2010: SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS OVER TEXAS RANGERS IN 5 GAMES
2011: ST. LOUIS CARDINALS OVER TEXAS RANGERS IN 7 GAMES
2012: SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS OVER DETROIT TIGERS IN 4 GAMES
WORLD SERIES MVPs:
2010: Edgar Renteria, San Francisco Giants Shortstop/Third Baseman:
.429 average, 6 RBIs, Home Run in Game 5 to clinch championship
2011: David Freese, St. Louis Cardinals Third Baseman: .348 average,
7 RBIs, Game-tying Triple and Walk-off home run in Game 6 win
2011: Pablo Sandoval, San Francisco Giants Third Baseman: .500
average, 3 Home Runs in Game 1
Important Moments:
2010: Anemic Giants offense outscores Texas 20-7 in first two games;
Rangers play in first World Series in franchise history; Giants'
Madison Bumgarner and NL Rookie of the Year Buster Posey form
youngest pitcher-catcher combo in Game 4; Renteria's go-ahead home
run in Game 5 gives Giants first World Championship since 1954
2011: Cardinals' Albert Pujols ties three records in Game 3: Most
Hits in World Series Game (5 - Paul Molitor), Most Home Runs in a
World Series Game (3 - Babe Ruth and Reggie Jackson), Most RBIs in a
World Series Game (6 - Bobby Richardson and Hideki Matsui); Problems
with Cardinals' bullpen phone leads to critical errors, giving
Rangers Game 5 win; Down to last strike twice in Game 6, Cardinals
come back on game-tying hits by David Freese and Lance Berkman, win
Game 6 on David Freese's 11th inning walk-off home run; Cardinals
clinch 11th World Series championship in franchise history with win
in Game 7
2012: Giants' Pablo Sandoval ties record for most home runs in World
Series game in Game 1 (3 - Babe Ruth (twice), Reggie Jackson, Albert
Pujols); Giants post back-to-back shutouts of Tigers in Games 2
& 3, first team to do so since 1966 Orioles; Extra-Inning Game 4
victory gives Giants their second title in three seasons