Peralta Propels the Detroit Tigers to Victory with a Ninth-Inning Home Run

Jhonny Peralta has managed to save the best for last…

The 31-year-old Dominican professional baseball player’s ninth-inning home run gave the Detroit Tigers a much-needed victory against the Boston Red Sox.

Jhonny Peralta

Peralta hit the two-run homer off Andrew Bailey in the bottom of the ninth to give the Tigers a 4-3 victory over the Red Sox on Thursday night.

Boston led 3-2 when Victor Martinez drew a leadoff walk off Bailey, and Peralta followed with a line drive over the fence in left field for his seventh homer of the year.

“I don’t try to hit a home run, but I try to have good contact with the ball,” Peralta said. “That’s what happened when I had good contact.”

Earlier in the game, David Ortiz homered and drove in a tiebreaking run with an eighth-inning single to put Boston up, but Drew Smyly (3-0) replaced Phil Coke for Detroit and prevented any further scoring by the Red Sox. He struck out four in two innings of relief.

Detroit improved to only 2-19 when trailing after eight innings.

But Peralta proved to be the hero with one swing and was mobbed at the plate.

“I see everybody at home plate, it’s a good feeling, hitting a walk-off home run,” Peralta said. “It’s the best that I can feel.”

Scutaro’s Single Gives the Giants a World Series Sweep

Marco Scutaro will be returning to San Francisco to a hero’s welcome…

The 36-year-old Venezuelan baseball star singled home the tiebreaking run in the 10th inning on Sunday night to lift the San Francisco Giants to a 4-3 victory and four-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers to win the 2012 World Series.

Marco Scutaro

Ryan Theriot, inserted into the Giants’ lineup as the designated hitter for Game 4, opened the 10th with a single off reliever Phil Coke. After going to second on a sacrifice, Theriot got a late jump on Scutaro’s soft line drive in the rain to center, beating Austin Jackson’s throw to the plate.

Sergio Romo struck out the side in the bottom of the 10th for his third save of the series.

Marco Scutaro

It’s the second World Series title in the last three years for the Giants, who beat the Texas Rangers in 2010.

Giants’ star Pablo Sandoval, who made history by hitting three home runs in Game 1, was named this year’s series MVP.