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The 2002 season was the 120th in the history of the San Francisco Giants, the franchise's 45th season in San Francisco, and their third in Pacific Bell Park.The season ended with the Giants winning the National League pennant but losing to the Anaheim Angels in the World Series.
The 2002 National League Championship Series (NLCS) was a playoff series in Major League Baseball’s 2002 postseason played from October 9 to 14 to determine the champion of the National League, between the Central Division champion and third-seeded St. Louis Cardinals and the wild-card qualifying San Francisco Giants.
In New York, the Giants enjoyed 55 winning seasons, with only 3 losing seasons between 1903 and 1939, a stretch which included two runs of 10 or more straight winning seasons (1903–14 and 1916–1925). In San Francisco the Giants have had 39 winning seasons, including their first fourteen in the city.
They won over 100 games for the first since 1999, having experienced an improvement of thirteen games from the previous year. The Braves led the National League in runs allowed, ERA (3.13), and hits allowed (San Francisco led in home runs allowed). For the San Francisco Giants, this was their third postseason appearance in the past six seasons ...
The 2002 Major League Baseball season finished with two wild-card teams contesting the World Series; the Anaheim Angels defeated the San Francisco Giants in seven games for the World Series championship. It was the first title in Angels team history. This was the first season for MLB.tv.
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When the series shifted to San Francisco for Game 3, Greg Maddux pitched six solid innings as the Braves blew out the Giants by eight runs to take a 2–1 series lead. The Giants would strike back with a blowout victory of their own in Game 4, as Rich Aurilia helped lead the Giants to an 8–3 victory with solid hitting.