10-25-12 World Series Game #1 Recap and Game #2
Oct 25, 2012 Baseball
Posted by
Dick Ourada
The Panda and The Freak!
Reggie Jackson, I mean Pablo Sandoval hit three home runs, two of them off Tiger ace Justin Verlander, to lead the Giants to victory 8-3 in game #1 of the fall classic. The Panda went 4-4 driving in 4 RBI’s as Barry Zito did a good job shutting down a powerful Tiger lineup. Then The Freak came in and shut the door with 3 innings of great pitching. I like the way the Giants use Lincecum in these playoff games, he comes out of the pen, he starts, he hits he is amazing. Sandoval has done what only three men before him have done ever in the World Series to put him in legendary status.
I don’t know what happened to the Detroit pitchers in game one? Verlander who is as good as a big game pitcher can get, just didn’t have his stuff. It happens. My goodness the guy has been pitching lights out this whole month so he was due for one bad game. Don’t look for that to happen again. The Tigers looked a little confused early on in the contest, but maintain hope for game two tonight on FOX.
Tonight’s contest will feature Doug Fister going up against home town fire baller Madison Bumgarner. Don’t expect the Giant’s fans to go too crazy if Detroit can score some runs early, which I fully expect them to do against San Francisco. After winning 4 games in a row, the Giant’s are due for a loss before taking the series back to Motown.
