It took 10 innings, but the San Francisco Giants completed the sweep of the Detroit Tigers with a 4-3 victory. NLCS MVP Marco Scutaro drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th, while Sergio Romo struck out the Tigers in order in the bottom of the inning to close it out.
The Giants took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning after Hunter Pence hit a ground-rule double and scored on a Brandon Belt triple. In the bottom of the third, the Tigers finally scored - and took a lead for the first time in the Series - when Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer that energized the Comerica Park crowd.
Yet the excitement was relatively short-lived. Buster Posey's two-run homer in the top of the sixth gave the Giants a temporary lead, until ALCS MVP Delmon Young hit a solo shot in the bottom of the inning to tie it 3-3.
Both Matt Cain and Max Schezer allowed three runs each, with Cain striking out five and Scherzer eight. The Giants relievers didn't allow a hit, while the Tigers shut down the Giants until the 10th.
That's when designated hitter Ryan Theriot - now a back-to-back World Series Champion - led off with a single to center. He advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Brandon Crawford, then scored on Scutaro's single.
Pablo Sandoval was named World Series MVP after going 8 for 16 with three homers in Game One. He's only the fourth player in MLB history to hit three homers in a World Series game, joining Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson and Albert Pujols.
This is the Giants' seventh championship in franchise history, and second since moving to San Francisco. Their first, of course, was in 2010. It also marks the third straight year the National League has won the World Series, and fourth year of the past five.
Christine Coleman
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