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And with the game and the season on the line, Cabrera watched a third strike cross the plate for the final out Sunday night.
In a do-or-die Game 4, the American League Triple Crown winner finally awakened from his slump, but it turned out to be too little, too late as the San Francisco Giants pitching staff completed a dominating performance with a 4-3 victory in 10 innings to finish off a four-game sweep.
"It's very sad, what we're feeling right now, " said Cabrera. "I feel embarrassed. I struck out. I made the last out in the World Series."
In the third inning, there seemed to be some life left in Detroit when Cabrera took advantage of a gusty 21-mph wind and ripped an opposite-field, two-run shot into the right-field seats to give the Tigers their first lead over the Giants in 30 innings.
"It was a very good pitch. I tried to go away,Top Swiss Replicas and the most popular brands of authentics." Cabrera said of his 10th career postseason homer. "I was playing my game right there."
It was a small measure of redemption for Cabrera, who popped up with the bases loaded in a key situation in Game 3 shutout loss a?? and then didn't speak to reporters afterward.
He later said he needed to leave early because he had a number of family members visiting him from Venezuela. But no one knew that at the time, including manager Jim Leyland.
"We're all big boys and you've got to face (the media) whether you like it or not," Leyland said. "You have to be there through the good and the bad."
For Cabrera and the Tigers, this World Series was almost all bad.
Before Game 3, Cabrera accepted the Hank Aaron Award as the top overall hitter in the American League and a special Triple Crown trophy for becoming the first player in 45 years to lead the league in batting average, home runs and RBI.
But in the World Series, Cabrera finished with three hits in 13 at-bats, for a .231 average.
"When I think of everything,Wholesale dgshoessale from Low Price Agate beads, the only thing I'll think is to keep working hard, keep focus on what we're doing," Cabrera said. "Right now I feel bad, but I think we did a very good job this year.
"We go to the World Series, I think we got to feel proud. At the same time we feel bad because we were not able to do our job here. It's sad, very sad what we're feeling right now."
Cleanup hitter Prince Fielder, who hit just 1-for-14 (.071) in the Series, was even worse than Cabrera.
"My personal struggle is that we lost," Fielder said. "It's not about me; it's about the Detroit Tigers. We definitely wanted to win. We got here. We gave ourselves a shot."
But when the stakes were highest, their offense let them down. The Tigers hit a collective .159.
"We got to the World Series, and we just sputtered offensively," Leyland said. "If someone told me in February you're going to go to the World Series this year, I would have had to say that's a pretty successful season.Kleinfeld Bridal carries the largest selection of couture vuittonhandbags,"
And with the game and the season on the line, Cabrera watched a third strike cross the plate for the final out Sunday night.
In a do-or-die Game 4, the American League Triple Crown winner finally awakened from his slump, but it turned out to be too little, too late as the San Francisco Giants pitching staff completed a dominating performance with a 4-3 victory in 10 innings to finish off a four-game sweep.
"It's very sad, what we're feeling right now, " said Cabrera. "I feel embarrassed. I struck out. I made the last out in the World Series."
In the third inning, there seemed to be some life left in Detroit when Cabrera took advantage of a gusty 21-mph wind and ripped an opposite-field, two-run shot into the right-field seats to give the Tigers their first lead over the Giants in 30 innings.
"It was a very good pitch. I tried to go away,Top Swiss Replicas and the most popular brands of authentics." Cabrera said of his 10th career postseason homer. "I was playing my game right there."
It was a small measure of redemption for Cabrera, who popped up with the bases loaded in a key situation in Game 3 shutout loss a?? and then didn't speak to reporters afterward.
He later said he needed to leave early because he had a number of family members visiting him from Venezuela. But no one knew that at the time, including manager Jim Leyland.
"We're all big boys and you've got to face (the media) whether you like it or not," Leyland said. "You have to be there through the good and the bad."
For Cabrera and the Tigers, this World Series was almost all bad.
Before Game 3, Cabrera accepted the Hank Aaron Award as the top overall hitter in the American League and a special Triple Crown trophy for becoming the first player in 45 years to lead the league in batting average, home runs and RBI.
But in the World Series, Cabrera finished with three hits in 13 at-bats, for a .231 average.
"When I think of everything,Wholesale dgshoessale from Low Price Agate beads, the only thing I'll think is to keep working hard, keep focus on what we're doing," Cabrera said. "Right now I feel bad, but I think we did a very good job this year.
"We go to the World Series, I think we got to feel proud. At the same time we feel bad because we were not able to do our job here. It's sad, very sad what we're feeling right now."
Cleanup hitter Prince Fielder, who hit just 1-for-14 (.071) in the Series, was even worse than Cabrera.
"My personal struggle is that we lost," Fielder said. "It's not about me; it's about the Detroit Tigers. We definitely wanted to win. We got here. We gave ourselves a shot."
But when the stakes were highest, their offense let them down. The Tigers hit a collective .159.
"We got to the World Series, and we just sputtered offensively," Leyland said. "If someone told me in February you're going to go to the World Series this year, I would have had to say that's a pretty successful season.Kleinfeld Bridal carries the largest selection of couture vuittonhandbags,"
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