Mike Moustakas smoked a double inside the right-field line, opening the flood gates.
Nori Aoki slapped a single through the left side, Lorenzo Cain dropped a bloop single into center and Eric Hosmer bounced a double over a drawn-in infield.
By the time Billy Butler ended a half-hour rally with a gapper to the outfield wall, the party was well underway in front of 40,000 fans.
And just like that, two innings into a game they had to win, the Kansas City Royals renewed their hopes of a first World Series title in 29 years.
Seven hits keyed a relentless seven-run rally in the second inning on Tuesday night and the Royals beat the San Francisco Giants 10-0 to force a Game 7.
The AL-champion Royals, loosening their collars in a big way after being shut out by Madison Bumgarner in Game 5, snapped a 16-inning scoreless streak with the biggest World Series inning in franchise history.
The perennial down-and-outers from the AL Central will now get a chance to host the biggest spectacle in baseball on Wednesday night at Kauffman Stadium.
[SportsNetwork.com]
