Intro:

Post-game reaction after the San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series on Thursday, October 16th to advance to the World Series. San Francisco will face the Kansas City Royals starting on Tuesday.

Script:

SOUNDBITE (English): Travis Ishikawa, San Francisco Giants Left Fielder, on his series-clinching home run:

"Obviously got a good pitch. When I first hit it, again, I just thought it was going to be a walk-off hit, so I was throwing my hands up in the air, and then I just heard. I remember hearing the crowd just going crazy, and so my thought was, Okay, if this gets out, it's going to be fantastic. And I saw it get out and I remember high-fiving (first base coach) Roberto (Kelly), I don't remember going from first to second. Later I found out it was (Jake) Peavy that was jumping at me between second and third. I didn't know who it was. I just knew it was somebody. I didn't know what the rules were. I know the base coaches are not allowed to touch runners when they are trying to score, so I didn't know if touching him was going to cost me the home run or something. I was just trying to push him out of the way. And I don't remember touching third. I don't remember touching home. The last thing I remember - the next thing I remember was being thrown down with my jersey ripped off and then finally I was just so out of breath from yelling and screaming, and I had to have guys help me stand back up to finish celebrating."

SOUNDBITE (English): Bruce Bochy, San Francisco Giants Manager, on how experience helped the team:

"Oh, it played - I mean, it played such a huge role in this run that we've had, and I mean, these guys have been through it. They have been battle-tested and they know how to handle themselves on this type of stage, and then add to that the kids that we brought up, and then (Travis) Ishikawa. I mean, what a great story. Here he gets released and we sign him, he goes to Fresno, comes up, he's our everyday left fielder and ends up getting the home run to get us to the World Series. I couldn't be happier for him, everybody. I mean, just a gutty effort through all this and I couldn't be prouder of these guys. They just don't stop fighting. We know we have a lot of work ahead of us and we're playing a great team. But to get to this point, it's time to celebrate."

SOUNDBITE (English): Madison Bumgarner, San Francisco Giants Pitcher, on how hard it must have been to pick an MVP for the series:

"It's about impossible. I'm truly thankful and honoured for (being named the NLCS MVP). I don't think you can go wrong. You can pick anybody. We had so many guys to play a big part in every game."