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Giants Win World Series 2012: Buster Posey, Matt Cain Finish Off Sweep Of Detroit Tigers
The San Francisco Giants reached the 2012 World Series thanks to their uncanny success in the back-to-the-wall "If Necessary" games of the National League playoffs. Switching gears from resilient to dominant, the Giants then won the World Series without Games 5 through 7 ever being needed.
The Giants capped a 4-0 sweep of the Tigers with a thrilling, extra-inning 4-3 win in Game 4 at a rain-dappled Comerica Park in Detroit. As he has been doing all postseason, Giants second baseman Marco Scutaro came up with the key hit, singling home Ryan Theriot with the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning. Bearded San Francisco closer (no, not that one) Sergio …show more content…
The Giants began their march to the world championship by dropping two games to the Cincinnati Reds at AT&T Park in San Francisco. After reeling off three straight wins to reach the NLCS, the Giants then dropped three of the first four games to the St. Louis Cardinals. With the familiar feel of the proverbial wall at their backs, the Giants then won three straight off the defending World Series champions to win the National League …show more content…
In 2010, Sandoval got just three at-bats as the Giants defeated the Texas Rangers to win the World Series. In 2012, the Panda took home World Series Most Valuable Player honors by hitting .500 with three homers and four RBI in 16 at-bats.
"You learn," Sandoval said after the game, via ESPN.com. "You learn from everything that happened in your career. ... We're working hard to enjoy this moment right now."
Sandoval and Scutaro shared the World Series spotlight with Barry Zito and Tim Lincecum, two former Cy Young winners who were considered anything but dependable entering the postseason. The Giants proved in the Division Series and the League Championship Series that they can never be counted out, winning six straight elimination games. After reaching the World Series by such a precarious path, even the most mercurial of Bruce Bochy's Giants showed that he could be counted on.
"Detroit probably didn't know what it was in for," Giants general manager Brian Sabean told reporters after the game. "Our guys had a date with
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