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World Series Play-by-Play, Game 1

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Play-by-play of Game 1 of the 2014 World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Kansas City Royals:

Lineups-Giants: Gregor Blanco (cf), Joe Panik, (2b), Buster Posey (c), Pablo Sandoval (3b), Hunter Pence (rf), Brandon Belt (1b), Michael Morse (dh), Travis Ishikawa (lf), Brandon Crawford (ss), Madison Bumgarner (lhp).

Royals: Alcides Escobar (ss), Nori Aoki (rf), Lorenzo Cain (cf), Eric Hosmer (1b), Billy Butler (dh), Alex Gordon (lf), Salvador Perez (c), Omar Infante (2b), Mike Moustakas (3b), James Shields (rhp).

Umpires-Home, Jerry Meals; First, Eric Cooper; Second, Jim Reynolds; Third, Ted Barrett; Left, Hunter Wendelstedt; Right, Jeff Kellogg; Replay, Jeff Nelson.

Official Scorers- David Boyce (Royals official scorer), Jeff Passan (Yahoo! Sports), Susan Slusser (San Francisco Chonicle)

First Pitch- 8:09 p.m. EDT.

Giants First: Shields pitching. Blanco singled to center. Panik flied out to center fielder Cain, Blanco to second. Posey singled to left, Blanco to third. Sandoval doubled to right, Blanco scored, Posey thrown out at home, right fielder Aoki to second baseman Infante to catcher Perez. Pence on a 3-2 pitch, homered to center, Sandoval scored. Belt singled to center. Morse struck out swinging.

3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Giants 3, Royals 0.

Royals First: Bumgarner pitching. Escobar grounded out to shortstop Crawford to first baseman Belt. Aoki lined to pitcher Bumgarner. Cain hit-by-pitch. Hosmer flied out to center fielder Blanco.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Giants 3, Royals 0.

Giants Second: Ishikawa grounded out to first baseman Hosmer to pitcher Shields. Crawford flied out to right fielder Aoki. Blanco popped out to center fielder Cain.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Giants 3, Royals 0.

Royals Second: Butler singled to center. Gordon lined out to shortstop Crawford. S.Perez grounded into a double play, pitcher Bumgarner to second baseman Panik to first baseman Belt.

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Giants 3, Royals 0.

Giants Third: Panik lined out to second baseman Infante. Posey lined out to third baseman Moustakas. Sandoval flied out to center fielder Cain.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Giants 3, Royals 0.

Royals Third: Infante reached first on fielding error by shortstop Crawford. Moustakas doubled down the right-field line, Infante to third. Escobar struck out swinging. Aoki struck out swinging. Cain walked. Hosmer grounded out to second baseman Panik to first baseman Belt.

0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 left on. Giants 3, Royals 0.

Giants Fourth: Pence doubled down the left-field line. With Belt batting, Pence advanced to third on a wild pitch. Belt walked. Morse singled to center, Pence scored, Belt to second. Danny Duffy pitching. Juan Perez pinch hit for Ishikawa, sacrifice bunt, third baseman Moustakas to second baseman Infante, Belt to third, Morse to second. Crawford walked. Blanco walked, Belt scored, Morse to third, Crawford to second. Panik struck out swinging. Posey flied out to right fielder Aoki.

2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on. Giants 5, Royals 0.

Royals Fourth: J.Perez in left field. Butler popped out to second baseman Panik. Gordon struck out swinging. S.Perez struck out swinging.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Giants 5, Royals 0.

Giants Fifth: Sandoval grounded out to shortstop Escobar to first baseman Hosmer. Pence grounded out to shortstop Escobar to first baseman Hosmer. Belt struck out swinging.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Giants 5, Royals 0.

Royals Fifth: Infante flied out to right fielder Pence. Moustakas struck out swinging. Escobar flied out to right fielder Pence.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Giants 5, Royals 0.

Giants Sixth: Morse struck out swinging. J.Perez flied out to center fielder Cain. Crawford grounded out to first baseman Hosmer to pitcher Duffy.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Giants 5, Royals 0.

Royals Sixth: Aoki grounded out to shortstop Crawford to first baseman Belt. Cain grounded out to shortstop Crawford to first baseman Belt. Hosmer lined out to pitcher Bumgarner to first baseman Belt.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Giants 5, Royals 0.

Giants Seventh: Blanco walked. Panik tripled to right field, Blanco scored. Tim Collins pitching. Posey lined out to first baseman Hosmer. Sandoval singled to left, Panik scored. With Pence batting, on a wild pitch Sandoval advanced to second. Pence struck out swinging. Morse flied out to center fielder Cain.

2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Giants 7, Royals 0.

Royals Seventh: Butler flied out to center fielder Blanco. Gordon grounded out to first baseman Belt. S.Perez on a 1-2 pitch, homered to left. Infante popped out to shortstop Crawford.

1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Giants 7, Royals 1.

Giants Eighth: J.Perez struck out looking. Crawford singled to left. Blanco popped out in foul territory to third baseman Moustakas. Panik flied out to center fielder Cain.

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Giants 7, Royals 1.

Royals Eighth: Javier Lopez pitching. Moustakas grounded out to pitcher Lopez to first baseman Belt. Escobar singled to center. Aoki grounded into a double play, second baseman Panik to shortstop Crawford to first baseman Belt.

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Giants 7, Royals 1.

Giants Ninth: Jason Fasor pitching. Posey grounded out to third baseman Moustakas to first baseman Hosmer. Sandoval reached on a fielding error by third baseman Moustakas. Pence walked, Sandoval to second. Belt grounded into a force play, shortstop Escobar to second baseman Infante, Pence out at second, Sandoval to third. Morse struck out swinging.

0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 left on. Giants 7, Royals 1.

Royals Ninth: Hunter Strickland pitching. Cain struck out swinging. Hosmer grounded out to second baseman Panik to first baseman Belt. Josh Willingham pinch hit for Butler, struck out swinging.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Giants 7, Royals 1.