Playoff GameThreads

Open Thread for World Series Game 1

By Tom Dakers@bluebirdbanter Oct 21, 2014, 7:45pm EDT

We are nearing the end of baseball for this year, game 1 of the World Series goes tonight.

Madison Bumgarner is 2-1 with a 1.42 ERA in 4 starts over the playoffs.

James Shields is 1-0 with a 3,75 ERA in 3 playoff starts.

Today's Lineups

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS	KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Gregor Blanco - CF	Alcides Escobar - SS
Joe Panik - 2B	Norichika Aoki - RF
Buster Posey - C	Lorenzo Cain - CF
Pablo Sandoval - 3B	Eric Hosmer - 1B
Hunter Pence - RF	Billy Butler - DH
Brandon Belt - 1B	Alex Gordon - LF
Mike Morse - DH	Salvador Perez - C
Travis Ishikawa - LF	Omar Infante - 2B
Brandon Crawford - SS	Mike Moustakas - 3B

Madison Bumgarner - LHP	James Shields - RHP