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Giants seek sweep of Tigers in finale between playoff hopefuls

Sep 7, 2014 - 2:50 PM (SportsNetwork.com) - The last time the San Francisco Giants left Detroit, they did so as World Series champions.

The stakes won't be as high on Sunday night, but the Giants still have another chance at a Motown sweep as they conclude a three-game series with the playoff-hopeful Tigers.

This series marked the Giants first visit to Comerica Park since sweeping the Tigers in the 2012 World Series and they won Game 3 and 4 in Detroit. San Francisco has won the first two contests of this set, riding an early offensive charge for a 5-4 win on Saturday.

The Giants put up four runs in the first inning off David Price, who yielded a two-run double to Andrew Susac, an RBI single off the bat of Pablo Sandoval and a run-scoring double by Joaquin Arias.

Buster Posey finished 3-for-3 with a solo homer and two runs scored for the Giants, who have taken three of four and nine of 11 overall to remain two games behind the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers.

Madison Bumgarner allowed three runs on 10 hits over six effective innings to get his 17th win, doing so despite becoming the first Giants starter since Kirk Rueter in 2003 to work at least six innings without a strikeout or a walk

"Not striking out anybody doesn't necessarily bother me," Bumgarner said. "It was a gratifying win, to know when I'm not on my game I can battle and find a way to grind it out."

Price worked 8 2/3 innings and struck out 11, but was charged with five runs and nine hits in Detroit's third loss in four games.

The Tigers are two games behind Kansas City for the top spot in the AL Central.

Victor Martinez had three hits, one a solo homer, and Miguel Cabrera went deep twice for the Tigers. His second homer made it a 5-4 game and came in the eighth inning off reliever Sergio Romo, who froze Cabrera with a called third strike to end the Fall Classic two years ago .

"I'll say this: I'm glad he hit the home run today and not the last game of (the World Series)," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "He's a good hitter and (Romo) made a mistake."

Bochy turns to veteran Tim Hudson tonight and he is coming off a pair of no- decisions against the Colorado Rockies.

Hudson held them to a run and fanned eight over eight innings at home on Aug. 27, but the Rockies got to him for six runs -- five earned -- on seven hits and a walk over five innings in Colorado on Monday. San Francisco lost that game, 10-9.

"Crazy things could happen here," said Hudson. "It was a tough couple of innings there in the sixth and seventh."

The right-hander is 9-6 with a 3.08 earned run average on the year and 9-2 lifetime versus the Tigers with a 3.07 ERA.

Detroit counters with young left-hander Kyle Lobstein, who has allowed six earned runs over 17 innings for a 3.18 ERA in his first three major league games. Two of those have been starts and he has yet to earn a decision.

Lobstein pitched solid on Tuesday versus Cleveland, logging 5 1/3 innings and giving up two runs on five hits and three walks with 10 strikeouts.






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