Giants top Tigers to take 2-0 series lead
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October 27, 2012, Saturday
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MADISON Bumgarner allowed just two hits over seven innings as the San Francisco Giants beat the Detroit Tigers 2-0 on Thursday to take a 2-0 World Series lead.
Gregor Blanco's single trickled to a stop inches fair on the infield dirt, setting up Brandon Crawford's run-scoring double-play grounder in the seventh. Hunter Pence added a sacrifice fly in the eighth, and that was plenty for these masters of the October comeback.
"It definitely feels a whole lot better than having our backs against the wall," Bumgarner said. "But you can't relax. We've got to keep pushing."
Game 3 will be in Detroit tomorrow and for once, the Giants aren't playing from behind. The Giants overcame a 0-2 deficit to beat the Cincinnati Reds in the best-of-five division series and trailed 1-3 against the St Louis Cardinals in the National League championship series.
The loss left the favored Tigers wondering what else could go wrong. Prince Fielder was thrown out at the plate by a hair and moments later starting pitcher Doug Fister was struck squarely in the head by a line drive, a ball hit so hard that it caromed into shallow center field.
"They asked me the typical concussion questions," Fister said. "I'm not concerned. I have a minor bump. According to my dad, my whole life his saying has always been if I got hit in the head I'd be OK. That's how I take it."
Fister managed to stay on the mound, and even excelled, giving up just four hits and one run over six innings..
Bumgarner more than matched him, however, allowing just two hits before the Giants bullpen closed it out.
Santiago Casilla pitched a perfect eighth and Sergio Romo worked the ninth for a save in the combined two-hitter, leaving the Tigers in a huge hole heading back to Comerica Park. Anibal Sanchez will start for the Tigers against Ryan Vogelsong. Of the 52 times a team has taken a 2-0 lead in the World Series, 41 have gone on to win the crown.
The Tigers looked sluggish at the plate and maybe Bumgarner had something to do with the Tigers' troubles.
Bumped from the NLCS rotation after two poor postseason starts, he returned with a flourish. The left-hander struck out eight and looked as sharp as he did in the 2010 World Series when, as a 21-year-old rookie, he stopped Texas in Game 4 on the way to a championship.
This game was scoreless in the seventh when the Giants went ahead, right after actor Tom Hanks - an former peanut vendor at the nearby Oakland Coliseum - sang "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" on the field.
Gregor Blanco's single trickled to a stop inches fair on the infield dirt, setting up Brandon Crawford's run-scoring double-play grounder in the seventh. Hunter Pence added a sacrifice fly in the eighth, and that was plenty for these masters of the October comeback.
"It definitely feels a whole lot better than having our backs against the wall," Bumgarner said. "But you can't relax. We've got to keep pushing."
Game 3 will be in Detroit tomorrow and for once, the Giants aren't playing from behind. The Giants overcame a 0-2 deficit to beat the Cincinnati Reds in the best-of-five division series and trailed 1-3 against the St Louis Cardinals in the National League championship series.
The loss left the favored Tigers wondering what else could go wrong. Prince Fielder was thrown out at the plate by a hair and moments later starting pitcher Doug Fister was struck squarely in the head by a line drive, a ball hit so hard that it caromed into shallow center field.
"They asked me the typical concussion questions," Fister said. "I'm not concerned. I have a minor bump. According to my dad, my whole life his saying has always been if I got hit in the head I'd be OK. That's how I take it."
Fister managed to stay on the mound, and even excelled, giving up just four hits and one run over six innings..
Bumgarner more than matched him, however, allowing just two hits before the Giants bullpen closed it out.
Santiago Casilla pitched a perfect eighth and Sergio Romo worked the ninth for a save in the combined two-hitter, leaving the Tigers in a huge hole heading back to Comerica Park. Anibal Sanchez will start for the Tigers against Ryan Vogelsong. Of the 52 times a team has taken a 2-0 lead in the World Series, 41 have gone on to win the crown.
The Tigers looked sluggish at the plate and maybe Bumgarner had something to do with the Tigers' troubles.
Bumped from the NLCS rotation after two poor postseason starts, he returned with a flourish. The left-hander struck out eight and looked as sharp as he did in the 2010 World Series when, as a 21-year-old rookie, he stopped Texas in Game 4 on the way to a championship.
This game was scoreless in the seventh when the Giants went ahead, right after actor Tom Hanks - an former peanut vendor at the nearby Oakland Coliseum - sang "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" on the field.
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