Game six of the World Series is tonight in Kansas City with the San Francisco Giants leading the Kansas City Royals three games to two. The Giants have a chance to close out the series tonight and win their third World Series title in the last five years. But if recent World Series history is a cause for concern, the Giants don’t need to go into tonight’s game overconfident.

There are some eerie similarities between this year’s World Series and the 2011 World Series that saw the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Texas Rangers in seven games. How? Well this writer is glad you asked. Let’s take a look: Game one between the Cardinals and Rangers started in St. Louis with the Cardinals winning 3-2. The Rangers didn’t seem prepared for National League baseball, despite being in the fall classic just one year prior. Jump forward to 2014 game one between the Giants and Royals. Kansas City looked nervous in their first World Series game since 1985 and the Giants’ confidence came through as San Francisco took game one 7-1.

In both series, it was game two that proved that the series was going to be a dog fight. In 2011, the Rangers bounced back against St. Louis with situational hitting and speed to even the series 1-1 with a 2-1 win. Game two in 2014 showed the Royals’ offense and speed that had been quieted in game one come through in game two as Kansas City evened the series 1-1 with a 7-2 win.

Game three was the only game between the two series to be total opposites. In 2011, the Cardinals dominated Texas behind three home runs by Albert Pujols to take a 2-1 series lead winning 16-7. In 2014, Kansas City used good defense and a shutdown bullpen to win 3-2 to take a 2-1 series lead.

Game four proved the team down in the series wasn’t going to go away. In 2011, the Texas Rangers evened the series with a 4-0 shutout behind 8 1/3 stellar innings by starting pitcher Derek Holland. In 2014, the Giants stormed back behind their big bats and dominating pitching from their bullpen to win 11-4 to even up the series 2-2.

In 2011, game five was a back and forth affair with the Texas Rangers winning 4-2 to come within one win of their first title as the series was shifting back to St. Louis. In 2014, the Giants dominated the Royals 5-0 behind a masterful pitching performance by Madison Bumgarner.

In 2011 the Texas Rangers came within one strike twice during game six of winning the World Series only to see the St. Louis Cardinals come back and win game six and seven to capture the title. This year’s World Series has now shifted to Kansas City with the visiting team leading the series three games to two. The Giants need to have confidence going into tonight’s game, but if they don’t get the job done tonight look for history to repeat itself.