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No Mad Bum, No Problem: Royals win 10-0 to force Game 7

October 28, 2014

Kansas City Royals’ Mike Moustakas hits a home run during the seventh inning of Game 6 of baseball’s World Series against the San Francisco Giants Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

No Mad(ison) Bum(garner), no problem. The Kansas City Royals won big Tuesday night to force Game 7 of the World Series.

Lorenzo Cain looped a two-run single — one of eight Royals to get hits in a seven-run second inning — and Eric Hosmer chopped a two-run double over shortstop as the Royals battered the San Francisco Giants 10-0 at home to tie the Series at three games apiece.

Pitching with the initials of late St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras on his cap, 23-year-old rookie fireballer Yordano Ventura held the Giants to three hits over seven innings for his first Series win.

The Korean ‘Superfan’ Sung Woo Lee is looking good, as home teams have won nine straight Game 7s in the World Series.

Jeremy Guthrie starts Wednesday night for the Royals and Tim Hudson for the Giants in a rematch of Game 3, won by Kansas City 3-2. Hudson, 39, will become the oldest Game 7 starter in Series history.

Lurking is Bumgarner, ready to pitch in relief after suffocating the Royals on a total of one run in winning Games 1 and 5.

Before the game, there was a moment of silence in honor of Taveras, the 22-year-old killed in an automobile accident Sunday in the Dominican Republic. Ventura, a fellow Dominican who knew him well, wrote “RIP O.T #18″ in silver marker on the left side of his cap.

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**AP materials were used in this article.