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The San Francisco
Giants celebrate their 4-3 win Sunday, It was a four game sweep for the
Giants.
San Francisco Giants...
Giants sweep
Detroit to win World Series
DETROIT- Sergio Romo stared at catcher Buster Posey's sign for
the final pitch of the 2012 season and shook his head. That may have
been the only moment of discord the San Francisco Giants experienced
during October.
Like everything else the Giants did this month, it all worked in the
end. Refusing Posey's request on a 2-2 count for a slider, his best
pitch, Romo preferred a simple fastball, which he flung at 89 mph past
Miguel Cabrera for strike three.
The digital clock on the Comerica Park scoreboard read 11:50 p.m. For
the second time in three years, the Giants won the World Series,
needing 10 innings Sunday night to outlast the Detroit Tigers, 4-3, in
Game 4 of the Fall Classic.
The Giants completed a four-game sweep in the best-of-seven showdown to
capture their seventh Series title in the franchise's 130-season
history. Having displayed a shortage of ego and an excess of character
through so much of the season, they returned to baseball's throne the
way they preferred -- with a collaborative performance.
The man who stroked the game-winning hit drove in the fellow whose job
he took. How fitting. Marco Scutaro singled home Ryan Theriot to snap a
3-3 tie with two outs in the 10th.
"I think when you look at this club, the terms 'teamwork,' 'team play,'
'play as a team' -- that's used loosely, but these guys truly did,"
Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "They set aside their own agenda and
asked what's best for the club."
That included Theriot, San Francisco's starting second baseman who
faded into a reserve role when Scutaro arrived from Colorado in a July
27 trade and quickly asserted his presence with overwhelming offensive
contributions.
"What Scutaro did all season for us was unbelievable," right-hander
Matt Cain said. "But really, I don't think a lot of guys saw what
Theriot did on the bench for us. As a teammate, in the clubhouse, he
was such a tremendous asset for us. That's not easy, to play every day
and go to not playing at all."
Given the lead, Romo would sooner die than squander it. All he did was
strike out the side. After Austin Jackson and pinch-hitter Don Kelly
struck out swinging, up came Cabrera, the Triple Crown winner and top
American League Most Valuable Player candidate who hit a windblown
two-run homer in the third inning. Five pitches later, the Giants began
celebrating.
Posey burst from his crouch so quickly that his catcher's mask flew
off. Romo pumped his right fist three times in exultation before he and
Posey embraced. San Francisco's coaching staff engulfed a beaming Bochy
in the dugout. Scutaro dropped to his knees, crossed himself, then rose
to hug shortstop Brandon Crawford. Within seconds, the entire roster
was gathered at the pitcher's mound, reveling in their triumph and each
other.
For the team that lost three-time All-Star closer Brian Wilson to an
elbow injury for most of the season, endured third baseman Pablo
Sandoval's two stints on the disabled list, weathered the shocking loss
of .346-hitting left fielder Melky Cabrera to a suspension for testing
positive for testosterone and performed ineffectually on offense in the
season's first half, the hour of triumph had struck.
"To get two in three years is unbelievable," said Posey, the only Giant
who appeared regularly in both the 2010 World Series and this one. "I
think this time around, I appreciate it even more because I understand
the difficulty of doing it. In 2010 everything happened so fast, it was
a whirlwind."
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