World Series Game Four Preview

Is tonight the final game of the 2012 Major League Baseball season?

With the San Francisco Giants holding a 3-0 lead in the World Series after Saturday night's 2-0 win over the Detroit Tigers, they certainly hope so. They no doubt would love nothing more than to win their seventh straight game tonight and capture their second championship in three years.

The Tigers, obviously, are hoping otherwise. They'd like to find a little of the momentum they had in sweeping the Yankees during the ALCS.

Taking the mound for the Giants tonight it Matt Cain, who will be attempting to win his third clinching game this October. He gave up three earned runs in 5 2/3 innings to the Cincinnati Reds on Oct. 11, as the comeback Giants won the Division Series. His most recent start was last Monday against the Cardinals in Game Seven of the NLCS, which the Giants won 9-0. He allowed five hits and struck out four in 5 2/3 innings.

Max Scherzer gets the start for Detroit, and he's been very good this postseason as well. He allowed an unearned run on three hits in 5 1/3 innings in a Tigers loss to the A's in the Division Series and was the winning pitcher in the Tiger's ALCS sweep. He gave up one run on two hits in 5 2/3 innings in that game, striking out 10.

But what the Tigers need most of all is hitting. They became the first team since the 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers to be shut out in back-to-back World Series games, who were shut out by the Baltimore Orioles. Then again, the Giants have now recorded shutouts in four of their last six games.

So will the Giants finish the sweep tonight? Or will the Tigers find a way to get some offense going and force a Game Five on Monday night?

We'll find out starting at 8 p.m. Eastern Time tonight on FOX.