San Francisco Giants’ Hunter Pence heads for home to score on a single by Brandon Belt during the sixth inning of Game 4 of baseball’s World Series against the Kansas City Royals on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, in San Francisco.SAN FRANCISCO – Hunter Pence and Pablo Sandoval charged up a pulsating crowd with their shouts and swings, and the San Francisco Giants surged past the Kansas City Royals 11-4 Saturday to tie the World Series at two games apiece.
Down by three runs in the early going and in danger of dropping into a huge hole, the Giants and their fans rallied.
The win ensured the Series will go back to Kansas City to decide the championship. In the meantime, there’s Game 5 on Sunday when postseason ace Madison Bumgarner starts for the Giants against struggling James Shields.
It’s a rematch from the opener, when San Francisco rolled 7-1.
The fired-up Pence got three hits, drove in three runs, scored twice and made a terrific catch in the ninth inning. Sandoval delivered a huge, two-run single that he punctuated by tossing his bat several feet.