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THE STORY OF 2014 WORLD SERIES

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The 2014 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 132nd year in Major League

Baseball, their 57th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the

1957 season, and their 15th at AT&T Park. The Giants finished the season in second

place in the National League West, but qualified for the playoffs and defeated the

Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League Wild Card Game and the Washington

Nationals in the National League Division Series. They defeated the St. Louis Cardinals

in the National League Championship Series in five games and beat the Kansas City

Royals in seven games in the 2014 World Series, their third World Series win in five

years.


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The 2014 World Series was the 110th edition of the Major League Baseball (MLB)

championship series, a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL)

champion San Francisco Giants and the American League (AL) champion Kansas City

Royals. The Giants defeated the Royals four games to three to clinch their third World

Series championship in a five-season span (2010–14), and their third overall since the

club's move to San Francisco from New York. It was the Giants' eighth World Series

championship in franchise history.


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The Giants won Game 1 behind a strong pitching performance by Madison

Bumgarner while the Royals won Games 2 and 3 as their pitchers limited San

Francisco to 2 runs per game. The Giants won Games 4 and 5, thanks to 11 runs in

Game 4 and Bumgarner's complete game shutout in Game 5. Kansas City tied the

series in Game 6, shutting out San Francisco and scoring 10 runs, which forced a

Game 7. The Giants won the final game, 3–2, thanks to timely hitting, including the

game-winning RBI by Michael Morse to score Pablo Sandoval. Bumgarner pitched

five shutout innings in relief on two days' rest to clinch the championship, claiming the

series MVP award.


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This was the second World Series in history in which two wild card teams faced each

other. It was the first World Series to involve a team (let alone two) that played in the

additional wild card game instituted in 2012. Consequently, by winning, the Giants set

the record for most victories in a single postseason with 12. This was also only the

second World Series since 2002 to go to seven games. Additionally, this was the first

World Series in which both teams played in a play-in game since the Division Series

was added in 1994. It was also the first time in World Series history that the opponents

both had fewer than 90 wins in the regular season. It was the first Series in history in

which at least five games were decided by five or more runs. It was the third World

Series to end in Game 7 with the tying run on third base, after 1946 and 1962.


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The Giants became the first road team to win Game 7 of the World Series since the

1979 Pirates, ending a string of nine straight home team victories in the deciding

game. The Giants were also the first team to come back to win Game 7 after losing

Game 6 since the 1997 Marlins as well as the first road team to do since the 1975

Reds. It was the Giants' first ever Game 7 victory in a best-of-seven World Series.

The victory wrapped up the Giants' third championship in five seasons, a feat not

accomplished by a National League team since the St. Louis Cardinals in 1942,

1944, and 1946. The Giants became the fifth franchise to win at least three titles in

five years (or fewer), joining the Athletics, Cardinals, Red Sox, and Yankees.

Manager Bruce Bochy became the tenth manager in MLB history to win three

championships, with the previous nine all inducted into the Hall of Fame.


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