The San Francisco Giants took the World Series Game 2 for a commanding 2-0 lead after shutting down the Texas Rangers 9-0 on Thursday night. Matt Cain delivered the goods for the Giants with a superb pitching performance to beat CJ Wilson and push San Francisco two wins away from winning the World Series.Edgar Renteria homered just what San Francisco needed to secure the win in the fifth inning and the Giants came up with a seven-run eighth inning on their way to blowing out the Rangers.
It is interesting to note that San Francisco scored just 19 runs against Philadelphia in their NL Championship Series that took six games. Against Texas, the Giants already have 20 runs in two games.Watch Rangers vs Giants: World Series Game 2 Postgame analysis of the results live
Leading 1-0 from a homer by Renteria, Juan Uribe hit a single RBI off reliever Darren Oliver in the seventh inning to pad Giants lead to two.
San Francisco had a huge breakaway in the eighth inning. A couple of walks and scores were followed by run-scoring hits. Renteria hit a two-run single, Aaron Rowand doubled for two more runs and Andres Torres hit a single RBI.Watch Rangers vs Giants: World Series Game 2 Postgame analysis of the results live
Game 3 is on Saturday in Arlington, Texas featuring Rangers starter Colby Lewis going up against the Giants’ Jonathan Sanchez.
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