[13] Infielders Outfielders Coaches The Giants tabbed 18-game winner Madison Bumgarner to start the Wild Card elimination game, while the Pittsburgh Pirates starter was Edinson Vólquez.
[15] Wednesday, October 1, 2014 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at PNC Park in Pittsburgh The Giants opened the series with Jake Peavy on the mound to counter Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg.
Jeremy Affeldt finished off the Nationals in the 7th and Sergio Romo pitched a scoreless 8th, before Santiago Casilla retired the side in order for the save, as the Giants held on to win by a score of 3–2.
The Giants continued to rally in the ninth when Buster Posey singled on the first pitch from closer Drew Storen, and Pablo Sandoval drove in Panik with a double.
With the tying run on first, Hunter Strickland got slugger Jayson Werth to fly out to the warning track to earn the save, and a 2–0 series advantage for the Giants.
[19] 5:07 p.m. (EDT) at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California In what was to prove the decisive game of the series, Ryan Vogelsong started for the Giants against Nationals starter Gio González.
Joe Panik then hit a soft ground ball to first base, and the Nationals were forced to take the out there, allowing Pérez to score and giving the Giants a 2–0 lead.
Hunter Pence made a spectacular catch up against the archways in right field to retire Jayson Werth and that was the end of the night for Vogelsong, who allowed one run on two hits in 5+2⁄3 innings.
On an attempt to walk Pablo Sandoval intentionally, Barrett threw the ball past catcher Wilson Ramos, but Buster Posey was thrown out trying to score from third base.
[9] 9:07 p.m. (EDT) at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California The Giants set up Madison Bumgarner to start Game 1 against Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright.
With two outs, Gregor Blanco hit a hard ground ball to third-baseman Matt Carpenter that proved too hot to handle, and allowed a second run to score for the Giants.
However, Bumgarner displayed the same form he had in the Wild Card game, pitching 7+2⁄3 shutout innings giving up just 4 hits (all singles), walking only 1 and striking out 7.
With the Cardinals one out away and the Giants down to their last strike with Joe Panik at the plate, Rosenthal spiked a 3–2 pitch in the dirt that went to the backstop, and pinch-runner Matt Duffy was able to score all the way from second base to tie the game once again.
[21] Sunday, October 12, 2014 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri The Giants starter for Game 3 was Tim Hudson who, at the age of 39 was making his first Championship Series start.
[22] Tuesday, October 14, 2014 – 4:07 p.m. (EDT) at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California In Game 4, the starting pitchers were Ryan Vogelsong for the Giants, and Shelby Miller for the Cardinals.
The Giants answered immediately though in the bottom of the 1st, as Gregor Blanco also had a leadoff double go off a fielders' glove, this time a fly-ball that was dropped by Jon Jay on the run.
With the infield playing in, Blanco hit a ground ball to Adams at first-base and with Pérez running on contact his off-balance throw was too late at the plate and all the runners were safe.
The go-ahead run scored when Panik hit a hard ground-ball to Adams who stepped on first-base for an out and then delivered a loopy throw to Peralta at second for an attempted double-play that pulled him off the base, and gave Crawford enough time to come home from third.
[23] Wednesday, October 15, 2014 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California In a rematch of Game 1, Madison Bumgarner and Adam Wainwright were the starting pitchers.
With two outs in the bottom half of the inning, Gregor Blanco singled for the second time in as many at-bats, and then Joe Panik hit a two-run home run inside the foul-pole in right-field.
[10] Thursday, October 16, 2014 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California Thanks to the days off between the NLCS and the World Series, the Giants were able to start their ace Madison Bumgarner in back-to-back games, James Shields was on the mound for the Royals.
Danny Duffy was brought into the game and after a sacrifice bunt, walked the next two batters, with Blanco picking up an RBI on his base on balls to give the Giants a 5–0 lead.
[24] Tuesday, October 21, 2014 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri Jake Peavy was tabbed by the Giants to start Game 2, while Yordano Ventura took the mound for the Royals.
[25] Wednesday, October 22, 2014 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri Tim Hudson was the starter for the Giants, and Jeremy Guthrie for the Royals.
The Giants had closed the gap to a one-run game but could not make any further impression on the Royals bullpen, as Greg Holland picked up the save to give Kansas City a 3–2 victory, and the lead in the series 2–1.
The early signs were good for the Giants, as Gregor Blanco led off with a walk, advanced on a wild pitch and stole third base, coming in to score on Hunter Pence's groundout.
After a deep fly-ball moved both runners up, Brandon Crawford grounded out to second base and with the infield playing back, Pence scored and the Giants had a 1–0 lead.
[28] Sunday, October 26, 2014 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at AT&T Park in San Francisco Giants starter Jake Peavy was in trouble early on, escaping a jam in the 1st inning.
Whilst the Giants drew 5 walks against Kansas City starter Yordano Ventura they could not put any runs on the scoreboard against him as he pitched 7 scoreless innings.
[12] Wednesday, October 29, 2014 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri Please note, only the statistics from games played with the Giants are included in this list.