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The 2012 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2012 season. [1] The 108th edition of the World Series, the series was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion San Francisco Giants and the American League (AL) champion Detroit Tigers; the Giants won in a four-game sweep.
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
October 24, 2012 – In Game 1 of the 2012 World Series, Pablo Sandoval ties a World Series record by hitting three home runs in one game, two of them against starting pitcher Justin Verlander, the reigning 2011 winner of the AL Cy Young, the AL Pitching Triple Crown, and the AL MVP. The Giants defeat the Detroit Tigers 8–3.
With the win, the National League champion earned home field advantage for the World Series, which began on October 24 and ended on October 28 when the San Francisco Giants swept the Detroit Tigers. The Civil Rights Game was held on August 18 at Turner Field , as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the host Atlanta Braves , 6–2.
NY regains lead on sacrifice fly: Yankees 6, Dodgers 5. NEW YORK - Giancarlo Stanton restored order in Game 5 of the World Series, putting the New York Yankees back on top with a sacrifice fly.
LOS ANGELES — Back in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series at Chavez Ravine, Kirk Gibson hit one of the most dramatic homers in baseball history. ... List of World Series winners. 2023: Texas Rangers ...
The last team to play two full games, in the College World Series, on the same day was Michigan on 2 June 1980. [19] With the 2–0 win over Arkansas in game 12, South Carolina becomes the first team since 1952 (Holy Cross)(60 years) to win two games in the College World Series on the same day.
The list of excuses for the Red Sox not winning a World Series since 1918 was as long as a CVS receipt, but fans kept showing up season after disappointing season. ... The 2004 Comeback: Revisit ...