Jake Peavy Ineffective as Royals Tie Up World Series
For the second year in a row, Jake Peavy pitched in the World Series. And just like his 2013 appearance with the Red Sox, his opening act in the Fall Classic came out lukewarm.
The former Sox hurler got the start for the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday in Game 2 of their series with the Kansas City Royals, with the Giants looking to take a 2-0 series lead before heading home to AT&T Park.
Given a 1-0 lead on Gregor Blanco’s home run in the top of the first, Peavy got off to a rough start, as the Royals scored twice in the first two innings to go ahead 2-1.
He settled down for the next three innings, shutting out the Royals from the third through the fifth, but it all came unraveled in the bottom of the sixth.
With the game tied 2-2, Lorenzo Cain singled to lead off the inning and Eric Hosmer walked to put the go-ahead run in scoring position. That was all Peavy would get to see on the night, as manager Bruce Bochy pulled him from the game before he could record an out in the frame.
The bullpen couldn’t clean up the mess, however, as the Royals scored five times on an RBI single by Billy Butler, a two-run double by Salvador Perez, and a two-run homer by Omar Infante to give Kansas City a 7-2 lead, which would be the final margin as the Royals evened up the series that now shifts to San Francisco.
Peavy would be charged for four runs in the game in 5+ innings of work, allowing six hits with two walks and one strikeout. His World Series may be over unless these teams can get to a Game 6 back at Kauffman Stadium on Oct. 28.
In the 2013 Fall Classic, Peavy worked four innings for the Red Sox in Game 3 against the Cardinals, giving up two runs on six hits with one walk and four strikeouts. The Sox would lose that game on the now-infamous obstruction call on Will Middlebrooks to fall behind 2-1 in the series, but would win the next three games en route to their third World Series title in 10 seasons.
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