San Francisco Giants win World Series

San Francisco Giants won their first World Series since 1954 as a 3-1 defeat of the Texas Rangers in game five yesterday sealed a 4-1 overall victory.



Edgar Renteria's three-run homer in Arlington, Texas, clinched the triumph.



That gave the Giants their first World Series title since the franchise moved from New York to San Francisco in 1958.



Shortstop Renteria, later named the most valuable player of the series, connected in the top of the seventh to help claim baseball's Fall Classic.