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Sacramento Bee
| 8 months ago
A third straight road victory over the Cincinnati Reds that transformed the Giants' season from improbable to historic also left closer Sergio Romo drenched, exhausted and emotional. As his teammates celebrated a 6-4 series-clinching win, Romo stood...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
With bedlam in the clubhouse surrounding him, as loud and bubbly as these things get, Sergio Romo stood alone, his back to a locker, and tried desperately not to cry. He was winning the battle until he was asked what filled his mind during his...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
People in the Giants ' family love to laugh at Affeldt's misfortunes. You know, stabbing himself while cutting frozen burger patties and wrenching his knee while greeting his exuberant little boy. Nobody laughed much in the eighth inning Thursday...
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The Press Democrat
| 8 months ago
Tearful Romo proud of team's achievement Closer says he was honored to be asked to get final out Published: Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 3:00 a.m...After Scott Rolen struck out to end the National League Division Series, and after the Giants players...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
Buster Posey isn't terribly fond of pies in the face, shaving-cream antics or shenanigans in general. When the really crazy stuff goes down in the Giants ' clubhouse, he's usually elsewhere, bone dry...Teammates made sure he was a major target of...
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Taiwan News
| 8 months ago
The San Francisco Giants became the first team to secure a place in the final four of the Major League Baseball playoffs, and they did it in unique style, with Thursday's 6-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds capping three straight road wins to overturn a...
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GMA News
| 8 months ago
A scoreless game was blown open when Posey capped a six-run fifth inning for the Giants with a grand slam that ended Reds starting pitcher Mat Latos's outing and silenced the home crowd. After losing two games at home by a combined 14-2 score, San...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 8 months ago
If the moment was painful for Pagan, imagine what it felt like for the Cincinnati Reds, who watched the Giants make several brilliant defensive plays to cling to a 6-4 victory in Game 5 in the National League Division Series. Two batters before Pagan,...
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International Herald Tribune
| 8 months ago
European After signing for an even-par 71, Els found out why there was more rooting heard in the clubhouse and in the corporate boxes than on the course. The few fans who braved the chilly weather to see several of the best golfers in the world spent...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 8 months ago
When Buster Posey reaches the Hall of Fame, we will point to this day and this Game 5 victory, and we will remember the shock and the power of his monumental grand slam, but not the sound at Great American Ball Park when it happened...Posey's...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 8 months ago
Font Resize Playoff 0-2 Comebacks Comebacks from 0-2 deficits in 5-game playoff series, which the San Francisco Giants accomplished Thursday against the Reds: National League 2012 -- Giants def.
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San Jose Mercury News
| 8 months ago
It's no coincidence that Dusty Baker referenced his own fortunes after talking about the way Jay Bruce grinded and grinded in his memorable ninth-inning at-bat...Baker knows the feeling. "This is going to take a while for this to heal, but everything...
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Herald Net
| 8 months ago
The Washington Nationals signed Jayson Werth to show them how to win. His game-ending homer Thursday night extended their surprising season. Werth led off the bottom of the ninth inning by driving Lance Lynn's 13th pitch into the left-field stands to...
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Merced Sun-Star
| 8 months ago
I'm not making excuses," Latos said. "This game's 100 percent on me." Ahead 2-0 in the series, the NL Central champion Reds lost the final three games at home. Cincinnati won 97 games during the regular season and took two more in the playoffs at San...
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Miami Herald
| 8 months ago
His production shriveled, his aura dissipated, his place in history unsettled and his ego almost certainly bruised, Alex Rodriguez took a seat following the Snub Seen 'Round the World and became a spectator, little different than the 50,000 other...
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The Bellingham Herald
| 8 months ago
The Sports Network Buster Posey's grand slam punctuated a six- run fifth inning, helping the San Francisco Giants claim a piece of history in a 6-4 decision over the Cincinnati Reds in the fifth and deciding game of a National League Division Series...
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International Herald Tribune
| 8 months ago
Yankees They proceeded to win Game 3 in 10 innings, on a Reds error...And on Thursday afternoon, they grabbed a 6-0 lead on Buster Posey's fifth-inning grand slam and then held on as the Reds gnawed away for the rest of the game, right through a...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 8 months ago
Buster Posey insisted all along even after San Francisco lost the first two at home that his team was far from done, no matter how long the odds...And the NL batting champion had a lot to do with this most Giant comeback. Posey hit the third grand...
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FanIQ
| 8 months ago
Reds made the wrong kind of history that may never be duplicated again. The Giants ran the table on the road to come back and win the series in Cincinnati, completing a feat that has never happened before. LLC, no Major League Baseball team has...
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International Business Times
| 8 months ago
The Reds looked almost invincible in the first two games of the National League Divisional Series, but the Giants were able to mount an impressive comeback and win the next three games in Cincinnati. In Game Five, the Giants headed into the bottom of...
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NY Daily News
| 8 months ago
Andy Lyons/Getty Images Giants catcher Buster Posey follows the flight of his fifth-inning grand slam. Buster Posey hit the third grand slam in Giants' postseason history, and San Francisco completed its startling comeback by holding off the...
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International Herald Tribune
| 8 months ago
Buster Posey powered the San Francisco Giants to a 6-4 win and an unlikely series comeback over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday to book a spot in the National League Championship Series for the second time in three seasons. A scoreless game was blown...
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The Fresno Bee
| 8 months ago
Posey's slam Buster Posey hit the third grand slam in Giants' postseason history, and San Francisco completed its startling comeback by holding off the Cincinnati Reds 6-4 Thursday in the decisive Game 5 of the NL division series. Cincinnati, San...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 8 months ago
Then it was just several grueling hours of hanging on for dear life. And lastly came the Giants exultation as the Great American Ball Park crowd slowly filtered out Thursday afternoon. This 6-4 victory took everything the Giants had, every bit of...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 8 months ago
The Giants saved their most improbable revival for the postseason. A team that overcame injuries and suspensions to win the division completed a historic comeback Thursday, advancing to the National League Championship Series with a 6-4 victory over...
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The Bellingham Herald
| 8 months ago
The Sports Network The San Francisco Giants try to become the first team to rally from an 0-2 deficit and win a National League Division Series on Wednesday when they play a decisive Game 5 against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park.
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San Jose Mercury News
| 8 months ago
Matt and Mat speak the same language, at least when it comes to Game 5. "I think the biggest thing is I will try to go into it like a normal start," Matt Cain said of potentially taking the ball in Game 5. Hours later, after the Giants actually had...
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Contra Costa Times
| 8 months ago
Nearly a third of workers reported false ailments in order to play hooky over the past year, according to a recent CareerBuilder.com survey. They might need a recount after Thursday's Bay Area baseball games. There's sure to be an epidemic of...
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The Journal Gazette
| 8 months ago
A Giants team that finished last in homers goes on to hit three. Tim Lincecum pitches like a two-time Cy Young winner this time, out of the bullpen. So many unusual things moved San Francisco to the verge of an unprecedented comeback. Pagan hit the...
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The Herald
| 8 months ago
With a perfect game and an All-Star victory already on his 2012 resume, the Giants right-hander will take the mound Thursday in the deciding game of the National League championship series "He's been our go-to guy all year," shortstop Brandon...
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Marin Indepedent Journal
| 8 months ago
The new slogan for the Giants' 2012 postseason isn't particularly good for the health, or clubhouse ambience, but it's effective. After Wednesday's 8-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds that forced a winner-take-all Game 5 in the National League Division...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 8 months ago
With a perfect game and an All-Star victory already on his 2012 resume, the Giants right-hander will take the mound Thursday against the Cincinnati Reds in the decisive Game 5 of the National League Division Series. "I will try to go into it like a...
