SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Miguel Tejada hit a two-run double that glanced off the glove of center fielder Colby Rasmus with two outs in the ninth inning and the San Francisco Giants rallied late for the second straight day to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Saturday night a few hours after receiving their World Series rings.
The Giants celebrated as though they had just won the championship all over again, with ace Tim Lincecum among those who sprinted out of the dugout to hug the team's new shortstop. Tejada skipped in jubilation after his 15th career game-winning hit.
It came against Cardinals closer Ryan Franklin (0-1), who blew his third save in four chances and second in two days. St. Louis lost 5-4 in 12 innings Friday.
Ramon Ramirez (1-0) pitched the ninth for the win and San Francisco secured its first series victory of the season.
Franklin allowed Buster Posey's one-out single and then a walk to Pat Burrell. Aaron Rowand flied out to bring up Tejada, who fouled off pitches down each base line before coming through with the big hit.
Rasmus ran down Tejada's high drive at the edge of the warning track in left-center, but tried to catch it by his hip and the ball deflected off his glove to the ground. Both runners scored easily.
The finish spoiled a solid start by St. Louis lefty Jaime Garcia, who outdueled Matt Cain and struck out a career-best nine batters for the second straight outing this year.
Rasmus hit a go-ahead homer leading off the seventh. Cain had gone 32.1 innings without allowing an earned run dating to last year before Skip Schumaker scored on a wild pitch in the sixth.
Mark DeRosa drove in San Francisco's first run with a single in the fifth while making a rare start.
Tejada, the 2002 AL MVP across the bay with Oakland, then gave the sellout crowd of 41,742 even more to cheer about as fans continue to celebrate the city's first title since the club came West in 1958.
Giants center fielder Andres Torres left in the top of the fourth with a mild left Achilles' strain.
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