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Giants Offense Cruise Past Royals, Even Series

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October 25, 2014

San Francisco, CA – They did exactly what they said they would do after last night’s loss. The Giants scored first and took their time chipping away at the lead the Royals set in the third inning. San Francisco turned things around in the fifth off Kansas City’s bullpen and evened the series by beating the Royals 6-5. The series goes back to Kansas City where the World Series winner will be crowned.

“We were hoping to do something to get us going,” said Gregor Blanco. “And we were able to do that and that’s why we won the ballgame because we came together as a team. In a big situation we executed and did the job.”

The Giants leadoff batter Blanco was issued a free pass to start the first. A wild pitch advanced him to second and he stole third. Royals pitcher Jason Vargas walked Buster Posey putting two on in the corners. Hunter Pence followed with a fielder’s choice scoring in Blanco for the 1-0 lead. That was enough to set the tone but San Francisco’s ace failed to keep his command on the mound.

“If you been following us all year, if you knew it was going to happen, it would happen to me,” Ryan Vogelsong said. “I was making pitches until Omar Infante and that at-bat was the one that really hurt me the most. But they picked me up and that’s what good teams do.”

Voglesong got off to a great start but didn’t last long on the mound. He gave up five hits and walked two as Kansas City scored four runs in the third. Vogelsong tossed 2 plus innings allowing seven hits, four runs, one walk and struck out two. The inning got away from him when Eric Hosmer tied the game 1-1 with a RBI single. Infante followed with a two-run single extending the Royals lead 3-1

Catcher Salvador Perez added a RBI single making it a 4-1 game. After that the bullpen came in and shut Kansas City’s offense down. Petit was simply stellar as he’s been throughout the regular and postseason. He’s become a postseason star every time he takes the mound. Petit also recored his first hit as a reliever in the World Series since since Al Leiter did it in 1993.

“I throw indiscernible in the postseason,” said Yusmerio Petit. “I try to work like how I work during the regular season because you never know when Bochy will need you, so I’m ready for that, especially in the World Series. I’m working everyday for the command for when I’m needed there, so I can throw strikes.”

The Giants kept splintering away at the lead, Posey’s RBI single scored pinch-hitter Matt Duffy who leadoff the third with a single. Vargas gave up two singles to both Juan Perez and Petit. But Blanco flew out to end the inning and stranded two. Pence had his second hit of the night and made it a one-run game with a RBI single in the fifth. Pablo Sandoval delivered with a single up the middle.

“It’s a big game especially the way we won coming from behind,” Pablo Sandoval said. “Everybody in the lineup and on the bench can do the job. My teammates and the fans help me to play at this level especially at this time of the season.”

“They got better as the game went on,” said manager Bruce Bochy on Sandoval hitting from the left and right. “Really, he’s been swinging the bat better from the right side. I just thought as the game went, he saw lefties all night, he really came through and delivered for us in a big way.”

Perez tied the game with a sacrifice fly scoring in Pence while Jarrod Dyson made an amazing diving catch on that play but that was a memory after San Francisco opened up a offensive hitting clinic over the next two innings. The Giants posted sixteen hits tonight, marking the most in a World Series game since the Boston Red Sox collected seventeen hits in game one of the 2007 World Series against Colorado.

“Well, it’s always big to score first but it negates it a bit when they score four,” said Posey. “It was a nice effort all the way around, I thought we did a nice job putting pressure on them. Got some bunts down, moved some runners over and guys were able to come through with guys in scoring position. It was a good night.”

Pinch-hitter Joaquin Arias leadoff the sixth with a single and Blanco followed with a single. Sandoval who went 2-for-5 with two RBI’s. He hit a two-run single single and Brandon Belt followed with a RBI single making it 7-4 game. They scored three runs off a maxed-out Royals bullpen. Sandoval has hit safely in seven of his eight Fall Classic contests.

Kansas City’s bullpen suffered its first loss of the postseason and San Francisco took advantage. An infield hit to leadoff the seventh from Brandon Crawford, a walk from pinch-hitter Michael Morse and a base hit from Blanco. A pitching error scored in the next run. Panik’s two-run double extended the Giants lead 10-4 and Pence’s RBI double added on the final run. He went 3-for-5 tonight with a double, three RBI’s and two runs scored.

Pence has reached base safely in seventeen consecutive postseason games dating back to game 2 of the 2012 World Series. He has hit safely in 12 of his 14 postseason games this year, while batting .315 with a home run, five doubles, eight RBI’s and ten runs scored. It was a collective effort tonight from the entire team who contributed in some way towards tonight’s victory. There were no home runs hit for the second consecutive night, marking the first time since 2012 (games 2 and 3).

“I was put in these great situations because everyone at the top of the order was getting on base,” Pence said. “So I think getting so many opportunities that many times tonight is very rare. I was just trying to be as free, as convicted and determined as I could to compete.”

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WOMEN IMPACTING THE CHURCH AND COMMUNITY

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The Teacher, Mother, Community Outreach Champion, And Child of God

Juanita Matthews, better known as “Sister Teacher,” is a walking Bible scholar. She moved to California from the great state of Arkansas in 1971. Sister Teacher has a passion for teaching. She has been a member of Bible Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church since 1971. She followed her passion for teaching, and in 1977 became the lead teacher for Adult Class #6. Her motto still today is “Once My Student, Always My Student”.

Beyond her remarkable love for the Lord, Sister Teacher has showcased her love for teaching by working for the Oakland Unified School District for 55 years, all but four of those years spent at Emerson Elementary and Child Development School. She truly cares about her students, making sure they have the tools/supplies needed to learn either at OUSD or Bible Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church.

She’s also had a “Clothes Closet Ministry” for 51 years, making sure her students have sufficient clothing for school. The Clothes Closet Ministry extends past her students, she has been clothing the community for over 50 years as well. She loves the Lord and is a servant on a mission. She is a loving mother to two beautiful children, Sandra and Andre. This is the impact this woman of God has on her church and the community.

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Vivian Coit, 98

Vivian Coit, a proud Dallas, Texas native made her way to the great state of California in 1943. She was a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great grandmother.

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Sept. 15, 1925 ~ March 30, 2024

Vivian Coit, a proud Dallas, Texas native made her way to the great state of California in 1943. She was a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great grandmother.

In her 98 years, she had various jobs – San Francisco Naval Shipyard, elevator operator, housekeeping, a salesclerk, and supervisor for the United States Postal Service. After 27 years of service with the United States Postal Service, she retired with numerous commendations. She was a lifetime member of the National Council of Negro Women. and a devoted member of the Washington/Lincoln Alumni Association of Dallas, Texas.

On April 20 at 10:00 a.m., a life well-lived will be celebrated at Beebe Memorial Cathedral CME Church, 3900 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA under the leadership of Rev. Antoine Shyne.

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Opinion: Surviving the Earthquake, an Eclipse and “Emil Amok.”

Last Friday, a 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook New York City, reported as the “biggest earthquake with an epicenter in the NYC area since 1884” when a 5.2 quake hit. A bit bigger. The last quake similar to Friday’s was a 4.9 in 1783.Alexander Hamilton felt it — 241 years ago. That’s why New Yorkers were freaking out on Friday. They were in the room where it happens.

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In New York City, the eclipse was about 90 percent visible. Good enough for me. Though a full solar eclipse is a celestial rarity, blockages of any sort aren’t generally celebrated. My one-man play is about growing up with the eclipsed history of American Filipinos and how I struggle to unblock all that.

By Emil Guillermo

I’m a Northern Californian in New York City for the next few weeks, doing my one-man show, “Emil Amok, Lost NPR Host, Wiley Filipino, Vegan Transdad.”

I must like performing in the wake of Mother Nature.

Alexander Hamilton felt it — 241 years ago.

That’s why New Yorkers were freaking out on Friday. They were in the room where it happens.

And it just doesn’t happen that often.

Beyonce singing country music happens more frequently.

When I felt New York shake last week, it reminded me of a time in a San Francisco TV newsroom when editors fretted about a lack of news an hour before showtime.

Then the office carpeting moved for a good ten seconds, and the news gods gave us our lead story.

On Friday when it happened in NYC, I noticed the lines in the carpeting in my room wiggling. But I thought it was from a raucous hotel worker vacuuming nearby.

I didn’t even think earthquake. In New York?

I just went about my business as if nothing had happened. After living near fault lines all my life, I was taking things for granted.

Considering the age of structures in New York, I should have been even more concerned about falling objects inside (shelves, stuff on walls) and outside buildings (signs, scaffolding), fire hazards from possible gas leaks, and then I should have looked for others on my floor and in the hotel lobby to confirm or aid or tell stories.

Of course, as a Californian who has lived through and covered quakes in the 4 to 6 magnitude range, I tried to calm down any traumatized New Yorker I encountered by taking full responsibility for bringing in the quake from the Bay Area.

I reassured them things would be all right, and then let them know that 4.8s are nothing.

And then I invited them to my consoling post-Earthquake performance of “Emil Amok, Lost NPR Host…”

It was the night of the eclipse.

ECLIPSING THE ECLIPSE

For example, did you know the first Filipinos actually arrived to what is now California in 1587? That’s 33 years before the Pilgrims arrived in America on the other coast, but few know the Filipino history which has been totally eclipsed.

I was in Battery Park sitting on a bench and there was a sense of community as people all came to look up. A young woman sitting next to me had a filter for a cell phone camera. We began talking and she let me use it. That filter enabled me to take a picture of the main event with my iPhone.

For helping me see, I invited her and her boyfriend to come see my show.

Coincidentally, she was from Plymouth, Massachusetts, near the rock that says the year the Pilgrims landed in 1620.

In my show she learned the truth. The Pilgrims were second.

History unblocked. But it took a solar eclipse.

Next one in 2044? We have a lot more unblocking to do.

If you’re in New York come see my show, Sat. April 13th, 5:20 pm Eastern; Fri. April 19, 8:10 pm Eastern; and Sun. April 21st 5:20 pm Eastern.

You can also livestream the show. Get tickets at www.amok.com/tickets

About the Author

Emil Guillermo is a journalist and commentator. He does a mini-talk show on YouTube.com/@emilamok1. He wishes all his readers a Happy Easter!