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Sandoval homers three times as Giants thump Tigers to open World Series
CBSSports.co A roly-poly Kung Fu Panda outslugged the Triple Crown winner. An October outcast outpitched the Cy Young ace.
With Pablo Sandoval and Barry Zito taking star turns, this World Series is off to a rollicking start.
Sandoval hit three home runs and joined Reggie Jackson, Babe Ruth and Albert Pujols as the only boppers to do it in the Series, and the San Francisco Giants jolted Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers 8-3 on Wednesday night in Game 1.
"Man, I still cant believe it," Sandova roared as Sandoval connected in his first three at-bats. Popular in the Bay Area for his outgoing personality and unusua...
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Giants blank Cardinals in Game 7 of NLCS, head back to World Series
CBSSports.com wir After all the Giants had overcome to get back to the World Series, a late shower wasnt about to dampen their celebration.
All right, it was a driving downpour.
So reliever Sergio Romo danced through the raindrops, Tim Lincecum helped lead a soaked victory lap around the ballpark and Angel Pagan stayed on the field with his daughter long after his teammates took the party indoors.
Hunter Pence got the Giants going with a weird double, Matt Cain pitched his second clincher of October and San Francisco closed out Game 7 of the NL Championship Series in a rainstorm, routing the St. Louis Cardinals 9-0 ...
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Vogelsong's gem carries Giants over Cards to force NLCS Game 7
CBSSports.com wir Ryan Vogelsong and the San Francisco Giants saved their season once more, pushing St. Louis to a winner-take-all Game 7 in the NL championship series.
Turns out the defending champion Cardinals arent the only team thats tough to put away in October.
Vogelsong struck out a career-best nine batters in another postseason gem, and the Giants avoided elimination for a second straight game by beating St. Louis 6-1 on Sunday night.
More on Cardinals-Giants Column Scott MillerGiants win another elimination game, this time journeyman Ryan Vogelsong plays hero Related links Rosecrans: Vogelsong masterful in...
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Zito delivers gem as Giants stave off elimination, trail NLCS 3-2
CBSSports.com The big curveball was back, and Barry Zito mixed in some well-placed fastballs, too.
It was just like the good old days.
Zito was at his best Friday night, pitching San Francisco back into the NL championship series with a 5-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals that narrowed its deficit to 3-2.
"All things considered, you know, theres definitely some playoff memories there, but they were in a different uniform," the soft-tossing lefty said after his first playoff win in six years sent the series back to San Francisco.
"This was probably the biggest one for me."
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Wainwright, Cardinals too much for Giants; one win from World Series
CBSSports.com The St. Louis Cardinals are oh so close. They know better than to start celebrating yet.
To a man, the defending World Series champions kept their latest victory in perspective Thursday night. Before cashing in another wild-card run to a second straight pennant, theyve still got to beat the San Francisco Giants one more time.
"Were not taking the last game to get into the World Series for granted," Matt Holliday said after an 8-3 win put St. Louis up 3-1 in the best-of-seven NL championship series with a chance to wrap it up at home. "The Giants have proven theyre a great team and they had their backs to the wa...
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