tigers, you to manufacturer and get people moving. you had opportunities to get runners on the bases moving. that hasn't happened with the weather. you are not going to bang and win games in this ballpark. >> eric: you are right on. make something happen. it's tough, though. you are just not doing much against the giant pitching. the reality is, four runs in the last six games against this pitching staff. >> matt: you can talk about a layoff for the tigers, the bottom line i the giants staff is dealing. -and-what are they going to do? they didn't steal a lot of bases in the regular season, the tigers. they are a power hitting team. they need cabrera and fielder to hit home runs and in game four they face the giants best pitcher matt cain who didn't give up a run all last post season. started all-star and perfect game under his belt. good luck, guys. >> matt: a tough matchup for the tigers in game four. let's take a look at it and how it reads on paper. matt cain won the division series clincher. he won the nlcs clincher. tomorrow, the

spent his entire 15-year career with the tigers.four gold gloves in centerfield and started the 1968 world series at shortstop to give alkayline chance to play right field. here is number 6. >> joe: here is a fly ball to right. easy for hunter pence. two out here in the bottom of the seventh inning. there is the great al kayline. just loved here in detroit. throwing out the first pitch before game three. >> tim: elegance, grace, class, all of those things. he wreaks of all of those words. >> joe: 18 years old. that's how old he was when he was straight off sand juan to baltimore and won batting title at the age of 20. 1955. the youngest player ever to win a batting title. one day younger than ty cobb did when he won. two, out, nobody on, first pitch toiac jack. now a swinging strike. >> tim: at one time this year there was talk of mike trout of the angels perhaps breaking al kaline's record. miguel cabrera led the american league in hitting. not mike trout. even though boy, did he burst on the scene. >> joe: 2-1 on austin jackson. h

right now is up to infante for the tigers to try and extend it. 3-0 lead. here is the 0-1. strike two. good slider from romo. infante set up, nothing nothing-2. the next. wouldn't go after it. >> tim: if there was ever a chance to dive across that plate and hit a ball to right-field, now is the time for infante. forget about anything inside. it's not going to happen. he knows that. >> joe: omar with two strikes. >> joe: breaking ball is fouled. left side. that ball will get out of play. >> tim: blanco thinks he can catch anything. especially ball -- even bae stands. >> joe: he is so fast. >> tim: he realls. >> joe: he gets to everything. that one was five rows out of his reach. >> joe: the tigers were shut out in game two. they have been shut out so far tonight. even five hits. the 1-2. fouled back. up a little bit. buster posey is going to go out and talk to romo. >> tim: the last two sliders were hittable. he just has such good control against right-handed batters. that slider is going away, away, away. it seems never to end. boomeranging outsid

that could be a big blow for the tigers.e tigers are going to need to find somebody to run. they have ramone santiago. danny worth is down there, and it will be worth. >> tim: santiago is not a fast runner. jim leyland has said that if santiago could run he would be a regular second baseman. he's that good. >> joe: defensively it will likely be santiago. but out of the game is infante, and that didn't look good. >> tim: jim leyland is hoping he doesn't have to worry about defense in the top of the tenth. >> joe: laird will be the hitter. he's 0 for 3 and 1 out of 19 this postseason. >> tim: pablo sandoval is still on the line at third base to protect against the extra-base hit. >> joe: left side and right to sandoval who gets the out at second, and we go to extra innings in game four. a hit batsman, casilla gets around it. and that sends game four into the tenth inning, tied at 3. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ so, which superfast 4g lte service would you choose, based on this chart ? don't rush into it, i'm not looking for the fastest answer. o

it's over for the tigers and jim leyland. they swephe yankees to get here, but the giants swept them to win it all. the game-winning hit with two outs off the bat of marco scutaro, as pagan and the giants celebrate. what a postseason for a guy who turns 37 in two days. marco scutaro, who is standing by with erin andrews. >> what did you say, you got hit in the head? >> yeah. >> what happened? >> somebody just hit me from behind. i think it was lopez' bat. >> you told me when you guys got to the world series that the feeling was priceless. what is it now that you have won one? >> i don't know what to say right now. we just won the world series champs. we are right now. and it is still priceless. >> you know, this was a team that had to fight back in the division series, the league series. what does it say that you just swept the tigers? >> that's what it makes so much special, the way we did it. we always against the wall and my team is just came through. first series, second series, and now we sweep the tigers. that's what i

spent his entire 15-year career with the tigers.four gold gloves in centerfield and started the 1968 world series at shortstop to give alkayline chance to play right field. here is number 6. >> joe: here is a fly ball to right. easy for hunter pence. two out here in the bottom of the seventh inning. there is the great al kayline. just loved here in detroit. throwing out the first pitch before game three. >> tim: elegance, grace, class, all of those things. he wreaks of all of those words. >> joe: 18 years old. that's how old he was when he was straight off sand juan to baltimore and won batting title at the age of 20. 1955. the youngest player ever to win a batting title. one day younger than ty cobb did when he won. two, out, nobody on, first pitch toiac jack. now a swinging strike. >> tim: at one time this year there was talk of mike trout of the angels perhaps breaking al kaline's record. miguel cabrera led the american league in hitting. not mike trout. even though boy, did he burst on the scene. >> joe: 2-1 on austin jackson. h

what is the key for the tigers now? >> the tigers have to start hitting. it. but what they are facing now, down 0-2 the top two giants pitchers. in the last two postseason games the giants starters have given up two runs, two runs. now they face vogelsong and cain. the tigers have their work cut out. >> a.j.: they are going home where they play much better than on the road. both these pitchers are hot, sanchez and vogelsong. these guys have been unbelievable. it will be another tremendous pitching, defense, it will be another close game i have a feeling in detroit, cold weather. it will be fun. >> harold: if i'm the tigers i get on the plane and say we had a ball hit off the base and tonight we had a bunt, change the the whole game. those are the little things you have to talk about on the change. maybe their luck will change. >> a.j.: they have some mojo now. >> mother nature will play a role as well. ugly weather headed for detroit over the weekend. it be ryan vogelsong, 4-0 with 1.0 to e.r.a. over his last six. anibal sanchez, he's 2.0 e.r.a. over his l

what is the key for the tigers now? >> the tigers have to start hitting.'s no question about it. but what they are facing now, down 0-2 the top two giants pitchers. in the last two postseason games the giants starters have given up two runs, two runs. now they face vogelsong and cain. the tigers have their work cut out. >> a.j.: they are going home where they play much better than on the road. both these pitchers are hot, sanchez and vogelsong. these guys have been unbelievable. it will be another tremendous pitching, defense, it will be another close game i have a feeling in detroit, cold weather. it will be fun. >> harold: if i'm the tigers i get on the plane and say we had a ball hit off the base and tonight we had a bunt, change the the whole game. those are the little things you have to talk about on the change. maybe their luck will change. >> a.j.: they have some mojo now. >> mother nature will play a role as well. ugly weather headed for detroit over the weekend. it be ryan vogelsong, 4-0 with 1.0 to e.r.a. over his last six. anibal sanchez, he's 2

that could be a big blow for the tigers. boy, oh, man.to need to find somebody to run. they have ramone santiago. danny worth is down there, and it will be worth. >> tim: santiago is not a fast runner. jim leyland has said that if santiago could run he would be a regular second baseman. he's that good. >> joe: defensively it will likely be santiago. but out of the game is infante, and that didn't look good. >> tim: jim leyland is hoping he doesn't have to worry about defense in the top of the tenth. >> joe: laird will be the hitter. he's 0 for 3 and 1 out of 19 this postseason. >> tim: pablo sandoval is still on the line at third base to protect against the extra-base hit. >> joe: left side and right to sandoval who gets the out at second, and we go to extra innings in game four. a hit batsman, casilla gets around it. and that sends game four into the tenth inning, tied at 3. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ so, which superfast 4g lte service would you choose, based on this chart ? don't rush into it, i'm not looking for the fastest answer. obviously verizon. o

goes deep to make it 6-0, tigers. yankees starter cc sabathia gave up 11 hits and 6 runs in less than 4 innings of work. >> thank god the yankees have a-rod. >> he gets a chance to hit with the tigers, up 8-1 but he hits a weak ground ball to the shortstop. he finished the game hitless in two at-bats. tigers, one out away from the world series. jayson nix pops is up to prince fielr to end it. the tigers win, 8-1, and are headed to the world series, looking for their first title since 1984. >>> the yankees are swept out of the postseason for the first time in 32 years. >> and their .157 team batting average was the lowest in a league championship since 1965. >> a-rod, he insured reporters that he has no plans to leave yankees. how much is he making? >> way too much money. you have people wringing their hands saying how horrible the yankees are. they had a bad series. >> yes. >> what happened over in the national league? >> in the nlcs -- >> you said from the very beginning, you said, joe, i think the tigers are going t

only six subspecies of tigers remain in the wile with fewer than a thousand tigers thought to be leftn each group. >>> the number of people infected in that deadly meningitis outbreak now totals 344 cases in 18 different cases. 25 people have died. a food and drug administration report released this weekend the company that released the drug, the new england compound company could not show it properly sterilized the drug. >>> as the east coast braces for extreme weather, some bay area residents are pack up and lending a hand. >>> a pop . >>> some people who know a thing or two about extreme weather are leading to the east coast ahead of hurricane sandy. the power crews are from the chicago area about 700 workers will fan out across the east coast to help utilities deal with expected power outages from the massive storm. today people in arlington, virginia stocked up on essentials. sandy is expected to make landfall as soon as monday night, causing days of heavy rain, wind and inland snow. as east coast braces for sandy, people from the bay area are already gearing up to assist. new at

the fourth inning the tigers lead the giants 2-1. brandon belt brought pence home but miguel cabrera hit a two-run homer off matt cane. one more win and san francisco will claim the second world championship in three years. >>> hard to believe but if denver lose thoaz saints the raiders will be tied for first place in the afc west. oakland got off a shaky start. carson palmer picked off. the chiefs happen been plagued all season. today no exception. bradyin overthrows his receiver. quinn had to leave with a head injury. late in the half, the punt, and arenas muffs it. the long snapper. the raiders in great field position. third and eight, palmer hits moore in the end zone. 13-6 oakland at the half. third quarter now. palmer hooks up with darrius heyward-bey. that's the route raider fans remember. the point after made it 23-9. kansas city tries tries to comek but quinn's replacement, matt cassel, is enter presented by pat lee, who makes a great grab at the one. the chiefs turn the ball over four times. raiders win 26-16. >>> the seaha

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i mean, cosarts, when he played against tiger woods he didn't miss a putt.onald played him, he played well. it's not that woods played poorly, the way the guys he was playing against, he couldn't match their level. does tiger woods take a blame? yeah. he doesn't play the way he normally plays at these events. his opponents definitely raised their game when they face tiger woods. >> mike, very, very briefly. can the u.s. break europe's winning streak, very briefly? >> i think there were a lot of positives from the u.s. they have a lot of young players who have that same atmosphere that the europeans do, that feed off each other. keegan bradley was a guy that came off with a lot of energy. zach johnson played well. this younger people that doesn't have the scar tissue having lost 15 years, the u.s. does feel good about the future. yes, we wish we can do this every year. you have to wait until 2014 to see fts going to happen. >> there is -- to see if it's going to happen. >> there's the challenge. mike walker, thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> now to a

the tigers tigers tigers are better than the cardinals cardinals and they are have verlander who is one of the best. he will start game one. 3 and 0 in the post season and 25 strikeouts. he ended the a's magical season. he has kate upton as a friend and throws 100 miles an hour. a lux row for jim leyland. he hasn't seen much of the giants, but is impressed with the playoff run. >> i don't know the giants well. i am getting a crash course. when they were down 0-2 going into cinncinati and having to win three games, to me that was unbelievable. i didn't really -- nothing surprised me when it gets to the championship series after i saw what they did in the divisional series. it didn't surprise me at all what they did. >> lost in the midst of baseball fever, the warriors are prepping for the regular season opener. facing the same suns at oracle. the rookies were taking center stage. klay thompson and this is what he does best. catch and shoot, making it rain. he follows with a three and the warriors are up by five. and he can play some defense. he is picking michael beasley and with authori

the tigers tigers tigers are better than the cardinals cardinals and they are have verlander who is one of the best. he will start game one. 3 and 0 in the post season and 25 strikeouts. he ended the a's magical season. he has kate upton as a friend and throws 100 miles an hour. a lux row for jim leyland. he hasn't seen much of the giants, but is impressed with the playoff run. >> i don't know the giants well. i am getting a crash course. when they were down 0-2 going into cinncinati and having to win three games, to me that was unbelievable. i didn't really -- nothing surprised me when it gets to the championship series after i saw what they did in the divisional series. it didn't surprise me at all what they did. >> lost in the midst of baseball fever, the warriors are prepping for the regular season opener. facing the same suns at oracle. the rookies were taking center stage. klay thompson and this is what he does best. catch and shoot, making it rain. he follows with a three and

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in the end the a's were struck down fby the tigers. surprise still felt by a's fans. >> that's right, a lot of sad faces here tonight in the parking lot, quiet as a mouse. but this a's team no reason to hold their heads, tonight they have 36,000 fans behind them. before the first pitch, a's fans fired up and ready to take on the detroit tigers. some even buying tickets for the next series. >> very optimistic. >> really love, and they have the energy they need to win. >> a must win game for both teams. >> as a tiger fan, i have a hard time rooting against the a's. >> the a's didn't have a lot to care about early on in the game. the tigers managed to put six runs on the board by the seventh inning. leaving the a's scoreless opinion in the final inning, the fans still hanging on to hope that the a's could pull off a miracle. >> i haven't counted them out yet, we have to go to work in the morning. we're going to try to get a start on it, and listen to it on the radio. >> by the eighth inning, the a's faithful started heading for the parkin

tigers broke it open in the seventy. prince fielders, tigers had a 6- 0 lead. and the a's season is over. >> i think we surprised a lot of people outside of this clubhouse. obviously we would have liked to have continued on. the goal is to make it all the way and get that ring on your finger and have that parade. but it comes to an end for us. it's difficult to swallow. >> scott rolen said after game three, i cost my team the game. >> and the giants in cincinnati. giants' closer sergio romo facing scott rolen. the giants become the first time in big league history to win three straight on the road to close out a five-game series. they could host the game on sunday. jonny gomes and the a's clubhouse said this, those guys in that dugout may have saved baseball in oakland. we'll have more when we go inside the a's clubhouse coming up in sports. >> one down, one up, and what a day in baseball today. thank you, dennis. >>> it was punchy. it was lively. it was actually quite a bit of fun to watch. cbs 5 political reporter grace lee on the vice presidential debate tha

if series now heads to detroit where tiger fans are just as dedicated as ours. michigan couple sell pwriingt the 25th anniversary here in san francisco. only they seem to be missing something. >> we didn't get tickets. no. imagine that. do you have tickets for us. what are you planning to do. we came here to be annoying. >> we just dime annoy the giants. >>reporter: kim is proof you don't need a ticket to live the excitement of the world series. renee of san jose came to watch 3 innings for free through the chain link fence. >> we came and waited in line here and yes. for a couple hours and got our wrist band and in we were. it was amazin amazing. >>reporter: she waited for 2 hours and it was absolutely worth it. of course again now the giants head off to detroit. from at&t park, abc 7 news. >> thanks very much. >> game 3 and 4 are saturday and sunday if necessary game 5 would be monday also in detroi detroit. >> tonight the abc 7 news i team investigates a cold case. child disappearance in san francisco almost 30 years ago. >> and in the process discovers a pos

the giants went to the motor city and took game three from the tigers tigers and these fans cheered through every evening. >> we're fortunate to have bay area baseball right now. [cheering] >> the giants one win away from becoming the 2012 world series champion, fan fever means every seat in the bar is taken, but if the series ended tomorrow, it's back to the drawing board. >> means regrouping with financial decisions and we need to be smarter. >> a total of 326 regular season nhl games have been cancelled. in san jose, abc-7 news. >> ama: wayne freedman is in detroit right now along with mike shumann, covering tonight's win. today he ran into some giants fans with a very personal connection to the team. >> we found them in a hotel lobby looking at old pictures of a certain favorite player who always wanted to be a giant. >> knew he was a good athlete when he was real young. >> we also told him, if you're good, everybody will know you're good. so don't go around patting yourself on the back. >> does the kid look familiar yet? >> brandon belt. >> so is her son-in-law. >> he was cute when he

the tigers tigers tigers are better than the cardinals cardinals and they are have verlander who is oneme one. 3 and 0 in the post season and 25 strikeouts. he ended the a's magical season. he has kate upton as a friend and throws 100 miles an hour. a lux row for jim leyland. he hasn't seen much of the giants, but is impressed with the playoff run. >> i don't know the giants well. i am getting a crash course. when they were down 0-2 going into cinncinati and having to win three games, to me that was unbelievable. i didn't really -- nothing surprised me when it gets to the championship series after i saw what they did in the divisional series. it didn't surprise me at all what they did. >> lost in the midst of baseball fever, the warriors are prepping for the regular season opener. facing the same suns at oracle. the rookies were taking center stage. klay thompson and this is what he does best. catch and shoot, making it rain. he follows with a three and the warriors are up by five. and he can play some defense. he is picking michael beasley and with authority. fourth quarter and charles

>> joe: porcello goes down now to get loose for the tigers. here is the 2-2. two outs. and a strike-out of hunter pence. third timee has struck out tonight. pablo sandoval, with three home runs. that is his first. that is his second. that is his third. off alburquerque, straight-away center. 422 feet. in this inning, a singl single. he is at third. posey at second. two outs for brandon belt. good pitch. bottom fell out of that. strike one. >> tim: that was a good splitter. joaquin benoit with very, very good stuff. most good splitters, hitters swing over the top of them. and they're rarely strikes. the good ones are out of the strike zone. >> joe: here is the 0 0-1. 0-2. belt has flied out twice. walked and scored a run. there's porcello. it's benoit on the mound now. two out. runners at second and third and an 0-2 count. 8-1 game. ball one. >> joe: belt, a .320 hitter here at home. 2012. that just missed. 2-2. 96 from benoit. joe: sandoval and posey, the runners on with two outs. two more runs here in the seventh. and a 2-2 pitch. inning is over. back-to-back strike-ou

the giants went to the motor city and took game three from the tigers tigers and these fans cheered through every evening. >> we're fortunate to have bay area baseball right now. [cheering] >> the giants one win away from becoming the 2012 world series champion, fan fever means every seat in the bar is taken, but if the series ended tomorrow, it's back to the drawing board. >> means regrouping with financial decisions and we need to be smarter. >> a total of 326 regular season nhl games have been cancelled. in san jose, abc-7 news. >> ama: wayne freedman is in detroit right now with with mike shumann, covering tonight's win. today he ran into some giants fans with a very personal connection to the team. >> we found them in a hotel lobby looking at a of a certain favorite player who always wanted to be a giant. >> knew he was a good athlete when he was real young. >> we also told him, if you're good, everybody will know you're good. so don't go around patting yourself on the back. >> does the kid look familiar yet? >> brandon belt. >> so is her son-in-law. >> he was cute when he was a little

tigers won 88 games and won the a.l. central by three over the white sox. they were a team that was five games under under .500 on the road under jim leyland. off the hands, strike two. giants won 94 games and ran away with the n.l. west. another full count. that has lincecum shaking his head as the pitch bounced in on 2-2. >> joe: two out. three batters faced, three strike-outs for tim lincecum. >> joe: all three swinging strike-outs. peralta to end the top of the sixth. garcia, avila in the seventh. the batter will be quintin berry. to bat for albuquerque who went two innings, allowed one run on one hit. a hit, third home run of the night by pablo sandoval. strike one. >> tim: i will tell you, joe, i don't know if you noticed it or not, but the nod of relief after that strike-out with posey out there showed to me a relaxed expression on lincecum's face. maybe not the weight of the world off his shoulders, but relief. and relaxation. >> joe: the chop to the right side. scutaro waits. gets the speedy berry. we talk about relief. that is what tim lincecum pr

the giants are hanging in there with the tigers.a lot of people are just hanging out and join the atmosphere. if people here are stating that after the giants won last night and their sixth consecutive playoff when whinwins. chichen the ballpark is filled with giants fan's and there are a quite a few of them that we spoke with. for whatever reason some of the mist the other world series game. >> continuing our coverage the san francisco giants fan's are going crazy about the color orange. they're doing whatever they can to get their hands on anything that is orange. all of the down jack is in the color orange or also gojacket's in the color orange was all sold out. >> fans wanted anything that had the number4 on 48 on it. there's still some of these left. i am live at at&t park on. >> they're here to remind people that why they're here again today and how they have problems with oakland police department. they stated that they will not allow them to occupy-- chiche teachi >> oakland officials stated this they are prepared for everyt

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back come the tigers. the wind was blowing out. cabrera had earlier homered to right.here is young. he got up in the jet stream. before you know it, the game is tied at 3-3. stayed that way into the 10th inning and marco's season highlighted by the winning r.b.i. in the clenching game of the world series. romo, his 3rd save out of the four world series games. cabrera, the final out. giants win 4-3. sandoval, the world series most value player. the giants won seven straight in the postseason. outscoring st. and detroit, 36- 7. we will be back in a moment. >>> all right. live right now in front of at&t park. there are sparks after a bonfire was going on earlier. we had brooms on fire. of course, it is halloween on wednesday. but this is not a wimp's broom. this is a sweep of the tigers by the giants. and this is the celebration in san francisco. we're going to go to grant in the thick of it. or is he hiding on the phone. how are you doing out there? >> i'm taking cover, you might say, inside of the live truck. we have a live camera behind some barricades right next to th

and then, the world series champions, the detroit tigers. the luckily i was able to find in some sensible people. >> i want to come to fisherman's wharf. >> that is my dream, to come to san francisco and go to fisherman's wharf. >> do not stop believing. of a second trophy but will look nice on the wall at&t park. but if they believe that it is too soon to start celebrating. >> everything is going our way. >> i am happy that we're up by two games but still scared of the tigers i think that they the great line up. >> you cannot say they are going to win until they are going to wind. >> still people excited they are half excited. >> let us go giants. >> at a quiet will leave these plaza they were getting pictures as they prepare the orange lights on one of the 24 palm tree is just in case they came back for another home game. >> i would be happy for us to see a victory. hopefully, we will finish it in game no. 5. >> a clean sweep. >> we are going to take a sweep. >> it is one game at a time. they do not want to jump full word of having another

his bat has gone silent. >> go, tigers!porter: the tigers faithful have their face paint on and are holding onto fading hopes that they can win one and survive to play again. it would take a four-game sweep to wrestle the world series away from the dominant giants. for many, this field is like 2006 when they got drummed out of the championship winning only one game. but at batting practice, detroit folks told me anything can still happen. >> it's not over. no way, jose. not tonight. >> going back to san francisco. we have not given up. >> four in a row's possible. >> yeah. >> play best of seven. >> now we know how new york felt last week. we were here when we clinched it and swept them. there is no sweep tonight. i guarantee you that. >> reporter: compare these tigers fans to the jubilant giants fan s that traveled here after last night to cheer their team on for the shut out. and i just talked to a san jose couple who had followed the giants from cincinnati to st. louis and now to detroit. >> yeah, it is really great memor

if series now heads to detroit where tiger fans are just as dedicated as ours. michigan couple sell pwriingt the 25th anniversary here in san francisco. only they seem to be missing something. >> we didn't get tickets. no. imagine that. do you have tickets for us. what are you planning to do. we came here to be annoying. >> we just dime annoy the giants. >>reporter: kim is proof you don't need a ticket to live the excitement of the world series. renee of san jose came to watch 3 innings for free through the chain link fence. >> we came and waited in line here and yes. for a couple hours and got our wrist band and in we were. it was amazin amazing. >>reporter: she waited for 2 hours and it was absolutely worth it. of course again now the giants head off to detroit. from at&t park, abc 7 news. >> thanks very much. >> game 3 and 4 are saturday and sunday if necessary game 5 would be monday also in detroi detroit. >> tonight the abc 7 news i team investigates a cold case. child disappearance in san francisco almost 30 years ago. >> and in the process discovers a pos

wednesday tonight right back here at at&t park against the detroit tigers. this is rick kwan reporting live from at&t park. back to you. >> thanks rick. coming up later in sports complete highlights and clubhouse and why our giants are going to the world series. >> unbelievable. very excitin exciting. >> thanks. >>> well just incredible night for the fans and celebration continue right now. >> especially at the ballpark. where the rain is no match for the orange and black tonight. that's where nick smith is live for us. hi nick. >> what rain? came down in buckets. i'm here to tell you that right at the end of the game there it came down so heavy it seemed as though everyone was standing in the shower but the san francisco giants fans were not deterred in the least. they were here until the end. they knew that the nlcs had gone to game 7 and they were just happy to be there. now they are preparing to face off against the detroit tigers. >> after huge come back against the defending champion st. louis cardinals, the san francisco giants are headed back to the

the tigers are waiting for the american league series. the cards go on to win 8-3.can punch third take it to a second straight world series with a within in game five tonight. >>> in nfl a battle for the top spot in the nfc division. delaney walker tip toes into the end zone for the game's only touchdown. the niners beat seattle 13-6. college ranks, number two oregon trampled arizona state in a lopsided victory. the ducks raced out to a lead at halftime. they win 43-21. oregon remains undefeated at 7-0. >>> when we return, winning women voters. women in battleground states could hold the key to victory in the race for the white house. i'm in on the action. hey guys, who needs a brush? this is looking great. how you doing over there, buddy? i'm in on the action. all across the country, high school students... are joining forces with volunteers of america... and major league baseball players... to create action teams. action teams are a great way... to help people in your community who really need it. we want to inspire the next generation of volunteers. so start an a

the tigers had their shots. bases loaded, fifth inning for detroit. but vogelsong got quintin berry and then miguel cabrera. vogelsong, five and two-thirds of shutout baseball. tim lincecum out of the pen to relieve vogelsong. just nasty. he's unhittable right now. ninth inning, sergio romo in to close it out. hit into the glove of buster posey and the giants take game 3, 2-0. the giants starters have been nearly flawless. they have a 0.49 earned run average with 14 strikeouts. vern glen is in detroit. >> reporter: dennis, the tigers, 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position. a big reason has been the pitching and defense and timely hitting by these giants, who are up 3-0 and seemingly cannot be stopped. >> i definitely wasn't happy with walking. you know, i think i walked four. but i wasn't happy about that. but yeah, you know, it's my first world series. i've been waiting for this since i was five years old. and i wasn't going to go down without a fight. that's for sure. >> can you smell it, taste it? >> we're 3-0. we ain't sleeping on nobody. but

tiger woods, kobe bryant, they misbehave at nike stays with them. the evidence was overwhelming, the allegations from the doping agency. those seven days, it became too much. that says it all. >> lance armstrong, can he really carry on denying these allegations? >> that news came a few minutes before the news of nike dropping him. we thought, my goodness, he blank. the first where he says, i can't go on. i think that is as much of an admission that we might see a while. although i hope he finally does come clean because this is a terrible time for him. >> did it ever seen ever so slightly meteoric to you? >> hall of the minister, he has fallen so far in disgrace. if you wanted to believe that he was a clean athlete and many people did, especially cancer survivors, family members of cancer survivors, he is an icon to them. if you wanted to believe he was clean, you have to say he was the only clean athlete and probably the dirtiest sport on the planet. there was a lot of wishful thinking to begin with. >> are we complicity because he wanted to believ

tigers looking to sweep the a's. pick it up top two. tigers down 1-2. prince fielder, at the plate.n't so. it ain't so. coco crisp, robbing fielder. he grabbed that one. third to rob prince this year. bottom five, his first career postseason dinger. oakland, up 2-0. top six now. brett anderson facing miguel cabrera. six innings of work, two hits, not a single earned run and six strikeouts. top nine, now. fielder, 0 for 4 on the day. grounds into the 6-3 double-play to end the game. a's win 2-0. game four on wednesday. >>> that's your "sportscenter" update. i'm jorge andres. have a good day. >>> "the pulse" this morning, getting ready for popcorn and "peanuts." a charlie brown movie coming to a theater near you. >>> and forget swimming with dolphins. swimming with tigers is a new for small jo a different stripe. yeah, and i took on all the bigger, tougher ones. but now that mr. clean's got this new select-a-size magic eraser, i mean, he can take on any size job. look how easily he gets things cleaned. it's enough to make you cry. you, specifically. not me. i'm just happy we don't go

the giants face the tigers at at&t park on wednesday. gary radnich is here with more on this victory and what the team can expect in the world series. >> here we go. we roll it out, 43,056 fans at the park in san francisco. st. louis had one shot here in the top of the second. trailing 1-0. matt cain bought this leaping catch from crawford to save two runs and from there it was all giants. matt cain worked into the 6th. threw 122 pitches. hunter pence breaking from his slump. bases clearing number. 5-0 giants. st. louis outscored the final three games of the series 20-1. 20-1. you got to check out the rain. that was the only drama down the stretch. if this were a close game they may have halted play. but when it is 9-0, get this over with and crown the giants e. in 7 games, champions of the national league. as pam said, the tigers wednesday and thursday for games one and two. marco scutaro hit .500, he is the mvp. here is marco scutaro and bruce bochy. >> never had this opportunity to be in the playoff or play a world series and now i me

the tigers's bullpen is like in disarray.hen you have matt cain -- >> the giants, they gave up one run against the st. louis cardinals in the -- this is a strong starter. people say barry zito against justin ver zander, well, they've won the last 14 straight starts. they've won those games. he's kind of a good luck charm, zito. you never know. >> and with zee -- and zito, not being benched in 2010. how would you compare the 2010 giants verse thes the -- verbses the 2012 giants? >> reporter: well, i think everybody talked about the magical season. i find them grinders and just completep keen camaraderie. i think that what you see with this team is -- the pitching is fairly similar. i think they are a little bit younger. younger. brandons, i think they add a new element from the 2010 team. pablo sandoval was really a persona non grata. you got a guy like marco scutaro. right now, i would be rubbing his head every morning for lug and then, of course, buster posy, he led the major leagues in batting this year. he's just -- heat j

giants beat the tigers 8-3. blowout like that of course made the fans happy and cbs 5 reporter anne makovec over at at&t where it's quiet now but not tonight i guess. >> reporter: no, it's going to be another hot night at at&t park. i is checked out twitter and right now six of the nine top trending things are related to the giants win here in the local area. it's quiet. they are starting the morning power washdown. just came through here. they are cleaning up from last night and getting ready for tonight. first pitch 5:07 p.m. >> whoo! >> reporter: this party went well into the night several hours after the game ended fans still celebrating the big 8-3 victory over the detroit tigers. from licensed mlb gear to whatever they could find in black and orange, fans were showing their giants pride. >> i got the best suit to represent the giants. >> is that specially made or you found it off the rack. >> shockingly, i found it off the rack and it was on sale. >> that's something else. the scalpers were out in force as

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wednesday tonight right back here at at&t park against the detroit tigers.orting live from at&t park. back to you. >> thanks rick. coming up later in sports complete highlights and clubhouse and why our giants are going to the world series. >> unbelievable. very excitin exciting. >> thanks. >>> well just incredible night for the fans and celebration continue right now. >> especially at the ballpark. where the rain is no match for the orange and black tonight. that's where nick smith is live for us. hi nick. >> what rain? came down in buckets. i'm here to tell you that right at the end of the game there it came down so heavy it seemed as though everyone was standing in the shower but the san francisco giants fans were not deterred in the least. they were here until the end. they knew that the nlcs had gone to game 7 and they were just happy to be there. now they are preparing to face off against the detroit tigers. >> after huge come back against the defending champion st. louis cardinals, the san francisco giants are headed back to the world series. wasn't e

two runs come home. 3-2 tigers.oco crisp almost gets the ball but his teammates pick him up in the 8th. redick got into a pitch, that one clears the fence. the a's 4-3. but allowed the tigers to tie it. on to the 9th. bases loaded, one out. don kelly hits a flyball, deep enough to score a run. the a's who were supposed to have home field advantage now face an elimination game when they play on tuesday. 5-4 the final as the tigers go up 2-0. fred inglis is live in detroit. fred, the a's, it was their mistake that cost them the game. >> reporter: they had the lead three different times and let all three slip away. you think, okay, you got 12 rookies on the team, perhaps they are prone to making mistakes but it was the only two 30 somethings on the team that made the two most costliest mistakes. coco crisp is the only a's player with a world series ring. but that drop ball cost them the lead once again. 3-2 tigers. hamilton feels your pain but the a's came back, retook the lead till bellfore makes what he said was two

if series now heads to detroit where tiger fans are just as dedicated as ours.le sell pwriingt the 25th anniversary here in san francisco. only they seem to be missing something. >> we didn't get tickets. no. imagine that. do you have tickets for us. what are you planning to do. we came here to be annoying. >> we just dime annoy the giants. >>reporter: kim is proof you don't need a ticket to live the excitement of the world series. renee of san jose came to watch 3 innings for free through the chain link fence. >> we came and waited in line here and yes. for a couple hours and got our wrist and in and in we were. it was amazin amazing. >>reporter: she waited for 2 hours and it was absolutely worth it. of course again now the giants head off to detroit. from at&t park, abc 7 news. >> thanks very much. >> game 3 and 4 are saturday and sunday if necessary game 5 would be monday also in detroi detroit. >> tonight the abc 7 news i team investigates a cold case. child disappearance in san francisco almost 30 years ago. >> and in the process discovers a possible connec