Giants 16-4 Angels (final)

There is no miracle for the Angels and Barry Bonds and his San Francisco Giants are only one game away from winning the World Series.

There is a carnival atmosphere by the San Francisco Bay as Rich Aurelia applies gloss to the likely win with a three-run homer.

Anaheim now need a major miracle in the ninth.

San Francisco keep the Angels in check and go into the seventh-innings stretch with a four-run lead.

They bust the game wide open when play resumes, with Kenny Lofton - who has been below-par in the field - slamming a triple to bring two more Giants home.

An unpleasant incident is narrowly avoided when a young bat-boy gets mixed up in the play while collecting Lofton's bat and has to be dragged to safety by JT Snow.

Jeff Kent then steps up to compound Anaheim's misery by striking his second homer of the night.

Sixth innings:

The mood shifts at PacBell as the Angels draw closer after a controversial call by one of the umpires.

Giants fans manage to raise a cheer for Shinjo, the first Japanese player to appear in a World Series, but the replacement strikes out.

And then they raise the roof when Jeff Kent crushes a pitch to the centre-field stands to pick up two RBIs and give San Francisco a cushion again.

Here come the Anaheim Angels.

Darin Erstad drives home their first run of the night, before David Eckstein hustles home for a second score.

And then Troy Glaus slams a double to left-field, picking up his sixth RBI of the World Series and forcing Giants starter Jason Schmidt out of the game.

More lean pickings for the Angels, but this time the Giants are also held scoreless.

The atmosphere in PacBell Park is buzzing and hundreds of fans are taking turns to watch the action through small peep-holes outside the stadium.

Meanwile, the usual flotilla of boats, canoes and surfboards has gathered in nearby McCovey Cove.

Schmidt's pitching control wavers, but he gets out of the innings unscathed.

So does Washburn, after two horrific innings for Anaheim.

Having dominated San Francisco's pitchers for three-and-a-half games, the Anaheim hitting machine has seized up.

The Giants are taking full advantage and another intentional walk on Bonds loads their bases again.

A rejuvinated Santiago drives home two of the runners with a single and then Reggie Sanders gets into the act with an RBI of his own.

Pitcher Jason Schmidt makes an encouraging start for the Giants. It takes him 23 throws, but he retires the Angels without score.

Barry Bonds then fires San Francisco into the lead, driving Kenny Lofton home with a fierce double.

And, to great adulation from the PacBell crowd, a sacrifice-fly from Benito Santiago doubles the lead.

The innings doesn't stop there, as struggling Anaheim starter Jarrod Washburn walks home Bonds with the Giants' bases loaded.

This promises to be a make-or-break game for both teams.

If San Francisco can win on home soil, they will go to Anaheim for games six and seven confident of picking up the one win they need to take the World Series.

If the Angels prevail tonight, they will be heavy favourites for overall victory back in LA.