(CNN) -- Don't mess with San Francisco when it comes to the World Series.
For the second time in three years, the Giants claimed Major League Baseball's top prize.
Completing their sweep of the Tigers took extra innings, but the Giants prevailed 4-3 Sunday night.
"It's amazing what they accomplished," San Francisco skipper Bruce Bochy said after the 10-inning win. "I think when you look at this club ... They set aside their own agenda and asked what's best for the club."
The San Francisco Giants celebrate after the team beat the Detroit Tigers in 10 innings to win the World Series on Sunday, October 28, at Comerica Park in Detroit. The Giants defeated the Tigers 4-3 to sweep the series in four games. See the best photos of Game 3 here.
Game 4 of the World Series
San Francisco struggled mightily to get to the championship set.
Down 2-0 in the divisional series, the Giants took three straight to advance. Then trailing defending champs St. Louis three games to one in the National League series, San Francisco won the next three games from the Cardinals to punch their ticket to the World Series.
Detroit came into the series seemingly with the upper hand. They had plenty of rest and were riding high after a 4-0 sweep of the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series.
Giants ace Matt Cain said he couldn't have imagined a sweep.
"With that Tigers lineup and what they've done already in the postseason, I definitely thought it was going to be down to the wire," Cain said. "It just so happened that we got kind of hot, and scored some right runs at the right time, and ended up pulling off some close games."
A party is waiting for the Giants when the return home.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced on his official Twitter page that the city will coat the streets in black and orange during a ticker tape parade at 11 a.m. PT (2 p.m. ET) Wednesday.
Some Bay Area residents got an early start on the revelry, starting a handful of bonfires late Sunday. Firefighters, backed by police, moved from fire to fire to douse the flames. It was not immediately known if authorities made arrests.
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Joaquin Arias of the Giants runs to teammate Sergio Romo as he hugs Buster Posey after striking out Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers in the tenth inning.
Ryan Theriot of the San Francisco Giants slides to home in the tenth inning.
Octavio Dotel of the Tigers reacts after striking out Buster Posey of the Giants in the eighth inning.
Marco Scutaro of the Giants gets tagged by Octavio Dotel of the Detroit Tigers in the eighth inning.
Brandon Crawford of the Giants hits a sacrifice bunt against Phil Coke of the Tigers in the tenth inning.
Omar Infante of the Tigers falls to the ground after being hit by a pitch thrown by Santiago Casilla of the Giants in the ninth inning.
Ryan Theriot of the Giants slides to home in the tenth inning.
Gerald Laird of the Detroit Tigers points to third base after a play in the seventh inning against the Giants.
Pablo Sandoval of the Giants hits a single to right field against Max Scherzer of the Tigers in the third inning.
Brandon Belt of the Giants gets tagged out stealing second base by Jhonny Peralta of the Tigers in the fourth inning.
Brandon Crawford of the Giants fields the ball against the Tigers.
Pablo Sandoval of the Giants fields a bunt by Quintin Berry of the Tigers against Matt Cain in the third inning.
Hunter Pence of the Giants hits a ground-rule double to centerfield against Max Scherzer of the Tigers in the second inning.
The Giants' Hunter Pence celebrates after scoring a second-inning run Sunday, thanks to teammate Brandon Belt's RBI triple.
Max Scherzer of the Tigers throws a pitch against Angel Pagan of the Giants in the first inning.
Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers warms up before his at bat against Max Scherzer of the Tigers in the first inning.
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