World Series Play-by-Play, Game 3

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Play-by-play of Game 3 of the 2014 World Series between the Kansas City Royals and the San Francisco Giants:

Lineups_Royals: Alcides Escobar (ss), Alex Gordon (lf), Lorenzo Cain (rf), Eric Hosmer (1b), Mike Moustakas (3b), Omar Infante (2b), Salvador Perez (c), Jarrod Dyson (cf), Jeremy Guthrie (rhp).

Giants: Gregor Blanco (cf), Joe Panik, (2b), Buster Posey (c), Pablo Sandoval (3b), Hunter Pence (rf), Brandon Belt (1b), Travis Ishikawa (lf), Brandon Crawford (ss), Tim Hudson (rhp).

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

Official Scorers– Michael Duca (Giants official scorer), Jeff Passan (Yahoo! Sports), Susan Slusser (San Francisco Chonicle).

First Pitch– 8:10 p.m. EDT.

Royals First: Hudson pitching. Escobar doubled to left. Gordon grounded out to first baseman Belt, Escobar to third. Cain grounded out, shortstop Crawford to first baseman Belt, Escobar scored. Hosmer grounded out, first baseman Belt to pitcher Hudson.

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

Giants First: Guthrie pitching. Blanco flied out to center fielder Dyson. Panik grounded out, second baseman Infante to first baseman Hosmer. Posey lined out to right fielder Cain.

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

Royals Second: Moustakas singled to left field. Infante walked, Moustakas to second. S.Perez flied out to Ishikawa. Dyson grounded into double play, second basmen Panik to shortstop Crawford to first baseman Belt.

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

Giants Second: Sandoval fliled out to center fielder Dyson. Pence singled to short. With Belt batting, Pence caught stealing, catcher S.Perez to shortstop Escobar. Belt singled to center. Ishikawa lined out to right fielder Cain.

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

Royals Third: Guthrie grounded out, second baseman Panik to first baseman Belt. Escobar grounded out, second baseman Panik to first baseman Belt. Gordon struck out swinging.

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

Giants Third: Crawford grounded out, second baseman Infante to first baseman Hosmer. Hudson flied out to center fielder Dyson. Blanco flied out to center fielder Dyson.

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

Royals Fourth: Cain flied out to right fielder Pence. Hosmer struck out swinging. Moustakas grounded out, second baseman Panik to first baseman Belt.

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

Giants Fourth: Panik flied out to right fielder Cain. Posey grounded out, shortstop Escobar to first baseman Hosmer. Sandoval grounded out, second baseman Infante to first baseman Hosmer.

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

Royals Fifth: Infante grounded out, third baseman Sandoval to first baseman Belt. S.Perez grounded out, pitcher Hudson to first baseman Belt. Dyson grounded out to first baseman Belt.

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

Giants Fifth: Pence lined out to second baseman Infante. Belt lined out to second baseman Infante. Ishikawa grounded out, first baseman Hosmer to pitcher Guthrie.

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

Royals Sixth: Guthrie grounded out, second baseman Panik to first baseman Belt. Escobar singled up the middle. Gordon doubled to center, Escobar scored. Cain grounded out, third baseman Sandoval to first baseman Belt. Javier Lopez relieved Hudson. Hosmer singled to center, Gordon scored. Moustakas struck out swinging.

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

Giants Sixth: Crawford singeld to right. Michael Morse, pitch hitting for Lopez, doubled down the line to left, Crawford scored. Kelvin Herrera relieved Guthrie. Blanco walked. Panik grounded out, pitcher Herrera to first baseman Hosmer, Morse to third, Blanco to second. Posey grounded out, second baseman Infante to first baseman Hosmer, Morse scored, Glanco to third. Sandoval grounded out to first baseman Hosmer.

2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Royals 3, Giants 2.

Royals Seventh: Sergio Romo pitching. Infante struck out swinging. S.Perez flied out to left fielder Ishikawa. Dyson singled up the middle. Herrera struck out swinging.

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Royals 3, Giants 2.

Giants Seventh: Pence walked. Belt stuck out swinging. Brandon Finnegan relieved Herrera. Juan Perez, pinch hitting for Ishikawa, flied out to left fielder Gordon. Crawford struck out swinging.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Royals 3, Giants 2.

Royals Eighth: J.Perez remians in game as left fielder. Escobar struck out swinging. Jeremy Affeldt relieves Romo, and replaces Crawford in batting order, batting eighth. Defensive substitution Joaquin Arias replaces Romo, batting ninth, playing shortstop. Gordon flied out to left fielder J.Perez. Cain grounded out, shortstop Arias to first baseman Belt.

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

Giants Eighth: Wade Davis relieved Finnegan. Arias struck out looking. Blanco grounded out bunting, catcher S.Perez to first baseman Hosmer. Panik struck out swinging.

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

Royals Ninth: Hosmer grounded out, third baseman Sandoval to first baseman Belt. Moustakas flied out to right field. Santiago Casilla relieved Affeldt. Infante struck out looking.

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

Giants Ninth: Greg Holland relieved Davis. Posey Flied out to left. Sandoval grounded out, pitcher Holland to first baseman Hosmer. Pence grounded out, pitcher Holland to first baseman Hosmer.

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

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