By The Associated Press

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

American League

Detroit 4, New York 0

Saturday, Oct. 13: Detroit 6, New York 4, 12 innings

Sunday, Oct. 14: Detroit 3, New York 0

Tuesday, Oct. 16: Detroit 2, New York 1

Wednesday, Oct. 17: New York at Detroit, ppd., rain

Thursday, Oct. 18: Detroit 8, New York 1

National League

All games televised by Fox

San Francisco 4, St. Louis 3

Sunday, Oct. 14: St. Louis 6, San Francisco 4

Monday, Oct. 15: San Francisco 7, St. Louis 1

Wednesday, Oct. 17: St. Louis 3, San Francisco 1

Thursday, Oct. 18: St. Louis 8, San Francisco 3

Friday, Oct. 19: San Francisco 5, St. Louis 0

Sunday, Oct. 21: San Francisco 6, St. Louis 1

Monday, Oct. 22: San Francisco 9, St. Louis 0

WORLD SERIES

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

All games televised by Fox

Wednesday, Oct. 24: Detroit (Verlander 17-8) at San Francisco (Zito 15-8), 8:07 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 25: Detroit (Fister 10-10) at San Francisco, 8:07 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 27: San Francisco at Detroit (Sanchez 4-6), 8:07 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 28: San Francisco at Detroit (Scherzer 16-7), 8:15 p.m.

x-Monday, Oct. 29: San Francisco at Detroit, 8:07 p.m.

x-Wednesday, Oct. 31: Detroit at San Francisco, 8:07 p.m.

x-Thursday, Nov. 1: Detroit at San Francisco, 8:07 p.m.

NLCS Game 7 Box

Giants 9, Cardinals 0

St. Louis San Francisco

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Jay cf 4 0 1 0 Pagan cf 5 1 2 1

Beltran rf 4 0 1 0 Scutaro 2b 4 1 3 0

Hollidy lf 4 0 1 0 Sandovl 3b 4 1 1 1

Craig 1b 4 0 0 0 SCasill p 0 0 0 0

YMolin c 4 0 4 0 JaLopz p 0 0 0 0

Freese 3b 3 0 0 0 Romo p 0 0 0 0

Descals 2b 3 0 0 0 Posey c 4 1 1 0

T.Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 Pence rf 5 1 2 2

Motte p 0 0 0 0 Belt 1b 5 2 2 1

Kozma ss 3 0 0 0 GBlanc lf 3 2 1 0

Lohse p 1 0 0 0 BCrwfr ss 4 0 1 1

J.Kelly p 0 0 0 0 M.Cain p 3 0 1 1

Mujica p 0 0 0 0 Affeldt p 0 0 0 0

Chamrs ph 1 0 0 0 A.Huff ph 1 0 0 0

Rosnthl p 0 0 0 0 Arias 3b 0 0 0 0

SRonsn ph 1 0 0 0

Boggs p 0 0 0 0

Salas p 0 0 0 0

Schmkr 2b 1 0 0 0

Totals 34 0 7 0 Totals 38 9 14 7

St. Louis 000 000 000—0

San Francisco 115 000 11x—9

E—Jay (1), Kozma (2). DP—St. Louis 1. LOB—St. Louis 12, San Francisco 10. 2B—Sandoval (2), Pence (1). HR—Belt (1). SB—Beltran (2), Descalso (1).

IP H R ER BB SO

St. Louis

Lohse L,1-1 2 6 5 5 1 1

J.Kelly 0.2 2 2 2 2 1

Mujica 1.1 1 0 0 0 0

Rosenthal 2 1 0 0 1 4

Boggs 0.2 3 1 1 1 0

Salas 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Motte 1 1 1 1 0 0

San Francisco

M.Cain W,1-1 5.2 5 0 0 1 4

Affeldt 1.1 0 0 0 1 2

S.Casilla 0.2 2 0 0 0 0

Ja.Lopez 1 0 0 0 2 2

Romo 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Lohse pitched to 3 batters in the 3rd.

HBP—by M.Cain (Holliday). WP—S.Casilla, Romo.

Umpires—Home, Gary Darling; First, Chris Guccione; Second, Bill Miller; Third, Greg Gibson; Right, Jerry Layne; Left, Ted Barrett.

T—3:35. A—43,056 (41,915).

NL Champions

By The Associated Press

2012—San Francisco

2011—St. Louis

2010—San Francisco

2009—Philadelphia

2008—Philadelphia

2007—Colorado

2006—St. Louis

2005—Houston

2004—St. Louis

2003—Florida

2002—San Francisco

Elimination Wins

Most Consecutive Wins when Facing Postseason Elimination, All-Time

By The Associated Press

(x-active)

x-San Francisco Giants 6 (10/09/2012-10/22/2012)

St. Louis Cardinals 6 (10/05/2011-10/12/2012)

Minnesota Twins 6 (10/24/1987-10/06/2002)

x-Kansas City Royals 6 (10/13/1985-10/27/1985)

Detroit Tigers 6 (10/10/1945-10/11/1972)

Boston Red Sox 5 (10/18/2007-10/18/2008)

Los Angeles Dodgers 5 (10/09/1981-10/19/1981)

Oakland Athletics 5 (10/12/1972-10/21/1973)

11 Others Tied 4

NLCS MVPs

By The Associated Press

2012—Marco Scutaro, San Francisco

2011—David Freese, St. Louis Cardinals

2010—Cody Ross, San Francisco Giants

2009—Ryan Howard, Philadelphia Phillies

2008—Cole Hamels, Philadelphia Phillies

2007—Matt Holliday, Colorado Rockies

2006—Jeff Suppan, St. Louis Cardinals

2005—Roy Oswalt, Houston Astros

2004—Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals

2003—Ivan Rodriguez, Florida Marlins

2002—Benito Santiago, San Francisco Giants

Most Hits in LCS

Most Hits, League Championship Series

By The Associated Press

Player, Team, Yr. H PA

Marco Scutaro, SF, 2012 14 30

Kevin Youkilis, Bos, 2007 14 33

Hideki Matsui, NYY, 2004 14 36

Albert Pujols, StL, 2004 14 32

Javy Lopez, Atl, 1996 13 28

Will Clark, SF, 1989 13 22

David Freese, StL, 2011 12 25

David Ortiz, Bos, 2004 12 35

Mark Lemke, Atl, 1996 12 31

Jay Bell, Pit, 1991 12 30

Tim Raines, CWS, 1993 12 29

Devon White, Tor, 1993 12 28