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The 2002 World Series was a best-of-seven playoff series to determine the champion of
Major League Baseball for the 2002 season. It was the 98th[1] series between the
champions of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), here respectively
the Anaheim Angels and the San Francisco Giants. The series was played from
October 19–27, 2002 at Pacific Bell Park (now AT&T Park) in San Francisco and
Edison International Field of Anaheim (now Angel Stadium of Anaheim) in Anaheim.
The Angels defeated the Giants by four games to three to win their first World Series
championship.
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This was the first World Series since the 1995 inception of the wild card in Major
League Baseball (and the last until 2014) in which both wild card teams would vie for
the title. The Angels finished the regular season in second place in the American
League West, four games behind the AL West champions Oakland Athletics. They
defeated the four time defending A.L. champions New York Yankees three games to
one in the best-of-five American League Division Series (ALDS), and in doing so won
their first postseason series in franchise history. Then they defeated the Minnesota
Twins four games to one in the best-of-seven American League Championship Series
(ALCS) to advance to the World Series, another first in franchise history.
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The Giants, meanwhile, finished the regular season in second place in the National
League West, 2 1⁄2 games behind the NL West champions (and defending World
Series champions) Arizona Diamondbacks. They defeated the Atlanta Braves in the
National League Division Series (NLDS) and the St. Louis Cardinals in the National
League Championship Series (NLCS) to advance to the World Series, giving the
team their 20th NL pennant and 17th appearance in the Fall Classic but only their
third since moving from New York to San Francisco in 1958. The series was the
fourth World Series played between two teams from California, after 1974, 1988, and
1989.
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Barry Bonds, Reggie Sanders, and J. T. Snow each hit home runs to help propel the
Giants to win Game one. Game two was a high-scoring affair that the Angels ultimately
won on Tim Salmon's eight-inning home run. The Angels routed the Giants in Game
three, but lost Game four on a tie-breaking eight-inning single by the Giants' David Bell.
The Giants brought the Angels to the brink of elimination by winning Game five in a
blowout.
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The Giants were eight outs away from winning the Series in Game six, but late
game home runs by Scott Spiezio and Darin Erstad, as well as a two-RBI double by
Troy Glaus helped the Angels overcome a five-run, seventh-inning deficit to win. A
three-run double by Garret Anderson was the difference in the Angels' Game seven
win to clinch the series. Glaus was named the series MVP. As of 2015, 2002 was
the most recent Fall Classic appearance for the Angels.
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