Here are some of the statistical storylines our broadcast crew will be focusing on.
What’s at stake
The Elias Sports Bureau notes that the Game 5 winner of a World Series tied 2-2 wins the series 66 percent of the time, with the most recent instance being last season when theBoston Red Sox defeated the St. Louis Cardinals.
However, it wasn’t that long ago that a team rallied from a 3-2 deficit to win a World Series. The most recent instance was in 2011 when the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Texas Rangers in seven games.
The Giants have played in six previous World Series that were tied, 2-2. They’ve won none of them. The Royals only played in one- which they lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in six games in 1980.
Madison Bumgarner top stats to know
The difference between Madison Bumgarner in the postseason at home versus on the road is stark and unusual.
Bumgarner is 1-3 with a 4.67 ERA in six career postseason starts at AT&T Park. He’s 5-0 with an 0.68 ERA in six postseason road starts.
Elias points out that Bumgarner is one of two active pitchers to win his first three World Series starts. The last to win his first four was Lew Burdette for the Milwaukee Braves in 1957-1958.
James Shields top stats to know
Since beating the Phillies in the 2008 World Series, James Shields has been very shaky in postseason play. He’s 1-3 with an 8.26 ERA in six postseason starts over the last five seasons. His big bugaboo is the home run- he’s allowed five in 28 1/3 innings pitched.
Shields had pitched at least five innings in every start this season but lasted only three innings in his loss to the Giants in this year’s World Series opener.
Giants hitter to Watch: Hunter Pence
Pence is 7 for 15 with five RBIs and three walks in this World Series.
Pence entered the World Series 0 for 11 in his career against James Shields, but was 2 for 2 against him, including a home run in Game 1.
Pence was 5 for 24 in at bats ending with a pitch in the lower half of the strike zone in the playoffs entering the World Series.
In the Fall Classic, he’s 5 for 12 with three walks.
Pence is one of three Giants to reach base at least 10 times via hit or walk and drive in at least five runs in a World Series since the team moved to San Francisco in 1958. The others are Chuck Hiller (1962) and Barry Bonds (2002).
Pence's seven-game World Series hitting streak is tied with J.T. Snow and Buster Posey for the longest in Giants' franchise history.
Royals hitter to watch: Alex Gordon
Gordon is 2 for 16, including 0 for 6 against left-handed pitching in the World Series. Gordon is 1 for 17 with six strikeouts against lefties in the 2014 postseason. Lefties haven’t been afraid to challenge him. He’s made 12 of his 16 outs against pitches that were in the strike zone.
Gordon hit .295 in at-bats against lefties that ended with a pitch in the strike zone during the regular season.
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