--- description: The San Francisco Giants thrashed the Kansas Royals in the opener to the 2014 World Series, stealing a 7-1 win. title: Giants Beat Royals in World Series Opener image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73af94163c4ca12e/69876232e53abad2b64d5311/world-series-giants-r_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [MLB](/tag/mlb/) ## MLB Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # San Francisco Giants Beat Kansas City Royals in World Series Opener by [Elizabeth Barber](/author/elizabeth-barber/) ## Elizabeth Barber Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 22, 2014 7:12 AM CUT  San Francisco Giants pitcher Javier Lopez throws during the ninth inning of Game 1 of baseball's World Series against the Kansas City Royals onOct. 21, 2014, in Kansas City, Mo. San Francisco Giants pitcher Javier Lopez throws during the ninth inning of Game 1 of baseball's World Series against the Kansas City Royals onOct. 21, 2014, in Kansas City, Mo.Matt Slocum—AP by [Elizabeth Barber](/author/elizabeth-barber/) ## Elizabeth Barber Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 22, 2014 7:12 AM CUT The San Francisco Giants thrashed the Kansas City Royals in the opener to the 2014 World Series, stealing a 7-1 win and disappointing Royals fans who have waited 29 years to see their team in the championship. The much anticipated Game 1, played at Kansas’ Kauffman Stadium, boasted an intriguing [mix of odds](http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/10/world-series-odds-favorite-prop-bets-san-francisco-giants-kansas-city-royals "undefined") for the two wild-card teams: the Royals were the slight favorite to take the World Series title in the seven-game series, but the Giants were the favorite in Game 1, despite the Royals’ home-field advantage, _USA Today_ reports. > [](https://twitter.com/Royals/status/524722640192147456) Snatching an [early lead](http://www.si.com/game/6717081/play-by-play "undefined"), the Giants scored twice in the top of the first inning — a predictable start, since the team has taken the first point in seven straight World Series games. San Francisco then sailed through the rest of the game, albeit for a brief Royals rebuttal in the top of the 6th, with Salvador Perez home-running to the team’s first and last point. SB Nation reported that two Royals fans fell asleep in their up-to-$1,000 seats during the home team’s somnolent game. > [](https://twitter.com/SBNation/status/524748041555681282) The winner of Game 1 bats good odds at the World Series title: Game 1 winners have nabbed 69 of the 109 World Series titles, plus have won 15 of the last 17 series. > [](https://twitter.com/SFGiantsFans/status/524770981727203329) Still, the odds bode less well for San Francisco when broken down by road vs. home teams: the Giants are the [46th road team](https://twitter.com/MLB%5FPR/status/524769084110815232 "undefined") to win World Series Game 1, and just a third of the previous 45 winning road teams went on to win Game 2. > [](https://twitter.com/MLB%5FPR/status/524769456443387904) The loss put a stop to the Royals postseason winning streak at 11 wins, falling short one win of the all-time record held by the Yankees. > [](https://twitter.com/MLB/status/524772144928931840) The teams will face each other again on Wednesday night in Game 2. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3530435/san-francisco-giants-beat-kansas-city-royals-world-series-opener/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3530435/san-francisco-giants-beat-kansas-city-royals-world-series-opener/"},"headline":"San Francisco Giants Beat Kansas City Royals in World Series Opener","datePublished":"2014-10-22T07:12:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:56:11.346Z","description":"The Giants' win knocks the Royals off course to best the Yankees' all-time winning streak","url":"https://time.com/3530435/san-francisco-giants-beat-kansas-city-royals-world-series-opener/","keywords":["MLB","Baseball","Kansas City Royals","world series"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73af94163c4ca12e/69876232e53abad2b64d5311/world-series-giants-r_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Elizabeth Barber","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/elizabeth-barber/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73af94163c4ca12e/69876232e53abad2b64d5311/world-series-giants-r_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"World Series Giants Royals Baseball","caption":"World Series Giants Royals Baseball","creditText":"Matt Slocum—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/mlb/","name":"MLB"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3530435/san-francisco-giants-beat-kansas-city-royals-world-series-opener/","name":"San Francisco Giants Beat Kansas City Royals in World Series Opener"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Meet The Kansas City Royals","description":"Meet The Kansas City Royals","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Ej2cJ2Vq/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-10-21T21:18:49.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Ej2cJ2Vq.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3530435/san-francisco-giants-beat-kansas-city-royals-world-series-opener/","duration":"PT1M5S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3530435/san-francisco-giants-beat-kansas-city-royals-world-series-opener/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```