KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ned Yost didn't guarantee the Royals are going to win Game 6 Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium but he is very confident there will be a deciding Game 7 Wednesday evening.
Monday, the Royals manager explained being down 3-2 in the best-of-seven Series doesn't feel like his club's back is against the wall.
"Because I think we're going to win. I mean, that's the way I feel. I've got that much confidence in our team. I've got that much confidence in [Game 6 starter] Yordano Ventura. I just think we're going to go to Game 7,'' Yost said.
In order for that to happen, the Royals will need to score more than they have recently. And in facing Jake Peavy they might break out since they hit him in Game 2.
They were blanked by Madison Bumgarner in Game 5, scored all four runs in Game 4 in the third inning and didn't score in the final three frames of Game 3. So, in the last 21 innings the Royals have scored in just one of them.
"The key is, I don't care how many runs we score, just score one more run than they do. Get us into that sixth or seventh inning with a one- or two-run lead and turn it over to the bullpen. That's the plan. I don't care,'' Yost said.
It would help if Alex Gordon (2-for-20) and Mike Moustakas (3-for-16) came alive at the plate.
"People say, well, this guy's hitting .140 or he's hitting .130, I don't care," Yost said. "Everybody that is struggling to a point is still a threat. They can step up there in a big situation with one swing and change the ballgame.
"That's all I look for. Just score one more run than they do. I don't care how we do it.''
Yost is going back to the lineup he used in Games 1 and 2 when the DH was in play. That means Billy Butler will be the DH and Nori Aoki returns to right field after Jarrod Dyson played center and Lorenzo Cain shifted to right.
"We're going back to those players. Nori will be back in right field. Billy will be back in the DH spot. I don't know, I'm debating, I don't know if Moose (Moustakas) is going to hit ninth or not, but the same players will be involved,'' Yost said. "We're still kind of mulling it, we might move Moose up a little bit because he is swinging the bat better, but we might not, too.
"I think it's a big boost getting Nori's offense back in there. And obviously, it's a big boost getting Billy back in there. We all know what Billy does in our lineup. He's a pretty key component to our offensive lineup, so it's big getting him back in there.''
Butler had one at-bat as a pinch-hitter in the three games in San Francisco.
Madison Bumgarner dominated Game 5.Photo: Getty Images
Bruce Bochy didn't rule out Madison Bumgarner helping in Tuesday night's Game 6, two days after his complete-game shutout.
"I'm sure he's going to say he's OK to go. That's who he is. He's going to say, 'Hey, if you need me at any point tomorrow, please use me.' He's done that before,'' Bochy said. "He really bounces back well, and we wouldn't ask him to do a lot, but if I needed to get an out or something, I'm sure he'll say he's available.''
Ventura was friends with Oscar Taveras, the 22-year-old Cardinals outfielder who was killed in car crash Sunday in the Dominican Republic, and recalled playing against him in the minor leagues.
"I know him very well. … When we would play against each other, we'd go over to each other's houses and hang out during the minor league season,'' Ventura said. "I consider myself a friend of his, and my thoughts are with the family and of all of those who know him. It's a very difficult time. And such is life, things like this happen.''
Jake Peavy started his press conference off by talking about the loss of Taveras.
"Before I start, I just want to send out our deepest condolences to the Taveras family. That was really hard to hear, and all the jubilation, and the excitement and joy that we were in, that was really tough to hear that news. Devastated, obviously. Didn't know him, but obviously we're a fraternity,'' Peavy said. "When you meet somebody who does what you do, you get the news obviously we got, it's beyond heartbreaking when you don't even know him. Spoke to a couple guys who played with him and sent out our regards.
"But, yeah, just want to make this clear that we are obviously thinking about the St. Louis Cardinals and the Taveras family and our MLB family.
Tuesday night Peavy has a chance to pitch in a World Series clincher, an opportunity he cherishes.
"I can't imagine anything being any sweeter than that. That's what you play for, to be in the World Series and to win it. To be the guy that gets the ball with that opportunity. It's a special opportunity,'' said Peavy, who gave up four runs and six hits in five-plus innings in Game 2 that was won by the Royals. "I understand that. Just got to do all I can do to be in the moment, to think about executing pitches, to find any way, anyhow for the San Francisco Giants to win this game, and I promise you, I'm going to exhaust every option.''
Bochy was thinking about starting Juan Perez in left field against Ventura after using the left-handed hitting Travis Ishikawa in Game 2 against the right-hander.
"There is a good chance we could go with the same lineup, but Juan Perez is playing very well. So we're talking about that,'' Bochy said.
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