2014 San Francisco Giants season

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2014 San Francisco Giants
World Series Champions
National League Champions
National League Wild Card Winners
President Barack Obama meets with The 2014 World Series champion San Francisco Giants at the White House
President Barack Obama meets with
The 2014 World Series champion
San Francisco Giants at the White House
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkAT&T Park
CitySan Francisco, California
Record88–74 (.543)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersLarry Baer (managing general partner)
General managersBrian Sabean
ManagersBruce Bochy
TelevisionKNTV
(Jon Miller, Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper)
CSN Bay Area
(Duane Kuiper, Mike Krukow, Dave Flemming, Jon Miller)
RadioKNBR
(Jon Miller, Dave Flemming, Duane Kuiper, Mike Krukow)
KTRB (Spanish)
(Erwin Higueros, Tito Fuentes)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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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 NLWC Game and the Washington Nationals in the NLDS. They defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLCS in five games and beat the Kansas City Royals in seven games in the World Series, their third World Series win in five years.

Season standings[edit]

National League West[edit]

NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 94 68 0.580 — 45–36 49–32
San Francisco Giants 88 74 0.543 6 45–36 43–38
San Diego Padres 77 85 0.475 17 48–33 29–52
Colorado Rockies 66 96 0.407 28 45–36 21–60
Arizona Diamondbacks 64 98 0.395 30 33–48 31–50


National League Wild Card[edit]

Division Leaders 		W L Pct.
Washington Nationals 96 66 0.593
Los Angeles Dodgers 94 68 0.580
St. Louis Cardinals 90 72 0.556
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) 		W L Pct. GB
Pittsburgh Pirates 88 74 0.543 —
San Francisco Giants 88 74 0.543 —
Milwaukee Brewers 82 80 0.506 6
New York Mets 79 83 0.488 9
Atlanta Braves 79 83 0.488 9
San Diego Padres 77 85 0.475 11
Miami Marlins 77 85 0.475 11
Cincinnati Reds 76 86 0.469 12
Philadelphia Phillies 73 89 0.451 15
Chicago Cubs 73 89 0.451 15
Colorado Rockies 66 96 0.407 22
Arizona Diamondbacks 64 98 0.395 24


Record vs. opponents[edit]

2014 National League record

Source: Head-to-Head Records
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona – 3–3 5–2 3–4 9–10 4–15 3–4 3–4 2–4 2–4 3–4 12–7 6–13 1–5 1–6 7–13
Atlanta 3–3 – 5–1 5–2 4–3 1–6 9–10 5–2 9–10 11–8 3–4 3–4 1–5 2–4 11–8 7–13
Chicago 2–5 1–5 – 8–11 5–2 3–4 4–2 11–8 5–2 3–3 5–14 3–4 2–4 9–10 3–4 9–11
Cincinnati 4–3 2–5 11–8 – 3–4 3–4 4–3 10–9 2–4 3–3 12–7 1–5 5–2 7–12 3–3 6–14
Colorado 10–9 3–4 2–5 4–3 – 6–13 3–4 1–6 3–4 3–3 2–4 10–9 10–9 1–5 1–5 7–13
Los Angeles 15–4 6–1 4–3 4–3 13–6 – 3–3 1–5 4–2 3–4 2–5 12–7 10–9 4–3 2–4 11–9
Miami 4–3 10–9 2–4 3–4 4–3 3–3 – 3–4 8–11 9–10 2–4 3–4 3–4 4–2 6–13 13–7
Milwaukee 4–3 2–5 8–11 9–10 6–1 5–1 4–3 – 4–3 3–4 12–7 3–3 2–4 7–12 2–4 11–9
New York 4–2 10–9 2–5 4–2 4–3 2–4 11–8 3–4 – 13–6 3–4 3–3 1–6 4–3 4–15 11–9
Philadelphia 4–2 8–11 3–3 3–3 3–3 4–3 10–9 4–3 6–13 – 1–6 4–3 2–5 4–3 10–9 7–13
Pittsburgh 4–3 4–3 14–5 7–12 4–2 5–2 4–2 7–12 4–3 6–1 – 3–3 4–2 8–11 3–4 11–9
San Diego 7–12 4–3 4–3 5–1 9–10 7–12 4–3 3–3 3–3 3–4 3–3 – 10–9 3–4 3–4 9–11
San Francisco 13–6 5–1 4–2 2–5 9–10 9–10 4–3 4–2 6–1 5–2 2–4 9–10 – 4–3 2–5 10–10
St. Louis 5–1 4–2 10–9 12–7 5–1 3–4 2–4 12–7 3–4 3–4 11–8 4–3 3–4 – 5–2 8–12
Washington 6–1 8–11 4–3 3–3 5–1 4–2 13–6 4–2 15–4 9–10 4–3 4–3 5–2 2–5 – 10–10


Events[edit]

Game log and schedule[edit]

All schedule and scores taken from MLB.com.[13]

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2014 Game Log
March (1–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 March 31 @ Diamondbacks 9–8 Machi (1–0) Reed (0–1) Romo (1) 48,451 1–0
April (16–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
2 April 1 @ Diamondbacks 4–5 Miley (1–1) Gutiérrez (0–1) Reed (1) 18,974 1–1
3 April 2 @ Diamondbacks 2–0 Hudson (1–0) Cahill (0–2) Romo (2) 19,357 2–1
4 April 3 @ Diamondbacks 8–5 Machi (2–0) Harris (0–1) 19,131 3–1
5 April 4 @ Dodgers 8–4 Huff (1–0) Ryu (1–1) 53,493 4–1
6 April 5 @ Dodgers 7–2 Bumgarner (1–0) Maholm (0–1) 49,520 5–1
7 April 6 @ Dodgers 2–6 Greinke (2–0) Cain (0–1) 48,367 5–2
8 April 8 Diamondbacks 7–3 Hudson (2–0) Cahill (0–3) 42,166 6–2
9 April 9 Diamondbacks 3–7 Arroyo (1–0) Lincecum (0–1) Collmenter (1) 41,157 6–3
10 April 10 Diamondbacks 5–6 (10) Putz (1–0) Petit (0–1) Reed (3) 41,577 6–4
11 April 11 Rockies 6–5 Bumgarner (2–0) de la Rosa (0–2) Romo (3) 41,707 7–4
12 April 12 Rockies 0–1 Kahnle (2–0) Cain (0–2) Hawkins (2) 41,917 7–5
13 April 13 Rockies 5–4 (10) Romo (1–0) Brothers (1–1) 41,490 8–5
14 April 15 Dodgers 3–2 (12) Petit (1–1) League (0–1) 42,469 9–5
15 April 16 Dodgers 2–1 Machi (3–0) Howell (1–1) Romo (4) 42,773 10–5
16 April 17 Dodgers 1–2 Ryu (2–1) Bumgarner (2–1) Jansen (5) 42,890 10–6
17 April 18 @ Padres 1–2 Ross (2–2) Cain (0–3) Street (6) 34,839 10–7
18 April 19 @ Padres 1–3 Stults (1–2) Hudson (2–1) Benoit (1) 43,405 10–8
19 April 20 @ Padres 4–3 Lincecum (1–1) Erlin (1–2) Romo (5) 25,035 11–8
20 April 21 @ Rockies 2–8 de la Rosa (1–3) Vogelsong (0–1) 25,434 11–9
21 April 22 @ Rockies 1–2 Morales (2–1) Bumgarner (2–2) Hawkins (6) 27,165 11–10
22 April 23 @ Rockies 12–10 (11) Machi (4–0) Bettis (0–1) 35,191 12–10
23 April 25 Indians 5–1 Hudson (3–1) Carrasco (0–3) 41,296 13–10
24 April 26 Indians 5–3 Gutiérrez (1–1) McAllister (3–1) Romo (6) 42,088 14–10
25 April 27 Indians 4–1 Romo (2–0) Allen (2–1) 41,530 15–10
26 April 28 Padres 4–6 Ross (3–3) Bumgarner (2–3) Street (10) 41,533 15–11
27 April 29 Padres 6–0 Petit (2–1) Stults (1–3) 41,952 16–11
28 April 30 Padres 3–2 Hudson (4–1) Erlin (1–4) Romo (7) 42,164 17–11
May (19–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
29 May 2 @ Braves 2–1 Lincecum (2–1) Minor (0–1) Romo (8) 29,469 18–11
30 May 3 @ Braves 3–1 Vogelsong (1–1) Teherán (2–2) Romo (9) 34,648 19–11
31 May 4 @ Braves 4–1 Bumgarner (3–3) Wood (2–5) Casilla (1) 30,067 20–11
32 May 5 @ Pirates 11–10 (13) Machi (5–0) Hughes (1–1) Romo (10) 13,675 21–11
33 May 6 @ Pirates 1–2 Watson (3–0) Hudson (4–2) 18,881 21–12
34 May 7 @ Pirates 3–4 Cole (3–2) Lincecum (2–2) Melancon (2) 23,975 21–13
35 May 8 @ Dodgers 3–1 (10) Casilla (1–0) Howell (1–3) Romo (11) 43,068 22–13
36 May 9 @ Dodgers 3–1 Bumgarner (4–3) Maholm (1–3) Romo (12) 49,171 23–13
37 May 10 @ Dodgers 2–6 Greinke (6–1) Affeldt (0–1) 47,199 23–14
38 May 11 @ Dodgers 7–4 (10) Romo (3–0) Jansen (0–2) Machi (1) 51,369 24–14
39 May 12 Braves 4–2 Lincecum (3–2) Floyd (0–1) Romo (13) 41,438 25–14
40 May 13 Braves 0–5 Minor (1–2) Vogelsong (1–2) 41,506 25–15
41 May 14 Braves 10–4 Bumgarner (5–3) Teherán (2–3) 41,253 26–15
42 May 15 Marlins 6–4 Cain (1–3) Eovaldi (2–2) Romo (14) 41,597 27–15
43 May 16 Marlins 5–7 Dunn (4–3) Casilla (1–1) Cishek (8) 41,819 27–16
44 May 17 Marlins 0–5 Koehler (4–3) Lincecum (3–3) Cishek (9) 41,619 27–17
45 May 18 Marlins 4–1 Vogelsong (2–2) Turner (0–2) Romo (15) 41,551 28–17
46 May 20 @ Rockies 4–5 Hawkins (2–0) Romo (3–1) 31,046 28–18
47 May 21 @ Rockies 5–1 Petit (3–1) Chacín (0–3) 30,411 29–18
– May 22 @ Rockies 2–2 (6) Game Suspended (rain). Resume date: 9/1
48 May 23 Twins 6–2 Lincecum (4–3) Gibson (4–4) Machi (2) 41,514 30–18
49 May 24 Twins 2–1 Vogelsong (3–2) Deduno (1–3) Romo (16) 41,724 31–18
50 May 25 Twins 8–1 Bumgarner (6–3) Nolasco (2–5) 42,590 32–18
51 May 26 Cubs 4–8 Samardzija (1–4) Petit (3–2) 42,257 32–19
52 May 27 Cubs 4–0 Hudson (5–2) Arrieta (1–1) 41,060 33–19
53 May 28 Cubs 5–0 Kontos (1–0) Jackson (3–5) 41,186 34–19
54 May 29 @ Cardinals 6–5 López (1–0) Martínez (0–3) Romo (17) 41,337 35–19
55 May 30 @ Cardinals 9–4 Bumgarner (7–3) Wainwright (8–3) 43,107 36–19
56 May 31 @ Cardinals 0–2 Wacha (4–3) Petit (3–3) Rosenthal (16) 44,426 36–20
June (10–16)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
57 June 1 @ Cardinals 8–0 Hudson (6–2) Lynn (6–3) 42,734 37–20
58 June 3 @ Reds 3–8 Bailey (6–3) Lincecum (4–4) 27,152 37–21
59 June 4 @ Reds 3–2 Vogelsong (4–2) Cingrani (2–6) Romo (18) 26,333 38–21
60 June 5 @ Reds 6–1 Bumgarner (8–3) Leake (3–5) 25,532 39–21
61 June 6 Mets 4–2 Affeldt (1–1) Torres (2–3) Romo (19) 41,437 40–21
62 June 7 Mets 5–4 Affeldt (2–1) Mejía (4–3) 41,296 41–21
63 June 8 Mets 6–4 Lincecum (5–4) Wheeler (2–6) Romo (20) 41,911 42–21
64 June 9 Nationals 2–9 Strasburg (6–4) Vogelsong (4–3) 41,597 42–22
65 June 10 Nationals 1–2 Fister (5–1) Bumgarner (8–4) Soriano (13) 41,545 42–23
66 June 11 Nationals 2–6 Roark (5–4) Cain (1–4) 41,404 42–24
67 June 12 Nationals 7–1 Hudson (7–2) Treinen (0–3) 41,067 43–24
68 June 13 Rockies 4–7 Belisle (1–2) Romo (3–2) Hawkins (12) 41,258 43–25
69 June 14 Rockies 4–5 Brothers (3–4) Romo (3–3) Hawkins (13) 41,704 43–26
70 June 15 Rockies 7–8 Belisle (2–2) Gutiérrez (1–2) Hawkins (14) 41,824 43–27
71 June 17 @ White Sox 2–8 Danks (6–5) Cain (1–5) 25,278 43–28
72 June 18 @ White Sox 6–7 Sale (6–1) Hudson (7–3) Belisario (7) 20,059 43–29
73 June 20 @ Diamondbacks 1–4 Collmenter (5–4) Lincecum (5–5) Reed (17) 29,295 43–30
74 June 21 @ Diamondbacks 6–4 Vogelsong (5–3) McCarthy (1–10) Romo (21) 37,916 44–30
75 June 22 @ Diamondbacks 4–1 Bumgarner (9–4) Bolsinger (1–3) Romo (22) 27,862 45–30
76 June 23 Padres 0–6 Despaigne (1–0) Cain (1–6) 41,360 45–31
77 June 24 Padres 2–7 Hahn (3–1) Hudson (7–4) 41,546 45–32
78 June 25 Padres 4–0 Lincecum (6–5) Kennedy (5–9) 41,500 46–32
79 June 26 Reds 1–3 Leake (6–6) Vogelsong (5–4) Chapman (15) 41,156 46–33
80 June 27 Reds 2–6 Cueto (8–5) Bumgarner (9–5) Chapman (16) 41,046 46–34
81 June 28 Reds 3–7 Broxton (4–0) López (1–1) 41,024 46–35
82 June 29 Reds 0–4 Bailey (8–4) Hudson (7–5) 41,541 46–36
July (12–14)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
83 July 1 Cardinals 5–0 Lincecum (7–5) Gonzales (0–1) 41,152 47–36
84 July 2 Cardinals 0–2 Wainwright (11–4) Vogelsong (5–5) Rosenthal (25) 41,321 47–37
85 July 3 Cardinals 2–7 Martínez (2–3) Bumgarner (9–6) 41,181 47–38
86 July 4 @ Padres 0–2 Stults (3–11) Cain (1–7) Street (23) 31,126 47–39
87 July 5 @ Padres 5–3 Romo (4–3) Thayer (3–3) Casilla (2) 36,127 48–39
88 July 6 @ Padres 5–3 Lincecum (8–5) Hahn (4–2) Casilla (3) 28,065 49–39
89 July 7 @ Athletics 0–5 Chavez (7–5) Vogelsong (5–6) 36,067 49–40
90 July 8 @ Athletics 1–6 Gray (9–3) Bumgarner (9–7) 36,067 49–41
91 July 9 Athletics 5–2 Cain (2–7) Hammel (0–1) Casilla (4) 41,427 50–41
92 July 10 Athletics 1–6 Kazmir (11–3) Hudson (7–6) 41,069 50–42
93 July 11 Diamondbacks 5–0 Lincecum (9–5) Bolsinger (1–6) 41,647 51–42
94 July 12 Diamondbacks 0–2 Miley (5–6) Vogelsong (5–7) Reed (21) 41,261 51–43
95 July 13 Diamondbacks 8–4 Bumgarner (10–7) Nuño (0–1) 41,288 52–43
96 July 18 @ Marlins 9–1 Bumgarner (11–7) Eovaldi (5–5) 23,017 53–43
97 July 19 @ Marlins 5–3 Hudson (8–6) Álvarez (6–5) Casilla (5) 24,882 54–43
98 July 20 @ Marlins 2–3 Hand (1–2) Lincecum (9–6) Cishek (21) 25,221 54–44
99 July 21 @ Phillies 7–4 Kontos (2–0) Lee (4–5) Casilla (6) 27,334 55–44
100 July 22 @ Phillies 9–6 (14) Kontos (3–0) Manship (1–2) Lincecum (1) 30,109 56–44
101 July 23 @ Phillies 3–1 Bumgarner (12–7) Papelbon (2–2) Casilla (7) 28,648 57–44
102 July 24 @ Phillies 1–2 Hamels (5–5) Hudson (8–7) Papelbon (24) 33,258 57–45
103 July 25 Dodgers 1–8 Greinke (12–6) Lincecum (9–7) 41,753 57–46
104 July 26 Dodgers 0–5 Kershaw (12–2) Vogelsong (5–8) 42,060 57–47
105 July 27 Dodgers 3–4 Ryu (12–5) Peavy (0–1) Jansen (30) 41,459 57–48
106 July 28 Pirates 0–5 Worley (4–1) Bumgarner (12–8) 41,794 57–49
107 July 29 Pirates 1–3 Liriano (3–7) Hudson (8–8) Melancon (20) 42,242 57–50
108 July 30 Pirates 7–5 Machi (6–0) Wilson (3–2) Casilla (8) 42,272 58–50
August (16–12)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
109 August 1 @ Mets 5–1 Vogelsong (6–8) Niese (5–7) 28,905 59–50
110 August 2 @ Mets 2–4 deGrom (6–5) Peavy (0–2) Mejía (16) 33,687 59–51
111 August 3 @ Mets 9–0 Bumgarner (13–8) Colón (10–9) 32,408 60–51
112 August 4 @ Mets 4–3 Romo (5–3) Mejía (5–4) Casilla (9) 27,187 61–51
113 August 5 @ Brewers 3–4 Nelson (2–2) Machi (6–1) Rodríguez (33) 40,465 61–52
114 August 6 @ Brewers 7–4 Vogelsong (7–8) Gallardo (6–6) 33,394 62–52
115 August 7 @ Brewers 1–3 Peralta (14–6) Peavy (0–3) Rodríguez (34) 38,229 62–53
116 August 8 @ Royals 2–4 Frasor (3–1) Bumgarner (13–9) Holland (33) 28,307 62–54
117 August 9 @ Royals 0–5 Shields (11–6) Hudson (8–9) 35,114 62–55
118 August 10 @ Royals 4–7 Duffy (7–10) Lincecum (9–8) Holland (34) 27,359 62–56
119 August 12 White Sox 2–3 (10) Putnam (4–2) Casilla (1–2) 42,317 62–57
120 August 13 White Sox 7–1 Peavy (1–3) Quintana (6–9) 41,725 63–57
121 August 15 Phillies 3–5 (10) Giles (2–0) Casilla (1–3) Papelbon (28) 41,425 63–58
122 August 16 Phillies 6–5 Affeldt (3–1) Bastardo (5–7) Romo (23) 41,907 64–58
123 August 17 Phillies 5–2 Lincecum (10–8) Buchanan (6–7) Casilla (10) 41,851 65–58
– August 19 @ Cubs 0–2 (5)[14] Game Suspended (Unplayable conditions). Resume date: 8/21
124 August 20 @ Cubs 8–3 Peavy (2–3) Jackson (6–14) 30,633 66–58
125 August 21 @ Cubs 1–2 Wada (3–1) Vogelsong (7–9) Rondón (19) 31,064 66–59
126 August 21 @ Cubs 5–3 Bumgarner (14–9) Wood (7–11) Casilla (11) 30,541 67–59
127 August 22 @ Nationals 10–3 Hudson (9–9) Fister (12–4) 33,718 68–59
128 August 23 @ Nationals 2–6 Zimmermann (9–5) Lincecum (10–9) 34,137 68–60
129 August 24 @ Nationals 6–14 Stammen (4–4) Affeldt (3–2) 35,476 68–61
130 August 25 Rockies 2–3 Matzek (3–9) Peavy (2–4) Hawkins (21) 41,052 68–62
131 August 26 Rockies 3–0 Bumgarner (15–9) de la Rosa (13–9) 41,050 69–62
132 August 27 Rockies 4–2 Casilla (2–3) Nicasio (5–6) 41,071 70–62
133 August 28 Rockies 4–1 Petit (4–3) Lyles (6–2) Casilla (12) 41,017 71–62
134 August 29 Brewers 13–2 Vogelsong (8–9) Peralta (15–9) 41,348 72–62
135 August 30 Brewers 3–1 Peavy (3–4) Fiers (4–2) Casilla (13) 41,397 73–62
136 August 31 Brewers 15–5 Bumgarner (16–9) Lohse (12–8) 41,935 74–62
September (14–12)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
137 September 1 @ Rockies 4–2 Affeldt (4–2) Friedrich (0–4) Casilla (14) 36,468 75–62
138 September 1 @ Rockies 9–10 Hawkins (3–2) Romo (5–4) 33,711 75–63
139 September 2 @ Rockies 12–7 Kontos (4–0) Belisle (4–7) 25,256 76–63
140 September 3 @ Rockies 2–9 Bergman (2–2) Vogelsong (8–10) 23,122 76–64
141 September 5 @ Tigers 8–2 Peavy (4–4) Porcello (15–10) 31,940 77–64
142 September 6 @ Tigers 5–4 Bumgarner (17–9) Price (13–11) Casilla (15) 35,722 78–64
143 September 7 @ Tigers 1–6 Lobstein (1–0) Hudson (9–10) 27,523 78–65
144 September 9 Diamondbacks 5–1 Petit (5–3) Miley (7–11) 41,683 79–65
145 September 10 Diamondbacks 5–0 Machi (7–1) Pérez (3–4) 41,293 80–65
146 September 11 Diamondbacks 6–2 Peavy (5–4) Delgado (3–4) 41,039 81–65
147 September 12 Dodgers 9–0 Bumgarner (18–9) Ryu (14–7) 41,147 82–65
148 September 13 Dodgers 0–17 Greinke (15–8) Hudson (9–11) 41,533 82–66
149 September 14 Dodgers 2–4 Kershaw (19–3) Petit (5–4) Jansen (42) 41,932 82–67
150 September 15 @ Diamondbacks 2–6 Miley (8–11) Vogelsong (8–11) 21,731 82–68
151 September 16 @ Diamondbacks 2–1 Peavy (6–4) Collmenter (10–8) Casilla (16) 26,339 83–68
152 September 17 @ Diamondbacks 4–2 Romo (6–4) Reed (1–6) Casilla (17) 19,272 84–68
153 September 19 @ Padres 0–5 Despaigne (4–7) Hudson (9–12) 34,472 84–69
154 September 20 @ Padres 2–3 Cashner (5–7) Petit (5–5) Quackenbush (5) 40,660 84–70
155 September 21 @ Padres 2–8 Kennedy (12–13) Vogelsong (8–12) 32,480 84–71
156 September 22 @ Dodgers 5–2 (13) Casilla (3–3) Correia (2–4) Strickland (1) 53,500 85–71
157 September 23 @ Dodgers 2–4 Greinke (16–8) Bumgarner (18–10) Jansen (44) 49,251 85–72
158 September 24 @ Dodgers 1–9 Kershaw (21–3) Hudson (9–13) 53,387 85–73
159 September 25 Padres 9–8 Lincecum (11–9) Boyer (0–1) Casilla (18) 41,850 86–73
160 September 26 Padres 1–4 Kennedy (13–13) Vogelsong (8–13) Benoit (11) 41,926 86–74
161 September 27 Padres 3–1 Strickland (1–0) Thayer (4–5) Casilla (19) 41,157 87–74
162 September 28 Padres 9–3 Lincecum (12–9) Erlin (4–5) 41,077 88–74

Postseason[edit]

2014 Postseason Game Log (12–5)
Game Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series
1 October 1 @ Pirates 8–0 Bumgarner (1–0) Vólquez (0–1) 40,629 1–0
Game Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series
1 October 3 @ Nationals 3–2 Peavy (1–0) Strasburg (0–1) Casilla (1) 44,035 1–0
2 October 4 @ Nationals 2–1 (18) Petit (1–0) Roark (0–1) Strickland (1) 44,035 2–0
3 October 6 Nationals 1–4 Fister (1–0) Bumgarner (0–1) 43,627 2–1
4 October 7 Nationals 3–2 Strickland (1–0) Thornton (0–1) Casilla (2) 43,464 3–1
Game Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series
1 October 11 @ Cardinals 3–0 Bumgarner (1–0) Wainwright (0–1) Casilla (1) 47,201 1–0
2 October 12 @ Cardinals 4–5 Maness (1–0) Romo (0–1) 46,262 1–1
3 October 14 Cardinals 5–4 (10) Romo (1–1) Choate (0–1) 42,716 2–1
4 October 15 Cardinals 6–4 Petit (1–0) Gonzales (0–1) Casilla (2) 43,147 3–1
5 October 16 Cardinals 6–3 Affeldt (1–0) Wacha (0–1) 43,217 4–1
Game Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series
1 October 21 @ Royals 7–1 Bumgarner (1–0) Shields (0–1) 40,459 1–0
2 October 22 @ Royals 2–7 Herrera (1–0) Peavy (0–1) 40,446 1–1
3 October 24 Royals 2–3 Guthrie (1–0) Hudson (0–1) Holland (1) 43,020 1–2
4 October 25 Royals 11–4 Petit (1–0) Finnegan (0–1) 43,066 2–2
5 October 26 Royals 5–0 Bumgarner (2–0) Shields (0–2) 43,087 3–2
6 October 28 @ Royals 0–10 Ventura (1–0) Peavy (0–2) 40,372 3–3
7 October 29 @ Royals 3–2 Affeldt (1–0) Guthrie (1–1) Bumgarner (1) 40,535 4–3

Roster[edit]

2014 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Postseason[edit]

Wild Card[edit]

Main article: 2014 National League Wild Card Game

The Giants tabbed 18-game winner Madison Bumgarner to start the Wild Card elimination game, while the Pittsburgh Pirates starter was Edinson Vólquez. A scoreless tie was broken in the fourth inning in style, when Brandon Crawford launched a grand slam home run to right field. Crawford became the first shortstop to hit a grand slam in Major League Baseball postseason history. Brandon Belt hit singles in back-to-back at-bats in the 6th and 7th innings, driving in three more runs, while Buster Posey singled in the 8th inning to drive in the final run. Bumgarner was masterful, as he went the distance, shutting out the Pirates on just four hits, making 109 pitches, striking out 10 and walking only 1. The win marked the Giants 7th-straight victory in postseason elimination games, tying the MLB record. The Giants moved on to face the number-one seeded Washington Nationals in the National League Division Series.[15]

Wednesday, October 1, 2014 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at PNC Park in Pittsburgh

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco Giants 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 8 11 2
Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
WP: Madison Bumgarner (1–0)   LP: Edinson Vólquez (0–1)
Home runs:
SF: Brandon Crawford (1)
PIT: None

Division Series[edit]

Main article: 2014 National League Division Series

Game 1, October 3[edit]

The Giants opened the series with Jake Peavy on the mound to counter Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg. Joe Panik put the Giants on the board in the 3rd inning with an RBI single and Brandon Belt followed suit in the 4th to support Peavy, who did not allow a hit until the bottom of the 5th inning. The first signs of trouble for the Giants came in the bottom of the 6th when, after a leadoff double from former Giant Nate Schierholtz and a two-out walk to Jayson Werth, Peavy was taken out of the game. Javier López came into the game only to surrender a walk to Adam LaRoche. With the bases loaded, Hunter Strickland came on to make just his tenth overall Major League appearance and struck out Ian Desmond to end the threat. The Giants added a 3rd run when Panik tripled to lead off the 7th, and Buster Posey singled to knock him in. This run was to prove crucial, as when Strickland came out in the bottom half of the inning, he allowed home runs to both Bryce Harper and Asdrúbal Cabrera to make it a one-run game. Jeremy Affeldt finished off the Nationals in the 7th and Sergio Romo pitched a scoreless 8th, before Santiago Casilla retired the side in order for the save, as the Giants held on to win by a score of 3–2.[16]

3:07 p.m. (EDT) at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco Giants 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 12 0
Washington Nationals 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 0
WP: Jake Peavy (1–0)   LP: Stephen Strasburg (0–1)   Sv: Santiago Casilla (1)
Home runs:
SF: None
WSH: Bryce Harper (1), Asdrúbal Cabrera (1)
Attendance: 44,035

Game 2, October 4[edit]

Game Two of the Division Series between the Washington Nationals and the Giants at Nationals Park on October 4 lasted 18 innings before the Giants won 2–1. It was the longest postseason game in Major League Baseball history by time, lasting 6 hours 23 minutes, and tied the postseason record for number of innings played.[17] Tim Hudson struck out 8 Nationals and conceded one run in 7+1⁄3 innings of work, but was bettered by Nationals starter Jordan Zimmermann who came an out shy of recording a three-hit shutout, before walking Joe Panik and being removed from the game. The Giants continued to rally in the ninth when Buster Posey singled on the first pitch from closer Drew Storen, and Pablo Sandoval drove in Panik with a double. Posey was thrown out at home plate on the same play, and manager Bruce Bochy called for the first video review in MLB postseason history. The review was unsuccessful and the game went to extra innings. As neither team could break the deadlock, Yusmeiro Petit became just the 7th pitcher to throw 6 or more shutout innings of relief in a playoff game.[18] Brandon Belt finally broke the tie, launching a home run into the second deck in right field to lead off the 18th inning. With the tying run on first, Hunter Strickland got slugger Jayson Werth to fly out to the warning track to earn the save, and a 2–0 series advantage for the Giants. The win marked the 10th consecutive postseason victory for the Giants, a streak extending back to the 2012 National League Championship Series.

5:37 p.m. (EDT) at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 R H E
San Francisco Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 0
Washington Nationals 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0
WP: Yusmeiro Petit (1–0)   LP: Tanner Roark (0–1)   Sv: Hunter Strickland (1)
Home runs:
SF: Brandon Belt (1)
WSH: None
Attendance: 44,035

Game 3, October 6[edit]

Game 3 saw the Giants winner from the Wild Card game Madison Bumgarner square off against Nationals starter Doug Fister, in a repeat of the pitching match-up from Game 2 of the World Series in 2012. Just as in that game, the first 6 innings of the game were scoreless, as Bumgarner and Fister were both dominant. The tie was broken in the top of the 7th inning when, after Ian Desmond's leadoff single and Bryce Harper's walk, Bumgarner threw the ball past third baseman Pablo Sandoval, trying to nail the lead runner on a Wilson Ramos sacrifice bunt, allowing both Desmond and Harper to score. Asdrúbal Cabrera padded the Nationals lead with a single to knock in Ramos and that gave the Nationals a 3–0 lead. Harper launched his second home run of the series in the 9th inning off Jean Machi to put the game further out of reach. The Giants led off the bottom of the ninth with Sandoval, who singled and when Hunter Pence doubled to follow him, the Giants had faint hopes of a comeback. However, Drew Storen recovered to allow the Giants just the one run on Brandon Crawford's sacrifice fly, as the Giants avoided being shut out, but lost game three by a final score of 4–1.[19]

5:07 p.m. (EDT) at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Washington Nationals 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 7 0
San Francisco Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1
WP: Doug Fister (1–0)   LP: Madison Bumgarner (0–1)
Home runs:
WSH: Bryce Harper (2)
SF: None
Attendance: 43,627

Game 4, October 7[edit]

In what was to prove the decisive game of the series, Ryan Vogelsong started for the Giants against Nationals starter Gio González. Vogelsong had struggled down the stretch, while Gonzalez had been dominant through September. The Giants were able to strike early in the 2nd inning thanks to some bizarre circumstances. After Brandon Crawford hit a one-out single, Juan Pérez hit a ground ball back to Gonzalez, who bobbled the ball and diverted it into the gap between first and second base, allowing Pérez to reach. Then Vogelsong's attempted sacrifice bunt turned out to be the perfect bunt, with neither Gonzalez nor third baseman Anthony Rendon taking charge to field the ball, and all the runners were safe. With the bases loaded, Gregor Blanco was walked on four pitches by Gonzalez to force in a run. Joe Panik then hit a soft ground ball to first base, and the Nationals were forced to take the out there, allowing Pérez to score and giving the Giants a 2–0 lead. Vogelsong did not allow a hit until the 5th inning when Ian Desmond singled to lead off the inning, however he was soon under pressure as Bryce Harper doubled down the left-field line to knock in Desmond and the tying run was in scoring position with no outs. Vogelsong pitched out of the inning without allowing the runner to score. The Giants loaded the bases in the bottom half of the inning with one out, but could not score as both teams squandered golden opportunities to seize the initiative. Hunter Pence made a spectacular catch up against the archways in right field to retire Jayson Werth and that was the end of the night for Vogelsong, who allowed one run on two hits in 5+2⁄3 innings. Bryce Harper came up again in the top of the 7th, and just as in Game 1 of the series, homered deep to right off Hunter Strickland for his third home run of the series to tie the game. The Giants did not wait long to answer back, as they again loaded the bases with one out, and Aaron Barrett made a wild pitch to give the Giants a lead again. On an attempt to walk Pablo Sandoval intentionally, Barrett threw the ball past catcher Wilson Ramos, but Buster Posey was thrown out trying to score from third base. Again, just as in Game 1 a collision play at the plate with Posey as the runner was reviewed, and again the out call was upheld. The Giants relief pair of Sergio Romo in the 8th and Santiago Casilla in the 9th combined to shut the Nationals down, and send the Giants into the NLCS, beating the Nationals by 3 games to 1.[9]

9:07 p.m. (EDT) at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Washington Nationals 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 1
San Francisco Giants 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 3 8 0
WP: Hunter Strickland (1–0)   LP: Matt Thornton (0–1)   Sv: Santiago Casilla (2)
Home runs:
WSH: Bryce Harper (3)
SF: None
Attendance: 43,464

Championship Series[edit]

Main article: 2014 National League Championship Series

Game 1[edit]

The Giants set up Madison Bumgarner to start Game 1 against Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright. After being retired in order in the 1st inning, the Giants loaded the bases in the 2nd with nobody out. Brandon Crawford struck out, then Travis Ishikawa blooped a single down the left-field line to give the Giants a 1–0 lead. With two outs, Gregor Blanco hit a hard ground ball to third-baseman Matt Carpenter that proved too hot to handle, and allowed a second run to score for the Giants. Brandon Belt added a third on a sacrifice fly in the 3rd inning, and that was to prove to be the final run of the contest. After Wainwright was forced to leave the game in the fifth inning due to his pitch count, the Cardinal bullpen shut the Giants lineup down the rest of the way. However, Bumgarner displayed the same form he had in the Wild Card game, pitching 7+2⁄3 shutout innings giving up just 4 hits (all singles), walking only 1 and striking out 7. Bumgarner set a postseason record for scoreless innings on the road, his streak standing at 26+2⁄3. Sergio Romo came in to finish the 8th inning, and Santiago Casilla closed out the game retiring the Cardinals in order in the 9th as the Giants won 3–0.[20]

Saturday, October 11, 2014 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco Giants 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 0
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
WP: Madison Bumgarner (1–0)   LP: Adam Wainwright (0–1)   Sv: Santiago Casilla (1)
Attendance: 47,201

Game 2[edit]

The Giants sent Peavy to the mound, while the Cardinals started Lance Lynn. The game was a back and forth encounter, and Matt Carpenter opened the scoring in the bottom of the 3rd inning with the first of four solo home runs the Cardinals were to hit. St. Louis doubled its advantage in the 4th, when Randal Grichuk singled with the bases loaded. Peavy escaped the jam conceding just the one run, but was taken out of the game after just 4 innings, as his spot in the lineup came up with runners at second and third with one out in the 5th. Pinch-hitter Joaquín Árias grounded out to score a run and cut the deficit. Lynn struck out the next three batters but with two outs in the 6th inning, Pablo Sandoval doubled down the left-field line and Hunter Pence lined a single to knock him in and tie the game. The Cardinals turned to their bullpen, and the Giants promptly loaded the bases in the 7th, with Gregor Blanco's RBI single giving the Giants their first lead of the game. This was to prove short-lived however, as Oscar Taveras hit a solo shot off Jean Machi to tie the game in the bottom half of the inning. The Cardinals then took the lead in the 8th thanks to another solo dinger, this time from Matt Adams, as Hunter Strickland surrendered his fourth home-run of the postseason. After Pat Neshek held the Giants in check in the 8th, Trevor Rosenthal was called upon to get the final three outs. He retired the lead-off hitter, but Andrew Susac's pinch-hit single was followed by a Juan Pérez base hit. With the Cardinals one out away and the Giants down to their last strike with Joe Panik at the plate, Rosenthal spiked a 3–2 pitch in the dirt that went to the backstop, and pinch-runner Matt Duffy was able to score all the way from second base to tie the game once again. The Giants could not take the lead however, and this was to prove decisive as Sergio Romo gave up a walk-off homer to Kolten Wong to lead off the bottom of the 9th, and the Cardinals levelled the series at 1.[21]

Sunday, October 12, 2014 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco Giants 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 10 0
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 8 0
WP: Seth Maness (1–0)   LP: Sergio Romo (0–1)
Home runs:
SF: None
STL: Matt Carpenter (1), Oscar Taveras (1), Matt Adams (1), Kolten Wong (1)
Attendance: 46,262

Game 3[edit]

The Giants starter for Game 3 was Tim Hudson who, at the age of 39 was making his first Championship Series start. John Lackey went against him, coming off a victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Cardinals NLDS. Hudson sent the Cardinals down in order in the top of the 1st, and Lackey retired the first two Giant hitters in the bottom half. The Giants then staged a big two-out rally which, after an RBI double by Hunter Pence, was capped off by Travis Ishikawa's bases clearing double to give the Giants a 4–0 lead. The wind was blowing fiercely and carried the ball several feet away from where Cardinals right-fielder Randal Grichuk expected to play the ball. The Cardinals began their efforts to come back in the top of the 4th inning. After singles by Jon Jay and Matt Holliday to start the inning, Hudson appeared to be working through the trouble as he retired the next two hitters, however Kolten Wong hurt the Giants at the plate again, this time launching a two-run triple to cut the Giants lead to 2 runs. Pence had the same problems with the wind in right-field as Grichuk had earlier, again being nowhere near the point where the ball eventually hit off the bricks. With Lackey settling into a rhythm for the Cardinals, they continued to chip away at the Giants lead in the 6th. Jhonny Peralta hit a two-out RBI single that created a one-run game. Hudson came back out in the 7th inning, and with one out gave up a towering game-tying home-run to Grichuk that hit high off the foul pole in left-field. With both starters out of the game the bullpens settled into their work, and sent the game to extra innings. In the bottom of the 10th inning, with Randy Choate pitching for the Cardinals, Brandon Crawford drew a walk to lead off the inning. Juan Pérez was asked to perform a sacrifice bunt, and after fouling off two bunt attempts, Pérez ended up swinging the bat and lining a base-hit into left. Gregor Blanco was in turn asked to bunt the runners over. At the second attempt he got the bunt down, and Choate promptly threw the ball past first-base allowing Crawford to score the winning run on the throwing error.[22]

Tuesday, October 14, 2014 – 4:07 p.m. (EDT) at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 9 1
San Francisco Giants 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 0
WP: Sergio Romo (1–1)   LP: Randy Choate (0–1)
Home runs:
STL: Randal Grichuk (1)
SF: None
Attendance: 42,716

Game 4[edit]

In Game 4, the starting pitchers were Ryan Vogelsong for the Giants, and Shelby Miller for the Cardinals. A bout of early scoring was started by leadoff man Matt Carpenter, who doubled on a ball that was slowed down by a deflection from second-baseman Joe Panik, and scored on a single by Matt Adams. The Giants answered immediately though in the bottom of the 1st, as Gregor Blanco also had a leadoff double go off a fielders' glove, this time a fly-ball that was dropped by Jon Jay on the run. Blanco scored on Buster Posey's sacrifice fly to even the game. With an eerie similarity to Game 3, a fielding mistake by the Cardinals was copied later by the Giants, as Kolten Wong doubled off the glove of Blanco to make it three straight leadoff doubles. A. J. Pierzynski, in the lineup for the injured Yadier Molina, knocked in Wong as the Cardinals took the lead back. The Cardinals added on in the top of the 3rd when, with runners at the corners and no outs, Jhonny Peralta grounded into a double-play to score a run. Wong then launched his second home-run of the series to make it 4–1. That home-run meant the Cardinals had hit six in the series, while the Giants had not hit any. In the bottom of the third, the Giants cancelled out the two scored by the Cardinals in the top half of the inning, with two-out RBI singles by Posey and Hunter Pence. Vogelsong was taken out of the game, and the bullpen was again superb for the Giants as the Cardinals could not add to the four runs they had at that point. The Cardinals went to their bullpen as well with two outs in the 4th inning. After putting runners in scoring position in both the 4th and 5th innings and failing to cash in, the Giants rally came in the 6th with the help of some more odd plays. With Marco Gonzales pitching for St. Louis, Juan Pérez led off with a walk and Brandon Crawford followed with a single. Matt Duffy laid down a sacrifice bunt to put runners at second and third with one out. With the infield playing in, Blanco hit a ground ball to Adams at first-base and with Pérez running on contact his off-balance throw was too late at the plate and all the runners were safe. The go-ahead run scored when Panik hit a hard ground-ball to Adams who stepped on first-base for an out and then delivered a loopy throw to Peralta at second for an attempted double-play that pulled him off the base, and gave Crawford enough time to come home from third. Posey added an insurance run on a single off new pitcher Seth Maness. The Giants late inning relief shut down the Cardinals, with Santiago Casilla finishing the game with the save.[23]

Wednesday, October 15, 2014 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 0
San Francisco Giants 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 x 6 11 0
WP: Yusmeiro Petit (1–0)   LP: Marco Gonzales (0–1)   Sv: Santiago Casilla (2)
Home runs:
STL: Kolten Wong (2)
SF: None
Attendance: 43,147

Game 5[edit]

In a rematch of Game 1, Madison Bumgarner and Adam Wainwright were the starting pitchers. Just as in Game 4, the lead changed hands quickly early in the game. The Cardinals struck first in the top of the 3rd inning, when Travis Ishikawa misplayed a fly-ball off the bat of Jon Jay that went over his head to score a run for the Cardinals. Bumgarner escaped the inning without any further damage. With two outs in the bottom half of the inning, Gregor Blanco singled for the second time in as many at-bats, and then Joe Panik hit a two-run home run inside the foul-pole in right-field. This was Panik's first home-run at AT&T Park and just his second since being called up. However, the Cardinals then grabbed the lead right back, as Bumgarner surrendered solo shots to both Matt Adams and Tony Cruz to give the Cardinals a 3–2 lead. Both starting pitchers then found their rhythm, and no more runs were scored until the bottom half of the 8th, as both pitchers combined to retire 22 consecutive batters. Wainwright was taken out of the game in favour of set-up man Pat Neshek. The Giants too made a change as Bumgarner's night was to be over after 8 quality innings. Michael Morse stepped in to pinch-hit, and hit a game-tying home run into the corner in left field. This was the 5th pinch-hit home run in Giants playoff history. Neshek retired the next three hitters to send the game to the 9th inning. Santiago Casilla the Giants closer was asked to pitch the ninth, and he ended up loading the bases with two outs. Oscar Taveras was announced as the pinch-hitter, so Jeremy Affeldt was called in. Affeldt coaxed a chopper back to the mound that he took to first base himself to leave the sacks full, and send the game to the bottom of the 9th. The Cardinals brought in 2013 NLCS MVP Michael Wacha, who was making his first appearance since September 26. Pablo Sandoval led off with a single, and with one out Brandon Belt drew a four pitch walk. Up stepped Ishikawa, who had been lifted for a defensive replacement before the 9th inning in every other game in the series. After working the count to 2–0, Ishikawa launched a walk-off three-run home run over the high wall in right. Ishikawa became the first player in NLCS history to hit a walk-off home run to send his team to the World Series.[10]

Thursday, October 16, 2014 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0
San Francisco Giants 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 7 0
WP: Jeremy Affeldt (1–0)   LP: Michael Wacha (0–1)
Home runs:
STL: Matt Adams (2), Tony Cruz (1)
SF: Joe Panik (1), Michael Morse (1), Travis Ishikawa (1)
Attendance: 43,217

World Series[edit]

Main article: 2014 World Series

Game 1[edit]

Thanks to the days off between the NLCS and the World Series, the Giants were able to start their ace Madison Bumgarner in back-to-back games, James Shields was on the mound for the Royals. The Giants wasted no time in pouncing on Shields in the 1st inning. Gregor Blanco led off with a single and Buster Posey had another to put runners at the corners with one out. Pablo Sandoval then doubled down the right field line to knock in Blanco. Posey was thrown out at home plate trying to score for the third time in the postseason as the Giants challenged the arm of Norichika Aoki. That brought Hunter Pence to the plate and he delivered a big home run to right-center field to give the Giants a 3-run inning. The Giants added on in the 4th when Pence doubled to lead off the inning and Brandon Belt walked to bring up DH Michael Morse, who singled up the middle to knock in Pence and knock out Shields. Danny Duffy was brought into the game and after a sacrifice bunt, walked the next two batters, with Blanco picking up an RBI on his base on balls to give the Giants a 5–0 lead. Joe Panik tripled in a run past a diving Aoki in the 7th, and Sandoval drove in another through the drawn-in infield to account for the 6th and 7th runs for the Giants. Salvador Pérez homered off Bumgarner in the bottom of the 7th, but that was the only run he allowed. Again magnificent, he gave up just 3 hits and walked 1 batter in 7 innings. Bumgarner himself extended his postseason scoreless streak on the road to a new MLB record 32+2⁄3 innings, and took over the Giants record for postseason wins with 6. With their 7–1 victory, the Giants had now won 16 of their last 18 in the postseason, and handed Kansas City their first loss of the 2014 postseason.[24]

Tuesday, October 21, 2014 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco Giants 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 7 10 1
Kansas City Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1
WP: Madison Bumgarner (1–0)   LP: James Shields (0–1)
Home runs:
SF: Hunter Pence (1)
KC: Salvador Pérez (1)
Attendance: 40,459

Game 2[edit]

Jake Peavy was tabbed by the Giants to start Game 2, while Yordano Ventura took the mound for the Royals. The game started with a bang, as Gregor Blanco led off the game with a solo home run. The Royals hit back immediately however, with a single from Billy Butler tying the score in the bottom of the 1st. In the 2nd, the Royals took the lead on a double from Alcides Escobar. The Giants came back to tie the game at 2 thanks to an RBI double off the bat of Brandon Belt in the 4th inning. The Giants knocked Ventura out of the game in the 6th, but their attempted rally was shut down by Kelvin Herrera. The Giants were also forced to remove Peavy in the 6th after the first two men reached base in the inning. However, where the Royals bullpen had shut down the Giants, the San Francisco bullpen proceeded to melt down. Jean Machi lost the lead and was replaced by Javier López who retired the only batter he was allowed to face. Hunter Strickland was brought in, and surrendered a 2-run double to Salvador Pérez and then a two-run home run to Omar Infante. The benches briefly cleared after Strickland took exception to events after the home run was hit. The Royals bullpen shut the Giants down the rest of the way, and Kansas City had all the offense they needed to win 7–2 and tie the World Series at 1–1.[25]

Wednesday, October 22, 2014 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco Giants 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0
Kansas City Royals 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 X 7 10 0
WP: Kelvin Herrera (1–0)   LP: Jake Peavy (0–1)
Home runs:
SF: Gregor Blanco (1)
KC: Omar Infante (1)
Attendance: 40,446

Game 3[edit]

Tim Hudson was the starter for the Giants, and Jeremy Guthrie for the Royals. At the ages of 39 and 35 respectively, both were making their first World Series starts. The Royals took the lead with a run in the top of the 1st inning, Alcides Escobar leading off with a double and scoring on Lorenzo Cain's RBI groundout. This was a lead they would not relinquish, as Guthrie shut the Giants down until the 6th inning. Hudson also settled down, but gave up another run on a double by Alex Gordon in the 6th and was removed from the game. Eric Hosmer added the third run for the Royals with an RBI single off reliever Javier López. The Giants did answer back in the bottom half of the inning, with Michael Morse delivering another pinch-hit RBI on a double, and after Guthrie was lifted, Buster Posey's RBI groundout. The Giants had closed the gap to a one-run game but could not make any further impression on the Royals bullpen, as Greg Holland picked up the save to give Kansas City a 3–2 victory, and the lead in the series 2–1.[26]

Friday, October 24, 2014 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at AT&T Park in San Francisco

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City Royals 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 6 0
San Francisco Giants 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 0
WP: Jeremy Guthrie (1–0)   LP: Tim Hudson (0–1)   Sv: Greg Holland (1)
Home runs:
KC: None
SF: None
Attendance: 43,020

Game 4[edit]

In an unpredictable Game 4, Ryan Vogelsong and Jason Vargas were the starting pitchers. The early signs were good for the Giants, as Gregor Blanco led off with a walk, advanced on a wild pitch and stole third base, coming in to score on Hunter Pence's groundout. Having retired Kansas City in the 1st and 2nd innings relatively easily, Vogelsong hit a roadblock in the 3rd. He gave up 5 singles, a walk and a stolen base as the Royals scored 4 runs to knock him out of the game after recording just 8 outs. Buster Posey reduced the gap to 2 runs in the bottom of the 3rd with a two-out RBI single. Yusmeiro Petit was called on to pitch, and he delivered another 3 scoreless innings of relief to hold the Royals at 4. Petit also had a single despite an .049 career batting average that put a runner in scoring position in the 4th, but the Giants could not cash in. Joe Panik led off the 5th inning with a double and Royals manager Ned Yost took Vargas out of the game. This was to prove a costly decision, as Jason Frasor gave up an RBI single to Pence that made it a one-run game. Danny Duffy was brought in, but he too struggled allowing a single to Pablo Sandoval that moved Pence to 3rd base, and a walk to Brandon Belt to load the bases. Juan Pérez hit a sacrifice-fly to tie the game at 4. In the 6th, Brandon Finnegan was the next Royals reliever to be touched up as Sandoval came through again, this time with a bases-loaded two-run single. Belt added another run on a single to give the Giants a 7–4 lead. Finnegan allowed the first two runners to reach in the 7th, and he was removed from the game in favor of Tim Collins. Blanco then attempted to bunt the runners over, and Collins threw the ball into him as he was running down the line, allowing a run to score, the trail runner to 3rd base and Blanco to reach. Panik then drove in two more with his second double of the game as the Giants hit double digits in runs scored. Pence also doubled to make the score 11–4 Giants. Sergio Romo and Hunter Strickland delivered scoreless innings to give the Giants the win that tied the series at 2.[27]

Saturday, October 25, 2014 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at AT&T Park in San Francisco

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City Royals 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 1
San Francisco Giants 1 0 1 0 2 3 4 0 X 11 16 0
WP: Yusmeiro Petit (1–0)   LP: Brandon Finnegan (0–1)
Attendance: 43,066

Game 5[edit]

In a rematch of Game 1, Madison Bumgarner and James Shields opposed each other on the mound. The Giants opened the scoring in the 2nd off Shields, in an inning that began with a single from Hunter Pence and a bunted base hit against the shift for Brandon Belt. After a deep fly-ball moved both runners up, Brandon Crawford grounded out to second base and with the infield playing back, Pence scored and the Giants had a 1–0 lead. This was added to in the bottom of the 4th, with Crawford again providing the RBI on a base-hit to center fielder Jarrod Dyson. Although not ruled an error, Dyson bobbled the ball with the runner holding at third base and had the ball been played cleanly the run would not have scored on the play. The Giants offense was held in check by the Royals pitching until an outburst in the 8th inning provided the cushion they were looking for. Pablo Sandoval and Pence hit back-to-back singles to start the inning, and with one out Juan Pérez launched a double that missed clearing the center field wall for a home run by inches, but knocked in two runs. Pérez was allowed to reach third base on an errant throw, and Crawford drove him in for his third RBI of the night to make the score 5–0 Giants. However, the night was really about Bumgarner. Just as in the Wild Card game, he threw a complete-game shutout, allowing just 4 hits, not walking a batter and striking out 8 and making 117 pitches. Bumgarner became just the second pitcher to allow 1 run or fewer in each of his first four career World Series starts. The win meant the Giants held a 3–2 lead in the series, heading back to Kansas City.[28]

Sunday, October 26, 2014 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at AT&T Park in San Francisco

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
San Francisco Giants 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 X 5 12 0
WP: Madison Bumgarner (2–0)   LP: James Shields (0–2)
Attendance: 43,087

Game 6[edit]

Giants starter Jake Peavy was in trouble early on, escaping a jam in the 1st inning. He was not able to do so in the 2nd. Peavy allowed four singles and a double to Mike Moustakas and was removed from the game with the score at 2–0. The Giants called upon Yusmeiro Petit to get them out of the inning, however Petit only compounded the Giants difficulties. Lorenzo Cain's single scored two more runs and Eric Hosmer's double did the same, before Billy Butler drove in the 7th and final run of the inning. The game was as good as over almost as soon as it began. The Giants had one chance at an unlikely comeback, loading the bases in the 3rd inning but Buster Posey grounded into an inning-ending double play to end the Giants threat. The Royals continued to tack on to their already unassailable lead, Cain doubling in a run in the 3rd, Alcides Escobar repeating the dose in the 5th, and Moustakas adding another on a home run in the 7th. Whilst the Giants drew 5 walks against Kansas City starter Yordano Ventura they could not put any runs on the scoreboard against him as he pitched 7 scoreless innings. The Royals completed a shutout and a crushing 10–0 victory to send the World Series to a deciding Game 7.[29]

Tuesday, October 28, 2014 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Kansas City Royals 0 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 10 15 0
WP: Yordano Ventura (1–0)   LP: Jake Peavy (0–2)
Home runs:
SF: None
KC: Mike Moustakas (1)
Attendance: 40,372

Game 7[edit]

In the deciding game of the World Series, Tim Hudson took the mound for the Giants, and in doing so set a new record for the oldest pitcher to start a World Series game. Jeremy Guthrie was the starter for the Royals. After being sent down in order in the 1st inning, the Giants offense awoke in the 2nd. Pablo Sandoval started the inning being hit by a pitch, Hunter Pence and Brandon Belt followed with base hits to load the sacks with nobody out. Michael Morse and Brandon Crawford produced consecutive sacrifice flies to give the Giants a 2–0 lead. The advantage was to be short-lived, as Hudson gave up a single to Billy Butler and an RBI double to Alex Gordon. Salvador Pérez was drilled by a pitch that forced him to hobble down to first base. Mike Moustakas hit a fly-ball to left-field, and Gordon tagged up to go to third base, allowing Omar Infante to tie the game with a sacrifice fly. Alcides Escobar singled, and that was that for Hudson as the Giants were forced to remove a starter before the end of the 2nd inning for two straight games. Jeremy Affeldt came into the game and got the Giants out of the inning. In the bottom of the 3rd inning, the Giants turned a potentially game-changing double play after the leadoff man reached. Joe Panik dived to snare a ball hit off the bat of Eric Hosmer, flipped the ball with his glove to Crawford, who turned the ball over to first base where, after a replay review called for by the Giants, Hosmer was ruled out having elected to slide head-first. In the top of the 4th, Sandoval and Pence again reached to start the inning, and Morse knocked in the go-ahead run off Kelvin Herrera. From that point on, the game became all about the pitchers. Affeldt pitched the fourth, keyed by another Panik-Crawford-Belt double play, before the Giants called upon Madison Bumgarner to hold the lead. The Royals missed two chances with a runner in scoring position in the 5th. Bumgarner retired 12 hitters in a row to send the game into the 9th inning with the Giants holding a one-run lead. Instead of electing to use his closer, manager Bruce Bochy allowed Bumgarner to go out and pitch the 9th. Hosmer struck out and Butler popped up and the Giants were an out away. Gordon hit a sinking liner that was misplayed by Gregor Blanco in center field, and then bobbled by Juan Pérez and Gordon reached third base. With Salvador Pérez batting, Bumgarner induced a foul pop-up that was caught by Sandoval and the Giants won the World Series title. Bumgarner's personal performance earned him the World Series MVP. Incredibly, only three days after making 117 pitches in shutting out the Royals in Game 5, Bumgarner pitched 5 innings of scoreless relief making 68 pitches and not walking a batter. He broke the record set by Curt Schilling for the most innings pitched in a single postseason.[12]

Wednesday, October 29, 2014 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco Giants 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 1
Kansas City Royals 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0
WP: Jeremy Affeldt (1–0)   LP: Jeremy Guthrie (1–1)   Sv: Madison Bumgarner (1)
Attendance: 40,535

Batting[edit]

Please note, only the statistics from games played with the Giants are included in this list. Stats in bold are team leaders. Individual pitchers are not included in the list.

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage; OPS = On-base + Slugging percentage SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OBP SLG OPS SB
Hunter Pence 162 650 106 180 29 10 20 74 .277 .332 .445 .777 13
Pablo Sandoval 157 588 68 164 26 3 16 73 .279 .324 .415 .739 0
Buster Posey 147 547 72 170 28 2 22 89 .311 .364 .490 .854 0
Brandon Crawford 153 491 54 121 20 10 10 69 .246 .324 .389 .713 5
Michael Morse 131 438 48 122 32 3 16 61 .279 .336 .475 .811 0
Gregor Blanco 146 393 51 102 18 6 5 38 .260 .333 .374 .707 16
Ángel Pagán 96 383 56 115 21 2 3 27 .300 .342 .389 .731 16
Joe Panik 73 269 31 82 10 2 1 18 .305 .343 .368 .711 0
Brandon Belt 61 214 30 52 8 0 12 27 .243 .306 .449 .755 3
Brandon Hicks 71 204 27 33 6 1 8 22 .162 .280 .319 .599 0
Joaquín Árias 107 193 18 49 9 0 0 15 .254 .281 .301 .581 1
Héctor Sánchez 66 163 8 32 8 0 3 28 .196 .237 .301 .538 0
Tyler Colvin 57 139 16 31 10 3 2 18 .223 .268 .381 .650 1
Juan Pérez 61 100 13 17 7 0 1 3 .170 .224 .270 .494 0
Ehíré Adríanza 53 97 10 23 6 0 0 5 .237 .279 .299 .578 1
Andrew Susac 35 88 13 24 8 0 3 19 .273 .326 .466 .792 0
Travis Ishikawa 47 73 7 20 3 0 2 15 .274 .333 .397 .731 0
Adam Duvall 28 73 8 14 2 0 3 5 .192 .234 .342 .576 0
Matt Duffy 34 60 5 16 2 0 0 8 .267 .302 .300 .602 0
Chris Dominguez 8 17 1 1 0 0 1 2 .059 .111 .235 .346 0
Marco Scutaro 5 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 .091 .167 .091 .258 0
Dan Uggla 4 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .083 .000 .083 0
Gary Brown 7 7 1 3 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .429 .857 0
Tony Abreu 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
Guillermo Quiróz 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
Pitcher Totals 162 307 20 35 4 0 4 19 .114 .160 .166 .326 0
Team Totals 162 5523 665 1407 257 42 132 636 .255 .311 .388 .699 56

Pitching[edit]

Please note, only the statistics from games played with the Giants are included in this list. Stats in bold are team leaders.

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB K
Madison Bumgarner 18 10 2.98 33 33 0 217.1 194 72 21 43 219
Tim Hudson 9 13 3.57 31 31 0 189.1 199 75 15 34 120
Ryan Vogelsong 8 13 4.00 32 32 0 184.2 178 82 18 58 151
Tim Lincecum 12 9 4.74 33 26 1 155.2 154 82 19 63 134
Yusmeiro Petit 5 5 3.69 39 12 0 117.0 97 48 12 22 133
Matt Cain 2 7 4.18 15 15 0 90.1 81 42 13 32 70
Jake Peavy 6 4 2.17 12 12 0 78.2 65 19 3 17 58
Jean Machi 7 1 2.58 71 0 2 66.1 45 19 5 18 51
J. C. Gutiérrez 1 2 3.96 61 0 0 63.2 60 28 7 16 44
Santiago Casilla 3 3 1.70 54 0 19 58.1 35 11 3 15 45
Sergio Romo 6 4 3.72 64 0 23 58.0 43 24 9 12 59
Jeremy Affeldt 4 2 2.28 62 0 0 55.1 47 14 1 14 41
Javier López 1 1 3.11 65 0 0 37.2 31 13 2 19 22
George Kontos 4 0 2.78 24 0 0 32.1 24 10 1 11 27
David Huff 1 0 6.30 16 0 0 20.0 27 14 2 6 11
Hunter Strickland 1 0 0.00 9 0 1 7.0 5 0 0 0 9
Erik Cordier 0 0 1.50 7 0 0 6.0 5 1 0 2 9
Chris Heston 0 0 5.06 3 1 0 5.1 6 3 0 3 4
Brett Bochy 0 0 5.40 3 0 0 3.1 1 2 1 2 3
Michael Kickham 0 0 22.50 2 0 0 2.0 8 5 1 1 1
Jake Dunning 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Team Totals 88 74 3.50 162 162 46 1449.0 1305 564 133 389 1211

Farm system[edit]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Fresno Grizzlies Pacific Coast League Bob Mariano
AA Richmond Flying Squirrels Eastern League Russ Morman
A San Jose Giants California League Lenn Sakata
A Augusta GreenJackets South Atlantic League Mike Goff
A-Short Season Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Northwest League Gary Davenport
Rookie AZL Giants Arizona League Nestor Rojas

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Notes[edit]

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