World Series: Giants Vs. Tigers Game 3 Live Blog, Updates, And Analysis

If SF does win, Cain will become the third pitcher to start all three clinching playoff games for his team. He will face some cold, uninspired Tigers hitters, too, so that should help.

#1? Blanco’s triple. Without that, the Giants wouldn’t've scored. He crushed a 3-2 breaking ball which caught too much of the plate, and that plated the first run. Brandon Crawford’s single brought home another run.

#3 is Fielder’s GIDP in the first. Vogelsong was struggling, and he made a pitch to the slumping slugger and got out of a jam.

Lincecum struck out three and kept his pitch count down. He won’t be available in Game 4, but the bullpen is definitely fresh. Only Romo was used out of the bullpen (other than Lincecum) thanks to his success.

#2 is Ryan Vogelsong, who made his pitches with runners on base and twirled another gem, getting his third win of the postseason.

Lincecum has a 2.55 postseason ERA, despite a bad start in Game 4 of the NLCS. 4.2 scoreless in the World Series. Now, the stars of the game…

Romo now has 3 postseason saves and an ERA of 0.93 in the playoffs. Oh, and Vogelsong is 3-0.

Infante foul tips a slider into Romo’s glove. Matt Cain can win the World Series for the Giants in Game 4.

Posey talks to Romo.

Romo has thrown 15 pitches. 1-2 to Infante.

Austin Jackson, a strikeout victim in Game 2, is on deck.

Pagan almost dropped that, actually. But it was routine, and there are two out.

Romo falls behind Alex Avila 2-1. Fastball only at 89 mph, like usual, but he isn’t horrible.

Gregor Blanco with another great catch in foul ground! Two outs away.

Romo allowed a run in Game 5 of the NLDS. In NLCS and WS, he’s tossed 4.1 scoreless innings.

Romo had a 1.79 ERA in the regular season. 1.04 in playoffs.

Coke threw 14 pitches and looked pretty darn good. Romo is trying to copy Coke’s effort, and he’ll do so against the bottom of the order (Peralta, Avila, Infante).

Phil Coke has thrown 13 pitches.

Sanchez chased another pitch. Bochy has to be appalled at Sanchez’s effort tonight. 0-for-3, two strikeouts looking.

Another questionable call. Blanco strikes out looking on a curveball that looked like it was outside.

Blanco works the count to 2-2 on Coke.

Blanco is hitting .300 in the World Series, and his defense has been nothing short of spectacular.

Coke struck out Belt on a 3-2 pitch in the dirt in Game 2. Has been dominant in the playoffs. No R, almost 8 IP, two saves.

Lincecum: 0.69 ERA out of ‘pen this postseason. 0.68 ERA career out of bullpen in postseason, and that’s his career bullpen ERA if you exclude the time where he came in during the third due to rain in a game in LA (2008).

1-1 pitch was in the dirt, and the same goes with the 1-2. But Lincecum has been hitting the zone so much, Dirks expected him to do the same thing. And Lincecum didn’t.

Andy Dirks is at the plate.

Lopez and Affeldt are warming up.

Lincecum is definitely pounding the strike zone. Up 0-2 on the slumping Fielder.

Brandon Crawford makes a diving stop! One out in the eighth!

Cabrera has one hit today, and he has a lineout and popout.

Peralta fields a grounder from Pence and throws him out. Cabrera, Fielder and Young coming up.

Benoit struck Pence out in Game 1, but Pence is 3-for-3 with a walk and sac fly in his last five at-bats. A huge RBI chance to add insurance here.

Sandoval is hitting .634 in this series with 3 HR. Where did those come from? Oh, yeah…

His 23rd hit of the postseason is a double on an outside pitch. Laced the other way (left field) and now Buster Posey digs in.

Jim Leyland, Detroit’s manager, doesn’t. His offense isn’t doing anything. Having Sandoval, who is hitting .600 in the series, would help.

The count to Scutaro is 2-1.

Sure, Lincecum had a rough time in Game 4 of the NLCS, but his 2.70 postseason ERA is great.

Lincecum’s had a lot of movement, and he was pounding the strike zone. That’s something he didn’t do during the regular season.

Lincecum’s strikeout of Berry drops his ERA out of the bullpen for the postseason to 0.75.

I’m expecting to see Santiago Casilla in the eighth and Sergio Romo in the ninth if the lead holds.

Anibal Sanchez threw 117 pitches, and he saved the bullpen from potentially pitching in the second or third inning.

Oh yeah, and that bullpen ERA is down to 0.82 (this postseason). Vogelsong in line for W.

A run can be charged to Vogelsong if Lincecum lets Dirks score, though.

Sanchez is definitely going to be out, with Smyly or Alberquerque in for the seventh. Pence did a nice job fouling off pitches and getting on to force pitches out of Sanchez and force the bullpen in.

Miggy is a .416 hitter with bases juiced.

Miguel Cabrera is slumping, but he’s still VERY dangerous.

Vogelsong at 90 pitches.

Tim Lincecum could come in. He and Jose Mijares are warming up. Lincecum got seven outs and five strikeouts in Game 1.

Vogelsong is really struggling.

Joaquin Benoit is warming up for the Tigers. He struck out Belt and Pence in Game 1, and he will face Pence if he comes in and pitches an inning.

Anibal Sanchez has hit 91 mph on his fastball on his last ten pitches. Doing well, although he allowed Pagan to crush one to the warning track.

68 pitches for Vogelsong. Sanchez just over that. I could see Porcello coming in for the Tigers and Lincecum for the Giants.

Vogelsong’s pitch count is going up, which isn’t good. Luckily, the bullpen is fresh.

Hector Sanchez is kind of hard to trust, and he guesses a lot. .125 BA in playoffs.

Blanco: .625 vs Sanchez.

Hunter Pence is 2-for-2 with a walk, a sac fly and two runs in his last four at-bats.

Vogelsong’s postseason ERA drops to 1.23 with the twin-killer there.

Vogelsong has surrendered a .281 opponent batting average after his 45th pitch. .241 before. That’s not a good sign, especially with a runner on base.

Vogelsong is known as a guy who can locate. When he is throwing the ball hard, it makes him very hard to stop. A cold Tigers lineup helps, too.

Vogelsong’s average fastball in the first inning was 92.5 mph, which is pretty fast for him.

In that at-bat by Sandoval, Sanchez threw 7 pitches. His nasty factor reached 50, but that was it. Vogelsong hit 73 in the second inning.

Anibal Sanchez is very wild right now. He has already thrown 56 pitches.

Average curveball velocity is 79.1 mph. Isn’t throwing a ton of any pitch. Entering the third inning, Sanchez threw his 4-seam fastball the most, and he only threw it 30 percent of the time.

Vogelsong at 33 pitches. He has Lincecum to back him up, if needed. He is fresh after two days of rest.

Sanchez has a 5.02 ERA against SF this year, including this game.

Giants have won 8 of 9 games when scoring first in the playoffs. The lone exception was Game 3 of the NLCS, a 3-1 loss.

Vogelsong has a 1.35 ERA in the postseason, after the first inning.

Anibal cruised in the first, but he’s already at 42 pitches. Down 2-0 with a bad bullpen, that’s a terrible sign for the Tigers.

Crawford hitting .313 on the road this postseason. Must hate AT&T Park.

Anibal Sanchez is clearly rattled. Blanco got in his head, and, as Jake said, he is wild.

Sanchez is being praised for his recent success, but remember that he went 9-13 this year.

Blanco hitting just .233 in postseason.

Fielder is getting heat for his struggles, but Pence is hitting just .182 in the playoffs.

Hunter Pence was on the Phillis when Anibal Sanchez was on the Marlins, and when Sanchez was on MIA, Pence was an Astro. So they know either, that’s for sure.

Vogelsong at 21 pitches.

Cabrera .268 BA, Fielder .205 in playoffs.

Fielder wasn’t on DET then, but he is 0-for-2 with two groundouts against Vogelsong.

Vogelsong has pitched against DET once since joining SF again in 2011, and he allowed 2 ER in 6.2 IP while getting a no-decision.