eight hits in the second inning and cruised from there to level Major League Baseball’s best-of-seven final at 3-3 and force a title-deciding matchup Wednesday.
Kansas City’s Jeremy Guthrie, the game three winning pitcher, will open against game three loser Tim Hudson in a seventh-game meeting of right-handed starting pitchers.
Ventura, a 23-year-old Dominican rookie right-hander in a must-win situation, silenced Giants batters, striking out four while walking five as San Francisco never had a runner past second base and only two beyond first even as Kansas City batters blasted 15 hits to keep their title bid alive.
The Royals, who ended a 29-year playoff drought and won their first eight post-season games, took their only World Series crown in 1985, rallying to win the final two games at home to defeat St. Louis in seven games.