The Grant Napear Show - October 22, 2012
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With their knack for winning when the odds are against them, the San Francisco Giants pull off another historic comeback for each other and head to the World Series.
Hunter Pence hit a bizarre, two-run double, Matt Cain pitched his second clincher of October and the San Francisco Giants won their record-tying sixth elimination game of the postseason, beating the defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals 9-0 in Game 7 Monday night.
Down 3-1 in a best-of-seven series, the San Francisco Giants' chances of another World Series appearance seemed to be dwindling—until the starting pitching showed up and brought the team and their momentum to Game 7.
Two more wins and the San Francisco Giants are in the World Series once again. To get there, there are three things that will help them get there.
The tenacious San Francisco Giants fanbase took over Twitter in support of Barry Zito as he saved the team from elimination.
After an 8-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in Game Four of the NLCS, the San Francisco Giants enter familiar territory—facing the threat of elimination from the postseason.
After the San Francisco Giants got two quality starts from Vogelsong and Cain, Lincecum and Zito get named as starters for Games 4 and 5, while Bumgarner is sent to the bullpen.
After Cardinals outfielder's hard slide that eventually took San Francisco Giants second baseman Marco Scutaro out of Game 2, the infielder is ready to start Game 3 and holds no ill feelings towards the opposition.
A person with knowledge of the injury says Giants second baseman Marco Scutaro strained his left hip when the St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Holliday crashed into him with a hard slide in Game 2 of the NL championship series Monday night.
San Francisco Giants pitcher Ryan Vogelsong leads his team to a win in Game 2 of the NLCS, adding another chapter to his inspirational baseball story.
