SAN FRANCISCO — This time, it was the San Francisco Giants' turn to strike in the sixth inning. After the Kansas City Royals won Games 2 and 3 of the World Series thanks to sixth-inning rallies, the Giants broke a 4-4 tie in Game 4 with a three-run rally that paved the way for their 11-4 comeback win . At the center of it was perpetual postseason hero Pablo Sandoval, whose two-out bases loaded single unknotted the game. He had two hits on the night, raising his career postseason batting average to .326 and giving him 20 RBIs. To add even more to his postseason lure : Sandoval shook off the flu. He was sick Friday, got IV treatment Saturday and didn't take infield practice. "I was going to play no matter what," Sandoval said after the game. Call this his "flu game." It wasn't as individually dominant as Michael Jordan's famous flu game in the 1997 NBA Finals, but it sure was important for the Giants. They had fallen behind 4-1 in the third inning and rallied to tie the game in the fifth. The win evens the World Series at two games apiece , giving the Giants a chance to go ahead 3-2 in Game 5 with ace Madison Bumgarner on the mound. That's a far better situation than going...
Pablo Sandoval shakes off flu, shows his postseason prowess again
Published October 25, 2014 at 11:40 PM
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