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The
World Series was the 108th
edition of Major League Baseball's
championship series. The
best-of-seven playoff was played
between the National League champion
San Francisco Giants, and the
American League champion Detroit
Tigers, with the Giants defeating
the Tigers in four games to win
their seventh World Series title.
The Tigers became only the third
team to be swept in the World Series
after sweeping the League
Championship Series, following the
1990 Oakland Athletics and the 2007
Colorado Rockies. The Giants' Pablo
Sandoval, who in Game 1 tied a
record for hitting three home runs
in a World Series game, was named
World Series MVP.
After
3 games, the Giants took a
commanding 3-0 lead, and look strong
odds-on to complete the victory. In
Game 1, The Giants jumped to a 6–0
lead in the fifth inning en route to
a 8–3 victory in Game 1. San
Francisco's Pablo Sandoval hit three
home runs, joining Babe Ruth, Reggie
Jackson, and Albert Pujols as the
only players to hit three home runs
in one World Series game. Sandoval
also went 4-for-4, and recorded four
RBIs. Detroit ace Justin Verlander
lasted only four innings, giving up
five San Francisco runs, including
two of Sandoval's homers.
Conversely, Giants starting pitcher
Barry Zito worked 5 2⁄3 innings,
allowing only one run. The Giants
scored their final two runs in the
seventh inning off demoted Tigers
closer José Valverde, who hadn't
pitched since Game 1 of the ALCS and
who has now surrendered nine earned
runs in 3 1⁄3 postseason innings.
Jhonny Peralta hit the Tigers' only
home run in the ninth.
After
Zito allowed a run and three hits in
the sixth inning, he was relieved by
Tim Lincecum, who pitched 2 1⁄3
perfect innings with five
strikeouts. It was only the second
World Series game in which three Cy
Young Award winners (Lincecum,
Verlander, and Zito) pitched; the
first time it happened was Game 3 of
the 1983 World Series, when Steve
Carlton started for the Philadelphia
Phillies while Mike Flanagan started
for the Baltimore Orioles and was
relieved by Jim Palmer.
Game
2, the Giants went ahead 2–0 in the
series after winning Game 2. The
game remained scoreless until the
bottom of the seventh inning when,
with the bases loaded, Brandon
Crawford grounded into a double play
that allowed Hunter Pence to score.
Pence's sacrifice fly in the eighth
inning with the bases loaded then
allowed Ángel Pagán to score San
Francisco's second run. The Tigers'
best chance to score occurred in the
second inning: With Prince Fielder
on first base, Delmon Young hit a
double on a ground ball to left
field. Fielder attempted to go all
the way to home but was tagged out
at the plate by Buster Posey.
Madison Bumgarner pitched 7 shutout
innings, yielding only two hits with
8 strikeouts, for the win.
With
their 2–0 victory in Game 3, the
Giants became the first team in a
World Series to record back-to-back
shutouts since the Baltimore Orioles
did it against the Los Angeles
Dodgers in 1966. San Francisco
starter Ryan Vogelsong pitched 5 2⁄3
shutout innings. Detroit had the
based loaded with one out in the 5th
inning, but Vogelsong got Quintin
Berry to strike out swinging, and
got Miguel Cabrera to pop out to end
the Tigers' scoring threat. The
Giants' only runs were scored in the
2nd inning; A triple by Gregor
Blanco allowed Hunter Pence to
score, then Brandon Crawford's
single allowed Blanco to score.
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