At New York:
Trailing 2-0 in the ninth inning on Sunday, the Kansas City Royals scored twice in that inning (with Eric Hosner scoring the equalizer), then, with Christian Colon delivering a tie-breaking single in his first post-season at bat and Lorenzo Cain delivering a three-run double, erupted for five more runs in the 12th inning as they defeated the New York Mets 7-2 in game five to win their first World Series championship since 1985, taking the series in five games. That's Eric, here, celebrating with third baseman Mike Moustakas after the game.
USA Today photo by Robert Deutsch
At New York:
In Saturday's fourth game of the World Series, the Kansas City Royals, aided by second baseman Daniel Murphy's error, rallied for three runs in the eighth inning and upended the New York Mets 5-3 on the road for a three-games-to-one series lead.
The Royals can finish off the Mets and win their first World Series title since 1985 with a game-five road win on Sunday night.
Here, we see Royals first basement Eric Hosner celebrating with teammate Alex Gordon after scoring in that big eighth inning.
USA Today photo by Jeff Curry
At New York:
David Wright (that's him here; he drove in four runs in the game) and Curtis Granderson each homered on Friday as the New York Mets overpowered the visiting Kansas City Royals 9-3 in the third game of the World Series, which the Royals still lead two games to one.
The Mets will try to level the series at two games apiece on Saturday night at home in game four.
USA Today photo by Jeff Curry
At Kansas City:
Johnny Cueto pitched a two-hit complete game on Wednesday night as the Kansas City Royals, with Eric Hosner delivering a two-run single, scored four runs in the fifth inning en route to a 7-1 home fist-beating of the New York Mets in the second game of the World Series, which the Royals now lead two games to none. Here's Johnny celebrating after his brilliant victory.
USA Today photo by Peter Aiken
At Kansas City:
Eric Hosmer (that's him here) delivered a sacrifice fly in the 14th inning as Alcides Escobar (who delivered a first-inning inside-the-park homer) scored the game-winning run on Tuesday night (Wednesday morning in Kansas City) as the Kansas City Royals took the opening game of the World Series, 5-4 over the visiting New York Mets.
Alex Gordon's solo home run in the ninth inning for the Royals forced extra innings.
It was the longest Game One in World Series history.
The Mets' Daniel Murphy's Major League Baseball record string of six consecutive post-season games with a home run came to an end.
USA Today photo by Jeff Curry
At Kansas City:
Ben Zobrist and Mike Moustakas hit a home run while Lorenzo Cain scored the winning run from first base in the eighth inning on Friday as the Kansas City Royals defeated the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 in game six of the American League Championship series and won their second straight league pennant.
The Royals will open the World Series at home Tuesday night against the New York Mets.
At Toronto:
Marco Estrada pitched 7 2/3 innings of three-hit ball while Troy Tulowitzki delivered a three-run double in the sixth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays dominated the visiting Kansas City Royals 7-1 in Wednesday's fifth game of the American League Championship Series.
The Royals, who still lead the series three games to two, can wrap up their second straight pennant with a home win in Kansas City on Friday.
At Toronto:
Ben Zobrist hit a two-run homer in the first inning and Alex Rios added a solo shot in the second inning as the Kansas City Royals destroyed the Toronto Blue Jays 14-2 in Tuesday's fourth game of the American League Championship Series on the road.
The Royals can lock up their second straight pennant (and trip to the World Series) with a game-five victory in Toronto on Wednesday.
At Toronto:
Troy Tulowitski and Josh Donaldson each hit a home run during a six-run third inning on Monday as the Toronto Blue Jays held off the visiting Kansas City Royals 11-8 in the third game of the American League Championship Series, which the Royals still lead two games to one.
At Kansas City:
Ben Zobrist's base hit in the seventh inning touched off a five-run scoring binge in that inning on Saturday as the Kansas City Royals erased a three-run deficit and defeated the visiting Toronto Blues Jays 6-3 in the second game of the American League Championship Series, which the Royals now lead two games to none.
At Kansas City:
Edinson Volquez pitched six solid shutout innings as he and three relievers combined on a three-hit shutout on Friday while Salvador Perez hit a towering home run as the Kansas City Royals dominated the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 5-0 in the opening game of the American League Championship Series.
At Kansas City:
Madison Bumgarner (named series Most Valuable Player; that's him celebrating the victory with teammates) pitched five innings of two-hit, four-strikeout scoreless baseball in relief while Michael Morse delivered the go-ahead RBI single in the fourth inning as the San Francisco Giants won their third World Series championship in five years on Wednesday with their 3-2 road victory in game seven over the Kansas City Royals.
The Giants won their first World Series game seven in five tries and ended a string of nine straight game-seven victories by home teams.
A key to the Giants' victory came in the third inning as second baseman Joe Panik turned in a double play (this after video replay overturned an earlier ruling that he didn't) to help snuff out a Royals rally (Kansas City had tied it up at 2-2 in the second inning after the Giants had scored twice in their half of that same inning).
USA Today photo by Denny Medley
At Kansas City:
Lorenzo Cain looped a two-run single, part of a seven-run second inning while Yordano Ventura pitched seven innings of three-hit shutout baseball as the Kansas City Royals demolished the visiting San Francisco Giants 10-0 in Tuesday's sixth game of the World Series.
The series, now deadlocked at three games apiece, will be decided in game #7 on Wednesday night in Kansas City. Tim Hudson will start for the Giants while Jeremy Guthrie will start for the Royals.
Here, we see Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer feeling his oats after hitting an RBI double in that second inning. That's Giants second baseman Jim Panik beside him.
USA Today photo by Christopher Hanewickel
At San Francisco:
Madison Bumgarner (that's him here) pitched a four-hit complete-game shutout on Sunday while shortstop Brandon Crawford batted in three runs as the San Francisco Giants smothered the visiting Kansas City Royal 5-0 in the fifth game of the World Series.
The Giants, who now lead the series three games to two, can close out their third World Series crown in five years with a game-six victory in Kansas City on Tuesday.
USA Today photo by Christopher Hanewickel
At San Francisco:
Pablo Sanoval's single in the fifth inning set up Hunter Pence to score the tying run and the 2012 series Most Valuable Player followed with a go-ahead two run single as the San Francisco Giants, who scored two runs in the fifth, three in the sixth, and four in the seventh, overcame a 4-1 deficit and delivered a frontier-styled fist beating to the visiting Kansas City Royals 1-4 in Saturday's fourth game of the World Series, which is now squared at two games apiece. That's the Big Panda himself celebrating.
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At San Francisco:
Alex Gordon hit a run-scoring double and Eric Hosmer had an RBI single, both in the sixth inning on Friday while four relief pitchers (Brandon Finngan, pictured here, amongst them) pitched four hitless innings of relief for starter (and winner) Jeremy Guthrie as the Kansas City Royals knocked off the San Francisco Giants 3-2 on the road in the third game of the World Series, which the Royals now lead two games to one.
USA Today photo by Kelley L. Cox
At Kansas City:
Salvador Perez delivered a two-run double and Omar Infante hit a two-run homer as part of a five-run sixth inning on Wednesday night as the Kansas City Royals squared the World Series with the San Francisco Giants at one game apiece following their 7-2 game-two home domination. Designated hitter Billy Butler (shown here) drove in the go-ahead (and ultimately winning) run in that sixth inning.
USA Today photo by John Rieger
At Kansas City:
Madison Bumgarner (that's him, folks) pitched seven strong innings on Tuesday night while outfielder Hunter Pence hit a two-run homer in the opening inning as the San Francisco Giants dominated the Kansas City Royals 7-1 in the opening game of the World Series. The defeat ended the Royals' run of eleven straight post-season wins (eight this year).
USA Today photo by Jamie Square
At Kansas City:
Jason Vargas combined with three relievers on a four-hitter while Greg Holland picked up his fourth save of the series on Wednesday as the Kansas City Royals completed a four-game sweep of the American League Championship Series with a 2-1 game-four win over the visiting Baltimore Orioles.
Royals outfielder Lorenzo Cain was named the series' Most Valuable Player.
Thanks to the American League's victory in this year's All-Star Game, the Royals, league champions for the first time since 1985, will have home-field advantage in this year's World Series, with the opening game to take place at Ewing Kaufman Stadium on Tuesday against the winner of the National League Championship Series between the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals.
At Kansas City:
Billy Butler drove in the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning as the Kansas City Royals racked up their tenth straight post-season victory by defeating the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 at home in Tuesday's third game of the American League Championship series.
The Royals, who now lead the series three games to none, can lock up their first American League pennant and first World Series appearance since 1985 with a game-four home win on Wednesday.
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