The Giants got a great effort from Madison Bumgarner in Game 1 and emerged with a 7-1 victory over the Royals to take the lead in the 2014 World Series.
10 of the past 11 (and 22 of the past 26) teams to win Game 1 went on to win the World Series
Pablo Sandoval's World Series Career: BA .417, HR 3, RBI 6, Hits 10, Games 6
Giants: 9-2 this postseason (won 4 straight); won 16 of last 18 postseason game
Madison Bumgarner: World Series career / W-L: 3-0, IP 22, Runs Allowed 1
Royals: 11-game postseason winning streak snapped streak was 1 shy of MLB record (1927-32 Yankees, 1998-99 Yankees)
James Shields' ERA in four starts this October: 7.10 (19 IP, 15 ER). #royals #WorldSeries
Lincecum said he is fine, just got dressed late and didn't want to out to pregame introductions after they'd started.
In 3 World Series Game 1's since 2010, Cliff Lee, Justin Verlander and James Shields have combined for 12.34 ERA vs. #SFGiants
Sandoval at 24 now. RT @hankschulman: Longest on-base streaks, postseason: 1. M Cabrera (31), 2. Utley (27). 3. B Powell (25).
The #sfgiants are 9-1 in World Series games under Bruce Bochy
Bumgarner's World Series stats: 22 innings, 8 hits, 1 run, 5 walks, 19 strikeouts.
If Bumgarner had gotten one more out would have been only 4 longer WS scoreless streaks at any point: Ford 33 Ruth 29 Christy 28 Burdette 24
Game 1 winners have won the World Series 64.5 percent of the time (69-38).
Giants trying to become 2nd team in 40 years to win World Series 3 times in 5 seasons. Yankees won 4 of 5 1996-2000.
MadBum has now permitted just 3 ER over 39.2 career innings pitched (0.68 ERA) on the road during the #postseason.
The @SFGiants have not lost the first game of a #postseason series on the road since falling to @Marlins in Game 1 of 1997 #NLDS.
GAME 1: Giants win 7-1
GAME 2: Jake Peavy faces off against Yordano Ventura