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The 2002 World Series was among the classic matchups in the history of the Series. The Anaheim Angels (American League) and San Francisco Giants) National League) competed for the championship, representing the first time two wildcard teams would vie for the elusive title. It was a mettle-forging comeback, for the Giants were leading by a 3-2 game tally after five games, and scored five runs prior to the seventh-inning stretch of Game 6 while the Angels had not tallied a single run. Then, however, the Angels, being the home team, rallied with three runs each in the seventh and eighth innings for the win. They carried on the momentum for a 4-1 victory in Game 7 for their first championship.
Umpires: Jerry Crawford, Mike Reilly, Tim McClelland, Tim Tschida, Mike Winters, Angel Hernandez
Series summary
The series was played under a seven game series with a 2-3-2 site format(standard in Major League Baseball).
Game 1: San Francisco won 4-3 at Edison Field(now Angel Stadium) to take a 1-0 lead
Game 2: Anaheim won 11-10 at home in a game where the lead kept fluctuating between the two teams, tying up the series
Game 3: Anaheim won 10-4 in the first game at Pacific Bell Park(now SBC Park)
Game 4: San Francisco scored a 4-3 victory for a split series
Game 5: San Francisco took a 16-4 blowout win in a game in which the Angels never led
Game 6: Anaheim rallies from a 5-0 deficit for a victory by a 6-5 margin
Game 7: Anaheim took a 4-1 victory for a series win.
Series scoring summary
The following scoring summary is written in a line score format, except that the inning numbers are replaced by game numbers.
| Team
| Game 1
| Game 2
| Game 3
| Game 4
| Game 5
| Game 6
| Game 7
| Total Runs
| Wins
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| Anaheim(Winner)
| 3 | 11 | 10
| 3 | 4 | 6
| 4 | 41 | 4
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| San Francisco
| 4 | 10 | 4
| 4 | 16 | 5
| 1 | 44 | 3
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The Less-runs, more-wins paradox
From the above table it can be seen that San Francisco scored more runs but did not gain the championship because the other team won the most games. In 1960, the Series scoring prize went to the Yankees 55-27, but because the Yankees scored most of their runs in three blowouts and dropped four close matches, the Series went to the Pirates. It all came down to the infamous Mazeroski home run into the stands.
In many other events, it is possible that one contender receives more points but fails to gain the position because a rival gained more of a quantity that the decides the contest(in this case, games won).
In elections, this is not too rare. In the 1824, 1876, 1888, and 2000, the presidential election went to the candidate that came second in the popular vote because they had more electoral votes. The same happened in the 1951 British elections. The Conservatives were able to form a government despite losing the popular vote to the Labour Party. An interesting analogy to the less-runs more-wins paradox.
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