Tigers look to stay alive in World Series
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October 28, 2012, Sunday
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DETROIT will try to snap a five-game San Francisco playoff win streak today in Game 3 of the World Series with the Tigers facing the brink of elimination with another defeat.
The Giants won the first two games in Major League Baseball's best-of-seven final at home but the scene now shifts to chilly Detroit, where Anibal Sanchez will take the mound for the Tigers in critical Game 3.
"I know we're down two games, but that's in the past," the Venezuelan hurler said. "Every day we start over. We need to forget what happened in San Francisco."
Tigers manager Jim Leyland wants his team to soak in every bit of the tension and pressure, and embrace the opportunity they still have to win the first World Series by a Tigers team since 1984.
"There's enough pressure on guys and ... you have to try to get it across to your guys to embrace the pressure," Leyland said.
"It's my old favorite story. If you studied for the test and there's the test, it's good pressure. If you haven't studied for the test, it's bad pressure."
The potent Detroit offense has just 10 hits during the opening two games of the series and Tigers catcher Alex Avila noted that the Giants' pitchers "haven't made many mistakes".
After being stifled by southpaws so far, the Tigers will face right-hander Ryan Vogelsong, who is 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA in three postseason starts, in Game 3.
With the series having shifted to Detroit, Vogelsong, 35, did not think the frigid weather forecast for Comerica Park would be much of an issue.
"The cold weather, obviously it's something we're going to have to deal with," he said.
"But it's the World Series. You can't be worried about how cold it is."
The Giants won the first two games in Major League Baseball's best-of-seven final at home but the scene now shifts to chilly Detroit, where Anibal Sanchez will take the mound for the Tigers in critical Game 3.
"I know we're down two games, but that's in the past," the Venezuelan hurler said. "Every day we start over. We need to forget what happened in San Francisco."
Tigers manager Jim Leyland wants his team to soak in every bit of the tension and pressure, and embrace the opportunity they still have to win the first World Series by a Tigers team since 1984.
"There's enough pressure on guys and ... you have to try to get it across to your guys to embrace the pressure," Leyland said.
"It's my old favorite story. If you studied for the test and there's the test, it's good pressure. If you haven't studied for the test, it's bad pressure."
The potent Detroit offense has just 10 hits during the opening two games of the series and Tigers catcher Alex Avila noted that the Giants' pitchers "haven't made many mistakes".
After being stifled by southpaws so far, the Tigers will face right-hander Ryan Vogelsong, who is 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA in three postseason starts, in Game 3.
With the series having shifted to Detroit, Vogelsong, 35, did not think the frigid weather forecast for Comerica Park would be much of an issue.
"The cold weather, obviously it's something we're going to have to deal with," he said.
"But it's the World Series. You can't be worried about how cold it is."
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