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Home > Baseball > World Series History > (2002) Anaheim 4, San Francisco 3
(2002) Anaheim 4, San Francisco 3
Baseball is an outdoor sport in which a pitcher pitches a hard, fist sized ball to the hitting area of a batter. It is a popular game in North America, parts of Latin America, the Caribbean and East Asia. The modern game initially developed in the United States from an early bat-and-ball game called rounders, and now it has become the national sport of United States. The World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball. The World Series is played between the American League and National League champions and the Series winner is determined through a best-of-seven playoff.
The Giants or San Francisco lost to Anaheim, the Angeles in the final World Series game played in 2002. The winning team completed its magical run to the top of the sport with a 4-1 win over the San Francisco Giants in game 7 on Sunday evening before 44,598 at Edison Field. Third baseman Troy Glaus, who battted .385 with three homers and eight RBIs, was named series MVP, the Most Valuable Player.
The San Francisco starting pitcher retired just six Anaheim hitters and lost for the second time in the Fall Classic as the Anaheim Angels were crowned world champions following a 4-1 victory in the Series finale. The loss, compounded exponentially by the late-inning, five-run lead squandered Saturday, was the fourth in as many attempts for the Giants' franchise in winner-take-all contests.
It took a heaven-sent blend of superb pitching, dazzling defense and timely hitting by the Angels, but stated simply, the Giants left their hearts in San Francisco. After taking a 3-2 lead in the Series at home and a 5-0 lead into the seventh inning of game 6, the team was outscored 10-1 in the final 12 innings as the Angels captured their first world championship. It was the eighth consecutive time that a do-or-die seventh game was won by the home team dating back to 1982.
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