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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
The tenor of this World Series could shift in an instant. One big blast from Miguel Cabrera or Prince Fielder in Saturday's Game 3, and everything changes. The A's and Yankees couldn't overcome the brute-force nature of the Tigers' game, so don't...
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Arizona Republic
| 8 months ago
The bunt just wouldn't go foul, despite the best efforts of the Detroit players who gathered around it and tried to will it across the chalk down the third base line. It couldn't go foul, because that might have ruined the whole aura the San...
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The Herald
| 8 months ago
Prince Fielder hasn't provided the meaty production the Detroit Tigers expect. "Obviously they're not going to throw us center cuts all day," the burly slugger said. His first two World Series games after signing a $214 million contract have been...
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The Fresno Bee
| 8 months ago
Doug Fister took the Giants' best shot without even flinching. The former Fresno State star overcame a line-drive single off his head to take a shutout bid into the seventh inning for Detroit before the Tigers lost Game 2 of the World Series 2-0 to...
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Laist
| 8 months ago
The Giants won 2-0 in the pitchers' duel to take a 2-0 lead in the series as it heads to Detroit for three games. When Fister left the game in the seventh inning, he just gave up a single to Giants right fielder Hunter Pence. Pence, the awkward...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 8 months ago
Gregor Blanco delivered the biggest hit of the night Thursday, but the description of it remains a mystery...Blanco's seventh-inning roller hugged the third-base line and came to rest in fair territory as three Detroit Tigers stood around it in...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 8 months ago
13 p.m., Oct. 25, 2012 Updated 8:15 p.m...Follow the U-T sports page for links to video, stories and other content, and to interact with other fans. A National League West Division game broke out at AT&T Park on Thursday night.
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 8 months ago
The San Francisco Giants moved a step closer to claiming a second title in three years by blanking the punchless Detroit Tigers 2-0 on Thursday to extend their World Series lead. Detroit was held to two hits by Giants starter Madison Bumgarner and...
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Sacramento Bee
| 8 months ago
The ball bounced, and bounced, and rolled, and died, coming to rest mere inches inside the third-base line. It was for Gregor Blanco the margin between a hit and a foul ball, thin as the one the Giants needed to take a two-games-to-none lead over the...
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The Mercury News
| 8 months ago
Angel Pagan (cf), Marco Scutaro (2b), Pablo Sandoval (3b), Buster Posey (c), Hunter Pence (rf), Brandon Belt (1b), Gregor Blanco (lf), Brandon Crawford (ss), Madison Bumgarner (lhp). Umpires: Home, Dan Iassogna; First, Fieldin Culbreth; Second, Brian...
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Herald Tribune
| 8 months ago
Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 11:48 p.m...A Giant dose of small ball, and suddenly San Francisco finds itself in a most unique position way ahead in a postseason series. Madison Bumgarner shut down the Detroit Tigers for seven innings, then the...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
This has not been a good postseason for Giants fans who prefer tense and tight games...The pitching connoisseurs finally got their night Thursday in Game 2 of the World Series, which was scoreless until the Giants pushed home a run on a Brandon...
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Sacramento Bee
| 8 months ago
Detroit's Prince Fielder was thrown out at the plate trying to score on Delmon Young's double, pitcher Doug Fister remained in the game after getting hit on the head by a line drive and the Tigers and San Francisco Giants were tied 0-0 after three...
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Star Tribune
| 8 months ago
Omar Infante led off with an infield single and Miguel Cabrera got ahead in the count before smoking a line drive that was caught by third baseman Pablo Sandoval...Prince Fielder flied out to the left-field warning track and Infante was picked off...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 8 months ago
The World Series wasn't even an inning old when the Tigers found trouble, and then more trouble, and then even more. It was supposed to be Justin Verlander's show, but he was reduced to a prop for the Giants and their big-popping star, Pablo Sandoval.
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Ledger-Enquirer
| 8 months ago
It's the Giants' world, and the rest of us just eat overpriced Cioppino and get fat on Ghirardelli chocolate. It was impressive for Barry Zito to use his 85-mph fastballs to shut down the Cardinals in St...But it was preposterous for him to stick out...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
The biggest non-Sandoval at-bat was Marco Scutaro 's in which he took Verlander to eight pitches before smoking a full-count, two-out liner in the third inning that preceded the Panda's second of three homers. Verlander might be the best pitcher in...
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Epoch Times
| 8 months ago
October 25, 2012 The San Francisco Giants will host Game 1 of the 2012 World Series on Wednesday against the American League Champion Detroit Tigers...Verlander has been nearly flawless this postseason, posting a 3-0 record and a 0.74 ERA. The Giants...
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The Press Democrat
| 8 months ago
Giants' intensity sets tone for Series Demolition of Verlander, Panda's power and lucky breaks go Giants way Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Justin Verlander delivers against the Giants during the World Series, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, in San...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
Shortstop Brandon Crawford ranged seemingly halfway to the shores of San Francisco Bay to track down Prince Fielder 's pop fly in the first inning. Left fielder Gregor Blanco 's quick break and diving grab robbed Miguel Cabrera of a hit, ending the...
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Adelaide Now
| 8 months ago
SAN Francisco slugger Pablo Sandoval hit a spectacular three home runs to lead the Giants to an 8-3 victory over Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers in game one of the World Series. Venezuela's Sandoval smacked a solo shot in the first inning, a...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 8 months ago
Young grounds into fielder's choice, third baseman Sandoval to second baseman Scutaro, Cabrera out at second...Pagan grounds out, first baseman Fielder to pitcher Verlander. Scutaro grounds out, shortstop Peralta to first baseman Fielder...Garcia...
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United Press International
| 8 months ago
Pablo Sandoval became the fourth player to hit three home runs in a World Series game Wednesday, sending San Francisco to an opening 8-3 win over Detroit. The Giants started their bid for a second World Series title in three years by getting to...
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Chicago Tribune
| 8 months ago
Pablo Sandoval was talking Tuesday, one day before the World Series began, about facing Cy Young winner Justin Verlander. It's exciting because you want to be in action like this, face the best, he said. On Wednesday, he created his own excitement,...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 8 months ago
Follow the U-T sports page for links to video, stories and other content, and to interact with other fans. Unaccustomed as he is to receiving such visits to the mound especially in only the third inning of Game 1 of the World Series Justin Verlander...
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International Herald Tribune
| 8 months ago
Yankees Now add to it Pablo Sandoval, the San Francisco Giants ' smiling, rotund third baseman, who slammed homers in his first three at-bats Wednesday to power his team to an 8-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers in Game 1 of the World Series.
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Miami Herald
| 8 months ago
We've heard ad nauseam leading up to this World Series how San Francisco's Barry Zito wasn't on the team's postseason roster when the Giants captured their title in 2010. The San Francisco Giants weren't about to experience another slow start...The...
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Sacramento Bee
| 8 months ago
Eschewed so often in affectionate favor of the moniker Kung Fu Panda, the real name of Pablo Sandoval on Wednesday night became forever etched onto a rarified list. Sandoval, the Giants stout third baseman, hit three home runs as the Giants struck...
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Bradenton Herald
| 8 months ago
With three mighty swings, Pablo Sandoval put the San Francisco Giants ahead in this World Series and put himself in a class with Mr. October. Sandoval hit three home runs and joined Reggie Jackson, Babe Ruth and Albert Pujols as the only sluggers to...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 8 months ago
After winning six elimination games to reach the World Series, the Giants said they wanted to take an easier route this time around. They got off to a crushing start, making it look easy against the best pitcher in baseball. Pablo Sandoval homered in...
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International Herald Tribune
| 8 months ago
Both Detroit manager Jim Leyland and San Francisco skipper Bruce Bochy have won the World Series previously, Leyland in 1997 with the Florida Marlins and Bochy in 2010 with the Giants. Leyland: "You realize how good the feeling is, and obviously that'...
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Associated Press
| 8 months ago
The defensive whiz just made a diving catch in left field to rob Miguel Cabrera of a hit with a runner on in the third inning. Cabrera put a good swing on the ball, just didn't get it up in the air...Blanco made a spectacular catch in right-center to...
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International Business Times
| 8 months ago
Detroit starter Justin Verlander has two previous starts in the Fall Classic, each a loss in 2006 when he gave up seven earned runs on 12 hits. Verlander and the Tigers hope for a much better result Wednesday night in Game of the World Series at AT&T...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 8 months ago
Font Resize Lineups for Wednesday's Game 1 of the World Series: San Francisco Giants: Pagan CF Scutaro 2B Sandoval 3B Posey C Pence RF Belt 1B Blanco LF Crawford SS Zito LHP Detroit Tigers: Jackson CF Infante 2B Cabrera 3B Fielder 1B Young LF Peralta...
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International Business Times
| 8 months ago
Justin Verlander could start three games in the World Series. Detroit will have Justin Verlander on the mound, while San Francisco will start veteran left-hander Barry Zito...Jim Bowden, Jim Caple, Eric Karabell, Molly Knight and David Kull -- are...
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The Bellingham Herald
| 8 months ago
The Sports Network The San Francisco Giants eye their second World Series title in three years, as they kick off the 108th edition of the Fall Classic against the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday at AT&T Park. Amazingly, these two storied franchises have...
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Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
| 8 months ago
Even with home-field advantage, the San Francisco Giants are going into the World Series at a decided disadvantage...The Detroit Tigers hold the ace in the best-of-7 series, which will begin with Verlander on the mound and might end that way, too.
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The Globe & Mail
| 8 months ago
San Francisco Giants center fielder Angel Pagan (16) slides safe into home to score in the first inning against the St...Photos There was a happiness to this place even as the dour Barry Bonds harrumphed his way past Hank Aaron to become the all-time...
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GMA News
| 8 months ago
The Detroit Tigers may have the best pitcher in Justin Verlander and best all-round hitter in Miguel Cabrera, but the Giants have 'Blockbuster' on their side in the World Series starting in San Francisco on Wednesday. A fascinating Fall Classic match-...
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Sacramento Bee
| 8 months ago
Giants manager Bruce Bochy, who two years ago told Barry Zito he would not be a part of the team's postseason plans that season, tried to deliver some happier news to the former Cy Young Award winner Tuesday...What Bochy wanted to say was that Zito...
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The Herald
| 8 months ago
Yet, the Giants are back in the Fall Classic for the second time in three years with a lineup that can't hit its weight, but is unbeaten in elimination games...Hollywood couldn't have written a better script for a six-month journey that is now down...
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The Herald
| 8 months ago
But the Detroit Tigers are the most complete team San Francisco will face and the Giants' magic is about to run out. Last year, Detroit starter Justin Verlander won the pitching Triple Crown, leading the AL in ERA, strikeouts and wins en route to a...
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FanIQ
| 8 months ago
The San Francisco Giants have done the improbable this postseason...After needing all five games to dispose of the Oakland A's in the division series, the Tigers made quick work of a slumping Yankee team, which lost Derek Jeter to a broken ankle and...
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NY Daily News
| 8 months ago
Game 5 hero Barry Zito in Game 1 of the World Series, which begins Wednesday at AT&T Park, site of Giants' last two victories against Cardinals. The Tigers have been sitting around since last Thursday, waiting to find out who they would play in the...
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KSBY
| 8 months ago
Madison Bumgarner will pitch Game 2 of the World Series for San Francisco on Thursday, giving the Giants back-to-back lefties after Barry Zito goes in the opener against the Detroit Tigers. Righty Ryan Vogelsong will pitch Game 3 and Matt Cain will...
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Contra Costa Times
| 8 months ago
The hype surrounding the Detroit Tigers centers on their marquee names -- pitcher Justin Verlander and sluggers Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder. But the A's will attest that there's more to the American League champs than star power. They would...
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International Herald Tribune
| 8 months ago
Richard Sheinwald/Associated Press Tigers President Jim Campbell took a phone call from President Ronald Reagan after Detroit won the 1984 Series. I work with young players, and I tell them that World Series was like your first day in the big leagues,...
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Los Angeles Times
| 8 months ago
Detroit (RHP Justin Verlander 17-8, 2.64) at San Francisco (LHP Barry Zito 15-8, 4.15) Game 2: Thursday, 5 p.m. Detroit (RHP Doug Fister 10-10, 3.45) at San Francisco ( Madison Bumgarner , 16-11, 3.37)w Game 3: Saturday, 5 p.m. San Francisco (RHP...
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The independent
| 8 months ago
Such is the 2012 World Series which opens tonight in what is probably the major leagues' most beautiful ballpark, where Barry Bonds used to lash his steroid-fuelled home runs into San Francisco Bay. The city in question is Detroit, the team are San...
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Merced Sun-Star
| 8 months ago
Fresh from a Game 7 win and another stirring comeback, the San Francisco Giants are rolling right into this World Series...Coming off a playoff sweep of the Yankees, they've been working out at home, waiting nearly a week for an opponent. Which poses...
