>> joe: tim lincecum came out of the bullpen in the top of the sixth. now he will start fresh. the top of the seventh. he will deal with garcia, the rookie. and then avila and then a pinch-hitter. valverde continuing to get loose. strike one. two-time cy young award winner 2008 and 2009. working out of the bullpen for bruce bochy. bochy would love to get him through this inning and lift him for a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the seventh. garcia has grounded out twice. that one rides up and in. ball and a strike. >> tim: it's almost two-fold reason for lincecum to do well here in the world series. to restore his confidence. so he can get back in the giants' rotation next year. >> joe: a guy who led the national league in strike-outs three straight years. rough season in 2012. 10-15. that is strike two. the era of 5.18. you mentioned it, tim, when he made the start in st. louis, game four. 17 wild pitches. velocity not what it was. trying to get it back. prefers now working out of the stretch. nobody on. the 1-2. smothered by posey. 2-2. >> joe: avisail garci garcia. on 2-2. ball three. like it was, tim, with zito there is not going to be a lot of room here for error with lincecum with the kind of weapons that bruce bochy has at his disposal in the bullpen. poseaffeldt, casilla, romo. >> tim: left-handers and right-handers. >> joe: it was 1-2. now it's 3-2. it will stay there. >> tim: lincecum the type of pitcher that can get away with a decrease in velocity, if the illusion of a strike is still there. that is very, very important. in his arsenal. a lot of deception with that delivery. the splitter, the changeup. he is in a position now where he has to throw a fastball, with a five-run lead. >> joe: he gets a swinging strike-out. to start the seventh. >> tim: the illusion of the strike was there. that more than velocity is what lincecum was lacking, actually that is a slider, not a fas fastball. served as the illusion of a strike-out. i mentioned in the league championship series, the comment that this year doing a yankee game that if a pitcher can throw strikes that look like balls, and balls that look like strikes, that is the right formula. >> joe: one out, nobody on. avila. takes ball one. alex tonight 0-2. a decision to be made with jim leyland with the start of verlander. he called on avila. they have a good option in gerald laird. who won it all with st. louis last year. now he's back in the world series with detroit. he had a very good season. he allowed avila to not get worn down as much in course of the season like he did last year. he limped through the post season. that misses. it's 2-1. tigers won 88 games and won the a.l. central by three over the white sox. they were a team that was five games under under .500 on the road under jim leyland. off the hands, strike two. giants won 94 games and ran away with the n.l. west. another full count. that has lincecum shaking his head as the pitch bounced in on 2-2. >> joe: two out. three batters faced, three strike-outs for tim lincecum. >> joe: all three swinging strike-outs. peralta to end the top of the sixth. garcia, avila in the seventh. the batter will be quintin berry. to bat for albuquerque who went two innings, allowed one run on one hit. a hit, third home run of the night by pablo sandoval. strike one. >> tim: i will tell you, joe, i don't know if you noticed it or not, but the nod of relief after that strike-out with posey out there showed to me a relaxed expression on lincecum's face. maybe not the weight of the world off his shoulders, but relief. and relaxation. >> joe: the chop to the right side. scutaro waits. gets the speedy berry. we talk about relief. that is what tim lincecum provided tonight for barry zito and the giants. time to stretch in game one. it's the first time in world series history since '83 that one cy young award winner relieved another. jim palmer relieved mike flanagan. >> tim: how about that? 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[ applause ] >> tim: there are a lot of words to describe scutaro's performance in the post season. i can't think of many more than "relentless." he just does not stop. >> joe: his first world series opportunity here tonight. two more hits. and here is pablo sandoval. looking for home run number four. >> tim: boy! >> joe: ball one. down and away. he is on a list, a world series list with babe ruth, reggie jackson and albert pujols. never happened in the post season. one player to hit four home runs in one game. he has a base hit. it's in to left centerfield. scutaro will turn and go. it's a four-hit night for pablo sandoval. >> joe: time for the nikon replay. albert pujols, last year, a three-homer game in game three of the world series. now tonight, game one for the giants against the tigers. pablo, solo shot. two-run shot. solo shot. his first three at-bats. first and third, only one out. a chance for more. buster posey at the plate. if this is an audition to regain his job as a closer for valverde, it's not going well. >> tim: no. >> joe: posey one for three. takes a pitch count. out and in. ball one. >> joe: good fastball there. it's a one-one count. >> joe: posey, just nine hits in 48 at-bats in the post season. >> tim: yeah, buster is pulling off. if he goes to right field with a couple of hits, it's amazing how that can make you well. to get back in to the position of driving the ball. >> joe: that is in to right. a base hit. it's 8-1 giants here in the seventh. >> tim: even it's a blunder. >> joe: there will be no confidence rebuilding for valverde tonight. that is the end of his evening. as benoit is getting ready. valverde out of the ballgame. 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[ applause ] >> tim: it looks like a splitter. but they're all fastballs. catchers are not expecting fastballs. no, it was a splitter. that's interesting. that ball was a tough, tough play for alex avila. now the infield has to be pulled in. and i imagine we'll see kontos at the top of the inning. >> joe: porcello goes down now to get loose for the tigers. here is the 2-2. two outs. and a strike-out of hunter pence. third time he has struck out tonight. pablo sandoval, with three home runs. that is his first. thats his second. that is his third. off alburquerque, straight-away center. 422 feet. in this inning, a singl single. he is at third. posey at second. two outs for brandon belt. good pitch. bottom fell out of that. strike one. >> tim: that was a good splitter. joaquin benoit with very, very good stuff. most good splitters, hitters swing over the top of them. and they're rarely strikes. the good ones are out of the strike zone. >> joe: here is the 0 0-1. 0-2. belt has flied out twice. walked and scored a run. there's porcello. it's benoit on the mound now. two out. runners at second and thir and an 0-2 count. 8-1 game. ball one. >> joe: belt, a .320 hitter here at home. 2012. that just missed. 2-2. 96 from benoit. >> joe: sandoval and posey, the runners on with two outs. two more runs here in the seventh. and a 2-2 pitch. inning is over. back-to-back strike-outs by benoit of pence and belt. it's been all giants tonight. two more runs on the board. seven-run lead. as we played seven of game one. where others fail, droid powers through. introducing the new droid razr maxx hd by motorola. now more than ever droid does. quarterback aaron rodgers. 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