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Kansas City, MO (SportsNetwork.com) - Madison Bumgarner watched as Pablo Sandoval worked his way under the ball. Moments later, the San Francisco Giants ace was swarmed by teammates near the mound after punctuating one of the great postseason performances in any sport. Some of them stopped first to congratulate Sandoval, who was on his back after catching the last out. And on the edge of the celebration, Buster Posey dropped to his knees, a smile on the catchers face that showed both happiness and relief. This is some dynasty, and it almost unraveled on an error. Bumgarner pitched five scoreless innings out of the bullpen and the Giants held on to beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 in Game 7 on Wednesday night, capturing their third World Series title in five years. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, after Bumgarner had retired 14 batters in a row, Alex Gordon sliced a hit into left-center field that bounced past Gregor Blanco and went to the wall, suddenly giving the Royals a sliver of hope. Left fielder Juan Perez bobbled the ball on the warning track and Gordon made it all the way to third on a two-base error. Im not sure what happened. I didnt see it, Bumgarner said. But I was starting to get a little nervous. He was digging around a little bit and its a big outfield. It was a little nerve-wracking. But Bumgarner threw six fastballs to Salvador Perez, who popped up into foul territory near third base, where Sandoval squeezed it before falling onto his back with his arms in the air. Relief, said Bruce Bochy, who has managed each of these three championship teams. Because anything can happen -- a bloop, a wild pitch. Theres a man on third base there and (Bumgarner) just made some great pitches. Bumgarner pitched on two days rest after pitching a four-hit shutout in Game 5 on Sunday for his second win of the series. He was named World Series MVP, to no ones surprise, after throwing 21 innings and giving just up one run, nine hits and one walk. Sandoval, due to be a free agent, reached base four times in Game 7 and scored twice, including the go-ahead run on Michael Morses single back in the fourth inning. Sandoval had three hits, giving him an MLB-record 26 this postseason. The Royals, trying to win a title for the first time in 29 years, came up a win short. They forced Game 7 with Tuesdays 10-0 blowout, extending their magical season for another day, but scored their only runs Wednesday in the second inning. You work all year to climb to the top of the mountain and then Boom! You fall back down and have to restart next season, Kansas City manager Ned Yost said. The wild-card Giants, an 88-win team that finished six games behind the rival Dodgers in the NL West, rode a Bumgarner shutout to an 8-0 win in Pittsburgh on Oct. 1 and finished their title run two days shy of Halloween. Bumgarners wins in Games 1 and 5, and his five-inning save in the clincher, cemented his role at the age of 25 as a postseason star on a Giants team that has carved an odd dynasty into recent baseball history. The Giants have made the postseason only three times in the last 11 years -- winning the World Series each time. Wednesdays celebration followed titles in 2010 over Texas and 2012 over Detroit. They snapped a nine-game losing streak by road teams in World Series Game 7s, becoming the first team to win that way since the 1979 We Are Family Pirates, who clinched in Baltimore. Hunter Pence and Brandon Belt had two hits apiece in Game 7, including back- to-back singles in the second inning after Kansas City starter Jeremy Guthrie grazed Sandoval with a pitch leading off. Morse and Brandon Crawford followed with sacrifice flies for the Giants first two runs. Hours later, the Giants celebrated in customary fashion by spraying champagne in the locker room. So used to their backs being against the wall during their three title runs, the Giants got their eighth straight win in an elimination game -- including six on the road. After beating Pittsburgh in the NL wild-card game, they never sniffed another elimination test until the World Series. They closed out Washington in four games in the NL division series and needed just five games to beat St. Louis. They won the pennant on Travis Ishikawas dramatic ninth-inning homer on Oct. 16 at AT&T Park in a game that saw them snap a streak of 242 consecutive plate appearances without a homer. Big moments came from all over the lineup, of course, but the Giants produced little in the way of big blows over the past week, winning Games 4 and 5 with 28 hits, including 24 singles. They scored 15 straight runs before Kansas Citys seven-run rally in the second inning of Game 6 on Tuesday, when the Giants were shut out over seven innings by rookie Yordano Ventura. They had eight more hits in Game 7 -- all but one of them a single. It was the eighth World Series title in franchise history. That was a phenomenal series, said Yost. They played great baseball. And Madison Bumgarner, man. What can you say about him? The Royals, perennial down-and-outers in the AL Central, snatched a wild-card spot to reach the playoffs for the first time since winning the World Series in 1985. Building a brand as an underdog favorite, they won their first eight playoff games against the Athletics, Angels and Orioles before running into Bumgarner in Game 1 last week. Their 10-0 win in Game 6 -- a party from nearly start to finish for the 40,000 fans in attendance -- was the most lopsided World Series shutout since Kansas Citys 11-0 win over St. Louis in Game 7 in 1985. It hurts to come as close as we came, said Yost. As magical as our run has been, to end up losing the ballgame by 90 feet is tough. That magic which produced extra-inning wins in the Royals first three playoff games -- and four of their first five -- wasnt reproduced against the Giants. Their three wins in the series came by 16 runs. That includes Fridays 3-2 victory in Game 3, when the Royals took a 2-1 lead in the series on the backs of bullpen stars Kelvin Herrera, Brandon Finnegan, Wade Davis and Greg Holland, who combined to throw four no-hit innings in the game. All three pitched on Wednesday after Guthrie (1-1) went 3 1/3 innings. The Royals got to 39-year-old Tim Hudson, scoring two runs in the second inning on Gordons double and Omar Infantes sacrifice fly. Hudson, the oldest pitcher ever to start Game 7, got just five outs and Jeremy Affeldt (1-0) threw 2 1/3 innings to pick up the win. running his streak to 22 consecutive appearances in the postseason without allowing a run, one shy of the record held by Yankees great Mariano Rivera. Bumgarner finished with 270 innings pitched in the regular and postseason and ran his career World Series record to 4-0. Game Notes Sandoval broke the old postseason hits record of 25 shared by Marquis Grissom (1995), Darin Erstad (2002) and David Freese (2011) ... Hudson, who is MLBs active wins leader with 214, also pitched Game 3 on Friday. He is without a postseason win since Game 2 of the 2001 ALDS, when he pitched Oakland past the Yankees ... Royals great and 1985 World Series MVP Bret Saberhagen threw out the first pitch ... Home teams are now 18-19 in World Series Game 7s. Kyle Clifford Jersey . 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Rogie Vachon Kings Jersey . - The Denver Broncos kept rookie wide receiver Tavarres King from joining the Green Bay Packers by promoting him to their active roster Tuesday.Added-Time takes a look back at BPL action, this week, Chelsea and Manchester United played to a hard fought draw, Cardiff City earned the best win of the early season in their Premier League home debut and Arsenal got their campaign on track with a dominant performance at Craven Cottage. Manchester United made their first start at home with new manager David Moyes at the helm and he in turn made the decision to start Wayne Rooney in front of the supporters against Chelsea. Rooney was one of three attacking threats that started the game for United, as he was in the lineup along-side both Robin van Persie and Danny Wellbeck. "Hes been great in training and anybody who was watching might have seen a slightly leaner-looking Wayne," said Moyes. "I thought he worked back, he tackled, he chased. I think Wayne has a positive mind at the moment." Despite having all of that offensive power on the pitch, United was not able to find the breakthrough for a goal that would have brought life to a match that ended in a 0-0 draw. Chelsea, meanwhile, went the other way leaving all of their recognized strikers on the bench, with only Fernando Torres eventually making his way into the match. Juan Mata was kept on the sidelines by Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, who with the point earned in this contest, find themselves at the top of the table though having played one more game than the majority of the teams. "I think for us, after two home victories, to come to the champions in their first match at home and get a point, I think its fine, its positive," said Mourinho. Playing in their all-time first home Premier League fixture, many would have thought Cardiff City was out of their depth against title contending Manchester City. Many would be proven wrong. Fraizer Campbell converted two second-half corners and his team held on for a thrilling 3-2 victory, their first in the top-flight of English soccer in over 50 years. "Well be the underdogs for a lot of the games this season but, as we showed, weve got great determination and hopefully thatll see us through," said Campbell. "The most special thing was getting the three points. When youre a promoted side, you dont want to wait too long to get any points on the board so today was a massive bonuss for us.dddddddddddd" Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko fired home a beautiful opener and it looked as though his side would complete the victory as expected, however after Aron Gunnarsson leveled the score Cardiff took over the game. Taking advantage of poor defensive marking in the box and positional play by keeper Joe Hart, Campbell took control of the match and captured the upset for the home-side. Looking to bounce back from a very poor opening match, Lukas Podolski fired home twice and Olivier Giroud also was on target as Arsenal dispatched Fulham 3-1. "Its never easy to play away or win away and we did it in a convincing way," said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. "We had a disappointing result against Villa and it was important to respond." Arsenal never looked in danger of losing as they controlled the action from start to finish, with keeper Wojciech Szczesny turning away a few Adel Taarabt chances. Fulhams Darren Bent did pull one back in the 77th minute, but it was not enough to change the result of the contest. In other action, Liverpool, Stoke City, Hull City and Tottenham were also winners in Barclays Premier League action. With a few days left in the transfer window, there are still a few interesting names that are rumoured to be on the move. The most talked about of these is Tottenhams Gareth Bale, who despite many stories to the contrary, has yet to complete his move to Real Madrid or any other club for that matter. The latest word out of White Hart Lane is that the team has received new bids for the player from other teams interested in his services. Its also possible that Spurs chairman Daniel Levy is delaying the process as long as possible because he is upset at Real Madrids actions in regards to them acting as though the deal has already been finished. While the process is taking place, Bale continues to sit out of Tottenhams lineup and now he is also not taking part in practices.Three BPL games will air on TSN and TSN2 on Saturday. The action kicks off on TSN, where Manchester City will take on Hull at 7am et/4am pt. Following that game there is a doubleheader on TSN2, first, West Ham will lock up against Stoke City at 9:30am et/6:30am pt. and finally, Crystal Palace will battle Sunderland at Noon et/9am pt. ' ' '