SI's Best Photos of Game 5 of the 2014 World Series

SI's Best Photos of Game 5 of the 2014 World Series
SI's Best Photos of Game 5 of the 2014 World Series /

SI's Best Photos of Game 5 of the 2014 World Series

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Madison Bumgarner pitched one of the greatest games in World Series history with his compete-game shutout of the Kansas City Royals, during which he struck out eight and didn't issue a single walk.

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Pablo Sandoval and Hunter Pence celebrate as the Giants pad a 2-0 lead by scoring three times in the eighth inning.

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After leading off the eighth with back-to-back singes, Pablo Sandoval and Hunter Pence both scored on a one-out double by Juan Perez.

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A Giants fan hold up his YES sign in the background as San Francisco moved within a win of capturing the World Series title as the series heads back to Kansas City.

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Buster Posey got the first hit of the night off James Shields, then grounded out twice and walked once the rest of the night.

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First baseman Brandon Belt made a slide back to the bag to get Salvador Perez out in the top of the fourth.

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The Royals had only four runners get on base against the Giants and went 0-for-2 with runners in scoring position.

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Brandon Belt laid down a bunt single with one down in the second inning, moving Hunter Pence to second. The Giants took a 1-0 lead later in the inning.

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Madison Bumgarner lowered his ERA to 0.29 in four World Series starts. He threw a strike on 84 of his 117 pitches Sunday night.

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Hunter Pence scored in the second inning on the first of Brandon Crawford's three RBI on the night.

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Buster Posey and his teammates finished with 12 hits against the Royals.

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James Shields struck out four over six innings and walked one batter.

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Eric Hosmer and the Royals have now gone 15 consecutive innings without scoring against the Giants and 20 of 21 innings stretching back to Game 3.

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Travis Ishikawa fails to make a catch.

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Fortunately for the Giants, the miscue didn't come back to bite them.

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Lorenzo Cain is greeted by teammates after making a terrific running catch.

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Pablo Sandoval reached base twice and ended up scoring both times.

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A sellout crowd of 43,087 attended Game 5.

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The temperature during the pregame ceremonies was 67 degrees at around 5 p.m. Pacific Time.


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