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Detroit Tigers @ San Francisco Giants

2012-10-24 · 2012 World Series · Game 1 of 4 Game 2 ▶ · Night game · AT&T Park · Att: 42855 · 62°F, cloudy · Wind 8 mph to LF · 3:26

San Francisco Giants defeated Detroit Tigers 8–3. San Francisco Giants put up 3 in the 3rd. Barry Zito earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	8
SFN	1	0	3	1	1	0	2	0		8	11

W: Barry Zito L: Justin Verlander SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Gerry Davis · 1B: Dan Iassogna · 2B: Fieldin Culbreth · 3B: Brian O'Nora · LF: Brian Gorman · RF: Joe West

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Austin Jackson	4	1	2	0	0	1
Omar Infante	4	0	1	0	0	1
Miguel Cabrera	3	0	1	1	1	1
Prince Fielder	4	0	1	0	0	0
Delmon Young	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jhonny Peralta	4	1	1	2	0	2
Avisail Garcia	3	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Avila	3	0	0	0	1	1
Justin Verlander	1	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Worth	1	0	0	0	0	1
Quintin Berry	1	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Dirks	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ramon Santiago	1	0	0	0	0	0

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Angel Pagan	4	2	2	0	0	0
Marco Scutaro	4	2	2	2	0	0
Pablo Sandoval	4	3	4	4	0	0
Buster Posey	4	0	2	1	0	1
Hunter Pence	4	0	0	0	0	3
Brandon Belt	3	1	0	0	1	1
Gregor Blanco	4	0	0	0	0	3
Brandon Crawford	4	0	0	0	0	0
Barry Zito	2	0	1	1	0	1
Tim Lincecum	1	0	0	0	0	1
Aubrey Huff	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Justin Verlander	4.0	6	1	4
Al Alburquerque	2.0	1	0	2
Jose Valverde	0.1	4	0	1
Joaquin Benoit	0.2	0	0	2
Rick Porcello	1.0	0	0	1

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Barry Zito	5.2	6	1	3
Tim Lincecum	2.1	0	0	5
Jose Mijares	0.1	0	0	0
George Kontos	0.1	2	1	0
Jeremy Affeldt	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Austin Jackson: 9/F
Omar Infante: S8/G
Miguel Cabrera: W.1-2
Prince Fielder: 6/P
Delmon Young: 54(1)/FO/G

Bot 1

Angel Pagan: 31/G
Marco Scutaro: 63/G
Pablo Sandoval: HR/8/L
Buster Posey: K/C

Top 2

Jhonny Peralta: K
Avisail Garcia: 63/G
Alex Avila: 43/G

Bot 2

Hunter Pence: K
Brandon Belt: 8/F
Gregor Blanco: 43/G

Top 3

Justin Verlander: 3/P3F/FL
Austin Jackson: S8/G
Omar Infante: K
Miguel Cabrera: 7/L

Bot 3

Brandon Crawford: 8/L
Barry Zito: K
Angel Pagan: D7/G
Marco Scutaro: S8/G.2-H
Pablo Sandoval: HR/7/F.1-H
Buster Posey: S7/L
Hunter Pence: 54(1)/FO/G

Top 4

Prince Fielder: S8/G
Delmon Young: 2(B)4(1)/GDP
Jhonny Peralta: 9/F

Bot 4

Brandon Belt: W
Gregor Blanco: K/C
Brandon Crawford: 43/G.1-2
Barry Zito: S7/G.2-H
Angel Pagan: 43/G

Top 5

Avisail Garcia: 63/G
Alex Avila: 3/G
Danny Worth: K

Bot 5

Marco Scutaro: 43/G
Pablo Sandoval: HR/8/F
Buster Posey: 53/G
Hunter Pence: K

Top 6

Austin Jackson: D7/L
Omar Infante: 8/F.2-3
Miguel Cabrera: S8/F.3-H
Prince Fielder: 7/L
Delmon Young: S8/G.1-2
Jhonny Peralta: K

Bot 6

Brandon Belt: 7/F
Gregor Blanco: K
Brandon Crawford: 43/G

Top 7

Avisail Garcia: K
Alex Avila: K
Quintin Berry: 43/G

Bot 7

Tim Lincecum: K
Angel Pagan: D9/L
Marco Scutaro: S7/G.2-H
Pablo Sandoval: S8/L.1-3
Buster Posey: S9/L.3-H;1-2
Hunter Pence: WP.2-3;1-2
Hunter Pence: K
Brandon Belt: K

Top 8

Austin Jackson: K
Omar Infante: 43/G
Miguel Cabrera: K

Bot 8

Gregor Blanco: K/C
Brandon Crawford: 8/L
Aubrey Huff: 53/G

Top 9

Prince Fielder: 53/G
Delmon Young: S9/G
Jhonny Peralta: HR/8/F.1-H
Andy Dirks: 13/G
Alex Avila: W
Ramon Santiago: 64(1)/FO/G

Notes & reviews

Young's bouncer in front of plate was grabbed by catcher; Young stood in batter's box and was tagged by Posey who then threw to 2nd for DP
Pablo Sandoval becomes the fourth player to hit three homers in one World Series game

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