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MLB: San Francisco 9, St. Louis 0

Matt Cain threw 5 2/3 shutout innings Monday and San Francisco won its second National League championship in three years with a 9-0 rout of St. Louis.
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The San Francisco Giants celebrate after defeating the St. Louis Cardinals in game seven of the National League Championship Series at AT&T Park in San Francisco on October 22, 2012. The Giants advance to the World Series to face the Detroit Tigers with a 9-0 shutout victory over the Cardinals. UPI/Terry Schmitt
The San Francisco Giants celebrate after defeating the St. Louis Cardinals in game seven of the National League Championship Series at AT&T Park in San Francisco on October 22, 2012. The Giants advance to the World Series to face the Detroit Tigers with a 9-0 shutout victory over the Cardinals. UPI/Terry Schmitt 
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Published: Oct. 22, 2012 at 11:58 PM

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Matt Cain threw 5 2/3 shutout innings Monday and San Francisco won its second National League championship in three years with a 9-0 rout of St. Louis.

Cain (1-1) struggled with his control but managed to hold the Cardinals scoreless, allowing five hits and a walk while striking out four as the Giants rebounded from a 3-games-to-1 deficit to take the NL Championship series 4-3.

Cain added an RBI single while Hunter Pence's two-run double highlighted a five-run second inning that carried the Giants to the 22nd NL pennant in their 129-year history.

San Francisco now goes on to face the AL champion Detroit Tigers in the World Series, which begins Wednesday in AT&T Park.

Marco Scutaro went 3-for-4 with a run scored while Brandon Belt homered and Angel Pagan, Pablo Sandoval and Brandon Crawford each added RBI as the Giants triumphed for the sixth time in an elimination game in the 2012 post-season.

Kyle Lohse (1-1) was roughed up for five runs on six hits over two full innings for the defending world champion Cardinals.

Topics: Marco Scutaro, Pablo Sandoval, Kyle Lohse
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