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What happened on Tuesday, October 28, 2014?
Game Six of the World Series: Game six was a blow-out! The Kansas City Royals beat the San Francisco Giants 10-0 to force a deciding game seven tonight. The rout began and was basically complete in the second inning when the Royals scored seven runs! Line: That was a Royalbeat-down! What’s next: Game Seven, tonight, 8 p.m. ET on Fox!!!
The NBA is off to a rollicking start: There were three games yesterday for the first day of the NBA season. The New Orleans Pelicans beat the Orlando Magic 101-84 behind budding superstar Anthony Davis’ performance, the San Antonio Spurs picked up where they left off last year by beating the Dallas Mavericks 101-100, and in what is likely to be a harbinger of many losses for the Los Angeles Lakers this year, they lost 108 to 90 to the Houston Rockets. Line: Year after year after year after year, the Spurs are good.
A full night of NHL games: TheOttawa Senators got their first victory since their city was locked down following the Parliament shooting when they beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2. The Pittsburgh Penguins racked up a total of eight goals on their way to beating the New Jersey Devils. The Tampa Bay Lightening were only one goal short of that in their 7-3 victory over the Arizona Coyotes. The Carolina Hurricanes remain the last winless team in the league after losing 4-1 to the Vancouver Canucks.
