San Francisco Giants Two Games Away From World Series Crown

The San Francisco Giants have routed the visiting Texas Rangers 9-0 Thursday to take a commanding two-games-to none lead in Major League Baseball’s World Series.Giants pitcher Matt Cain held the Rangers to just four hits in nearly eight full innings of work, while striking out two batters.Despite Cain’s sterling performance, Texas only trailed 2-0 entering the bottom of the eighth inning when their pitching staff fell apart, giving up two unearned runs on four walks. San Francisco added to their scoring output with run-scoring singles by Edgar Renteria and Andres Torres, and a three-run triple by Aaron Rowand.The best-of-seven World Series heads to Arlington, Texas for game three on Saturday. The Giants need to win two games for the franchise’s first World Series crown since moving to San Francisco from New York in 1958 – Voanews