Giants vs. Royals: Game 6 Time, TV Info, Live Stream and More

The Kansas City Royals come home to Kauffman Stadium for Game 6 of the 2014 World Series. They will attempt to wrestle away two games and (probably) two trophies from the San Francisco Giants. The first piece of hardware is the Commissioner's Trophy, presented to the World Series-winning team.

The second trophy is the World Series MVP Award, which could very well go to Giants starter Madison Bumgarner should his side prevail.

Bumgarner came up big in Game 5, hurling a four-hit shutout that leaves just nine measly innings between the Giants and an inarguable dynasty claim. This indelible performance was a follow up to his seven-inning, one-run win in Game 1. The 25-year-old North Carolinian has been the difference-maker in this series, but the Royals aren't done. The World Series is still within reach.

Here's all the info you need to catch Game 6.

Date	Time (ET)	Away	Home	TV	Live Stream
October 28	8:07 ET	San Francisco Giants	Kansas City Royals	Fox	MLB TV

Note: Live stream available on MLB.TV for subscribers only.

Preview

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The Giants have the World Series pedigree thanks to their titles from 2010 and 2012, but that doesn't mean they are taking anything for granted against the Royals. 

"I don't think anybody here is already thinking we have it locked up. That would be kind of naive," said Tim Lincecum, via MLB.com's Chris Haft.

The Royals will do anything to avoid heartbreak in America's heartland. The swaggering, swashbuckling side seen throughout the AL playoffs has been replaced by a focused, steely squad well aware of the fact it is on the brink of leaving destiny unfulfilled. 

"Our guys aren't afraid of walking the tightrope without a net," manager Ned Yost said, via MLB.com's Anthony Castrovince. "We fall off, and we're dead. But we win Tuesday, nobody's got a net. It's going to be winner-take-all."

What better way to complement laser-like focus than with a laser-like fastball? The Royals will send out 23-year-old rookie Yordano Ventura, he of the triple-digit four-seamers, to start Game 6.  

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The Giants will again counter Ventura with veteran Jake Peavy, who won a World Series ring just last year with the Boston Red Sox. Ventura outdueled the 33-year-old righty in Game 2, with the Royals winning the game 7-2.

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Ventura (ND)	5.1	8	2	2	0	2
Peavy (L)	5.0	6	4	4	2	1

Perhaps the stakes weren't great enough for Peavy in that contest. The 33-year-old righty is apparently excited by the prospect of being the pitcher of record in a World Series-clinching game.

"I can't imagine anything being any sweeter than that," he said, via The Associated Press (h/t USAToday.com). "This is the start that you play your whole career wanting."

If Peavy is to fulfill his dream, he may have to conquer the same lineup that bested him in Game 2. According to Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald, designated hitter Billy Butler and outfielder Nori Aoki are due to return to the starting lineup in Game 6:

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Neither Butler nor Aoki started in Games 3-5. Butler is hitting .429 for the series, while Aoki is a disappointing 0-for-8.

The Giants will hope for more productive at-bats from Pablo Sandoval and Hunter Pence. The duo combined to go 4-for-8 in Game 5 with four runs scored.

One Giants player due to make a standout contribution is catcher Buster Posey. He is hitting just .211 for the series and has been mostly a singles hitter throughout the playoffs. Should the backstop come up big in Game 6, he could cut to the front of the Giants' long line of postseason heroes.

The Royals will almost certainly need a good performance from the bullpen to keep the Giants' bats quiet, as Ventura's last two postseason starts lasted 5.2 and 5.1 innings, respectively.

Kelvin Herrera's aura of invincibility is no more after he gave up two runs in Game 5, and Yost was forced to bring in Wade Davis for an inning. If the game is tied late, don't be surprised if Royals closer Greg Holland gets an early call to the mound.

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This game, considering the stakes involved, could very well come down to how each manager handles his pitchers and substitutions.

Giants manager Bruce Bochy's bona fides are hardly in doubt, but his opposite in this series, Yost, hasn't earned the same impregnable status. NBC Sports' Matthew Pouliot noted Yost made a detrimental double-switch late in Game 5:

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The obvious strategy was to let Herrera, the Royals’ busiest reliever all postseason, pitch the seventh and get lifted for a pinch-hitter. Instead, Yost opted to make the double-switch. He planned for Herrera to pitch two innings, even though Wade Davis and Greg Holland both have undertaken lesser workloads this month and were very much available, having not pitched Saturday.

That was actually the lesser problem with the move, though. The bigger one is that he locked Nix, who was replacing Omar Infante, into batting second the following inning and finishing the game. Nix wasn’t even on the roster for the ALDS or ALCS.

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Bumgarner's brilliance rendered this change irrelevant, but it speaks to the microscopic focus on this series and the pressure on managers to make smart decisions.

Yost won't have to make those kind of decisions now that the series is back in an AL park, but the Royals' margin for error in Game 6 rests somewhere between little and none.