San Francisco Giants use 'small ball' to beat Detroit Tigers 2-0 for 2-0 World Series lead
Tigers 0, Giants 2
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - OCTOBER 25: Madison Bumgarner #40 of the San Francisco Giants throws a pitch against the Detroit Tigers during Game Two of the Major League Baseball World Series at AT&T Park on October 25, 2012 in San Francisco, …
Photographer: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images
Posted: 10/26/2012
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Madison Bumgarner pitched two-hit ball over seven innings, Brandon Crawford drove in the go-ahead run with a double-play grounder after a key bunt stopped just fair along the third-base line and the San Francisco Giants beat the Detroit Tigers 2-0 on Thursday night to take a 2-0 World Series lead.
Bumgarner, who lost both his starts in the NL playoffs, struck out eight and walked two, and Santiago Casilla and Sergio Romo finished with perfect relief.
Hunter Pence led off the seventh with a single off Doug Fister, and reliever Drew Smyly walked Brandon Belt. Gregor Blanco's bunt stopped on the dirt up the third-base line, 3 to 4 inches fair. With the infield in at the corners, Crawford grounded to second baseman Omar Infante.
Pence added a sacrifice fly in the eighth off Octavio Dotel.
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