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San
Francisco Giants
Giants primed
for another title
DETROIT -- If pitching is the currency of baseball, as some say, then
the Giants continued to sit on a gold mine Saturday night.
The next time they leave that perch could be to collect more riches --
their newest World Series rings.
Relying on clutch pitching from Ryan Vogelsong and Tim Lincecum, San
Francisco crept one victory away from its second championship in three
years by edging Detroit, 2-0, in Game 3 of the World Series. The Giants
increased their Series lead over the Tigers to 3-0 and appear poised to
capture their seventh world title in franchise history.
All 23 previous teams to assume a 3-0 edge in the Series ultimately won
it. But assuming is exactly what San Francisco insisted it is striving
to avoid.
"After 27 outs, if we win, then we're going to celebrate," said left
fielder Gregor Blanco, who accounted for both runs in the second inning
by tripling home Hunter Pence and scoring on Brandon Crawford's single.
"Before that, we have to maintain our focus on playing hard and winning
games."
Lincecum indicated that the Giants intend to stay relentless. That's a
good idea, since a plausible scenario can be conceived for the Tigers
to bring the Series back to San Francisco. If 16-game winner Max
Scherzer can help Detroit capture Sunday's Game 4 (5 p.m. PT air time
on FOX, 5:15 PT first pitch), the Tigers will entrust Game 5 to ace
Justin Verlander, whom the Giants raked in Game 1. Detroit doesn't
expect Verlander to lose twice in a row.
Lincecum said that San Francisco's six consecutive victories in
elimination games in the first two postseason rounds "gave us the
momentum and the drive to know that we can do anything if our backs are
against the wall. So if we're in the driver's seat and we're up 3-0,
we're looking to make a statement there…
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