Giant Panda Pablo Sandoval Record-Tying 3 Home Runs

San Francisco Giants Pablo Sandoval made a record-breaking three home runs to in leading the San Francisco Giants defeating the Detroit Tigers in the opening game of the world series on Wednesday.

Sandoval who was often dubbed as the Giant Panda made a historic records that will put his name to the likes of the world’s most popular baseball players. He was the fourth player to hit three homers in a World Series game with solo shot in the first inning and two blast in the third.

The Venezuelan Pablo Sandoval will be the fourth man to hit three homers and joined Babe Ruth (1926, 1928), Reggie Jackson (1977) and Albert Pujols (2011) accomplishing this kind of feat.

Pablo Sandoval of the San Francisco Giants wrote his name in the record books on October 24, 2012 (ET).

Pablo Sandoval hits only with a total of 12 home runs during the regular season, he was outpitched by soft-tossing left-hander Barry Zito.

The win of the San Francisco Giants will them them as frontrunners for the first time this season. The Giants is also the first team in 25 years to reach the World Series despite hitting the fewest home runs in the majors, have won six do-or-die games in the playoffs against the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds.

The team was also bannered by the most-famous Filipino-American player in the US Major League Baseball, Tim Lincecum, a two-time winner of the Cy Young Awards.

Pablo Sandoval 3 Home Runs Records

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