The Royals took the first game in San Francisco by the score of 3-2 and now lead the World Series 2-1 with the pivotal Game 4 set for Saturday in San Francisco. Here's a quick review of Game 3.
Greg Holland has 7 saves this postseason, tying the most in a single postseason. He has 27 straight saves dating back to the regular season.
The Royals bullpen is the 1st bullpen in MLB history with 7 wins and 7 saves in a single postseason.
Teams that win Game 3 on the ROAD of a World Series tied at 1-1 win the series 75.9% of the time (22-7).
#SFGiants have been down 2-1 in 8 previous #WorldSeries. Won Game 4 4x, but only one Series: 1921 vs. the Yankees.
A team has led the #WorldSeries 2-1 84 times. In Game 4, the team leading 2-1 is 42-42.
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Jeremy Affeldt has 20 straight scoreless appearances in the postseason, the second-longest streak in MLB history.
Pablo Sandoval's ongoing on-base streak (25) is the franchise record, but Hunter Pence is getting up there too. He's at 16 postseason games in a row.
Giants lose 3-2. First time they've trailed in an active World Series since the Angels won two of the first three in 2002 Fall Classic.
Greg Holland hasn't blown a save since July 24.
Jeremy Guthrie joins Bob Turley, Hugh McQuillan, Tom Zachary and Babe Ruth as only SPs to win a #WorldSeries game without a strikeout.
The @Royals have improved to 6-0 this #postseason when scoring first.
In 11.1 #postseason innings, Wade Davis has permitted one run on five hits with two walks and 14 strikeouts (0.79 ERA).
@Royals reliever @Bfinny29 (Brandon Finnegan) became the first player ever to appear in the College World Series and the Fall Classic in the same year.
GAME 1: Giants win 7-1
GAME 2: Royals win 7-2
GAME 3: Royals win 3-2
GAME 4: Jason Vargas versus Ryan Vogelsong, 5:07 PM PST