Omar Infante smashed his first playoff home run to cap a five-run outburst on Wednesday, giving the Kansas City Royals a 7-2 victory over San Francisco to level the 110th World Series.
By breaking open a 2-2 game in the sixth inning, the Royals deadlocked the best-of-seven Major League Baseball final with the Giants at 1-1 as the scene shifts to San Francisco for games three through five on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Infante's two-run blast over the left-field fence in the sixth was the 32-year-old Venezuelan second baseman's first homer after 145 playoff at bats over five post-season trips with three different clubs dating to 2006.
His homer ended the second-longest active major league playoff homer drought 44 at-bats shy of St Louis outfielder Jon Jay's current futility mark.
After dropping the opener 7-1, the Royals knew a game two home triumph was vital.
Teams losing the first two games have lost the World Series 42 of 53 times, including nine in a row and 15 of the past 16 such situations.
The Giants seek their third championship in five seasons after having snapped a 56-year drought in 2010 while the Royals are in the playoffs for the first time since winning their only World Series crown in 1985.
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