Sandoval Homers 3 Times in Game 1
Miguel Cabrera plops an RBI single into center field in the sixth and the Tigers are on the board. Austin Jackson scores after a leadoff double.
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Barry Zito gets help from left fielder Gregor Blanco, who makes his second diving catch of the night — almost in the same spot — to rob Prince Fielder of a hit. The first grab came against Cabrera.
Zito is pulled after a single by Delmon Young, but Tim Lincecum comes on to strike out Jhonny Peralta and end the inning with the Giants ahead 6-1.
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What a power display by Pablo Sandoval!
He just hit his third home run in Game 1 of the World Series, giving the Giants a 6-0 lead against the Detroit Tigers.
Sandoval became the fourth player to hit three home runs in a World Series game. Albert Pujols did it for St. Louis in Game 3 last year, Reggie Jackson for the New York Yankees in Game 6 in 1977, and Babe Ruth accomplished the feat twice with the Yankees — in 1926 and 1928.
Sandoval connected twice off Justin Verlander and once off reliever Al Alburquerque.
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Justin Verlander is done after four innings and 98 pitches. He was lifted for a pinch hitter in the top of the fifth with the Tigers trailing the Giants 5-0.
Verlander threw 66 of those pitches in his final two innings. The Giants really put some tough at-bats on him and made him work hard.
Pablo Sandoval became the fifth player to hit two homers in a game off Verlander, according to STATS LLC.
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Unbelievable. Opposing pitcher Barry Zito slaps an RBI single to left field off Verlander with two outs in the fourth inning to give the Giants a 5-0 cushion.
Delmon Young's attempted throw to the plate hit the ground before it even reached the infield.
Wonder what kind of odds you could have gotten in Vegas on Verlander giving up a run-scoring hit to a pitcher?
Zito had a nice bunt single for an RBI in his previous start, Game 5 of the NLCS in St. Louis. Giants pitchers have an RBI in four straight postseason games.
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Young fails to run on a tapper right in front of the plate, so Giants catcher Buster Posey quickly tags him and throws to second for an easy double play in the fourth. Prince Fielder had opened the inning with a single.
Giants starter Barry Zito has thrown four scoreless innings, outpitching Justin Verlander to this point with San Francisco jumping out to a 5-0 lead.
The Giants look sharp, the Tigers don't. Remember, the Tigers had five days off after sweeping the New York Yankees in the ALCS.
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The Giants are getting the good bounces so far. Angel Pagan hit a chopper toward third base that hit the corner of the bag and kicked into shallow left field for a two-out double in the third inning.
Red-hot Marco Scutaro follows with an RBI single to center on a 3-2 curveball and Pablo Sandoval hits his second homer of the game to make it 4-0 Giants.
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Both of Sandoval's homers came on 95 mph fastballs from Justin Verlander. The second one was an outer-half fastball that Sandoval sent to the opposite field and over the left-field fence.
FOX shows Verlander mouthing "Wow" as the ball cleared the wall. Verlander had allowed a total of two runs in his first three postseason starts this year before giving up four runs in the first three innings tonight.
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Nobody can get Scutaro out lately. The NLCS MVP batted .500 against the Cardinals, tying an LCS record with 14 hits. Big hit already tonight, too.
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FOX shows zany Barry Zito talking to himself in the dugout after he struck out against Verlander.
It was kind of fun watching Zito try to hit against a guy with such nasty stuff. Zito watched a two-strike curveball break low before swinging over the top of an off-speed pitch for strike three.
The Giants have won Zito's last 13 starts, the longest active streak in baseball.
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That's why Gregor Blanco is out there.
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Barry Zito gets help from left fielder Gregor Blanco, who makes his second diving catch of the night — almost in the same spot — to rob Prince Fielder of a hit. The first grab came against Cabrera.
Zito is pulled after a single by Delmon Young, but Tim Lincecum comes on to strike out Jhonny Peralta and end the inning with the Giants ahead 6-1.
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What a power display by Pablo Sandoval!
He just hit his third home run in Game 1 of the World Series, giving the Giants a 6-0 lead against the Detroit Tigers.
Sandoval became the fourth player to hit three home runs in a World Series game. Albert Pujols did it for St. Louis in Game 3 last year, Reggie Jackson for the New York Yankees in Game 6 in 1977, and Babe Ruth accomplished the feat twice with the Yankees — in 1926 and 1928.
Sandoval connected twice off Justin Verlander and once off reliever Al Alburquerque.
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Justin Verlander is done after four innings and 98 pitches. He was lifted for a pinch hitter in the top of the fifth with the Tigers trailing the Giants 5-0.
Verlander threw 66 of those pitches in his final two innings. The Giants really put some tough at-bats on him and made him work hard.
Pablo Sandoval became the fifth player to hit two homers in a game off Verlander, according to STATS LLC.
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Unbelievable. Opposing pitcher Barry Zito slaps an RBI single to left field off Verlander with two outs in the fourth inning to give the Giants a 5-0 cushion.
Delmon Young's attempted throw to the plate hit the ground before it even reached the infield.
Wonder what kind of odds you could have gotten in Vegas on Verlander giving up a run-scoring hit to a pitcher?
Zito had a nice bunt single for an RBI in his previous start, Game 5 of the NLCS in St. Louis. Giants pitchers have an RBI in four straight postseason games.
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Young fails to run on a tapper right in front of the plate, so Giants catcher Buster Posey quickly tags him and throws to second for an easy double play in the fourth. Prince Fielder had opened the inning with a single.
Giants starter Barry Zito has thrown four scoreless innings, outpitching Justin Verlander to this point with San Francisco jumping out to a 5-0 lead.
The Giants look sharp, the Tigers don't. Remember, the Tigers had five days off after sweeping the New York Yankees in the ALCS.
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The Giants are getting the good bounces so far. Angel Pagan hit a chopper toward third base that hit the corner of the bag and kicked into shallow left field for a two-out double in the third inning.
Red-hot Marco Scutaro follows with an RBI single to center on a 3-2 curveball and Pablo Sandoval hits his second homer of the game to make it 4-0 Giants.
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Both of Sandoval's homers came on 95 mph fastballs from Justin Verlander. The second one was an outer-half fastball that Sandoval sent to the opposite field and over the left-field fence.
FOX shows Verlander mouthing "Wow" as the ball cleared the wall. Verlander had allowed a total of two runs in his first three postseason starts this year before giving up four runs in the first three innings tonight.
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Nobody can get Scutaro out lately. The NLCS MVP batted .500 against the Cardinals, tying an LCS record with 14 hits. Big hit already tonight, too.
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FOX shows zany Barry Zito talking to himself in the dugout after he struck out against Verlander.
It was kind of fun watching Zito try to hit against a guy with such nasty stuff. Zito watched a two-strike curveball break low before swinging over the top of an off-speed pitch for strike three.
The Giants have won Zito's last 13 starts, the longest active streak in baseball.
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That's why Gregor Blanco is out there.
lebelanger - 25. Okt, 02:58
