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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Sunday, October 28, 2012
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.
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.
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