SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The San Francisco Giants, powered by three home runs from Pablo Sandoval, got the better of ace right-hander Justin Verlander to beat the Detroit Tigers 8-3 in the opening game of the World Series on Wednesday.
Sandoval became just the fourth player to hit three homers in a World Series game with his solo shot in the first, a two-run blast in the third and another roundtripper in the fifth.
He joined Babe Ruth (1926, 1928), Reggie Jackson (1977) and Albert Pujols (2011) in accomplishing the feat.
Verlander, who had yielded only two runs over more than 24 innings in three playoff wins this postseason, gave up five runs on six hits in four innings. Giants starter Barry Zito pitched into the sixth, allowing one run to register the victory.
The second game of the best-of-seven series to decide Major League Baseball's champion will be played on Thursday in San Francisco with left-hander Madison Bumgarner starting for the hosts against Detroit's Doug Fister.
(Reporting by Larry Fine, Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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