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FC Dynamo Kiev player Ideye Brown fights for the ball with GNK Dinamo Zagreb’s Domagoj Vida during the UEFA Champions League group A football match in Zagreb. (Photo: Stringer/AFP/Getty Images)
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In a post-season full of twists and turns, the San Francisco Giants are headed back to the World Series after a big comeback against the defending champs.
Hunter Pence got the Giants going with a weird double, Matt Cain pitched his second clincher of October and San Francisco closed out Game 7 of the NL championship series in a driving rainstorm, routing the St. Louis Cardinals 9-0 Monday night.
San Francisco won its record-tying sixth elimination game of the post-season, completing a lopsided rally from a 3-1 deficit.
“These guys never quit,” Manager Bruce Bochy said. “They just kept believing and they got it done.”
Injured closer Brian Wilson, with that out-of-control bushy black beard, danced in the dugout and fans in the sellout crowd of 43,056 kept twirling their orange rally towels even through rain in the late innings — a downright downpour when Sergio Romo retired Matt Holliday on a popup to Marco Scutaro to end it.
“This rain never felt so good,” said Scutaro, who won the NLCS MVP award.
Playing in the rain: Running back Eddie Lacy of the Alabama Crimson Tide carries the ball upfield during the game against the Missouri Tigers at Faurot Field/Memorial Stadium on October 13, 2012 in Columbia, Missouri.
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The Blue Jays’ game against the Red Sox in Boston on Saturday night was twice delayed by rain totalling 2 hours, 3 minutes. Anthony Gose hit his first home run in the big leagues in Toronto’s 9-2 win.
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Phillies pitcher Kyle Kendrick pitches against the Brewers as rain falls during the first inning of Philadelphia’s game in Milwaukee on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012.
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RAINED OUT: Obligatory sad, wet chair photo because Game 6 of the World Series in St. Louis has now been moved to Thursday night. Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
