2013 ALCS - Game 2 (Tigers vs. Red Sox) | #MLBAtHome

night actually a little bit colder tonight as we begin. It's 52 degrees here in Boston that is up close and personal. The 6 3 119 pound twenty nine year old Labor holds and here's the lineup he's gonna take on. Put together by Jim Leland. One change. Here it is for the Tigers brought to you by Taco Bell. Sometimes you gotta live Moss. Austin Jackson leaped off three hundred bats second Miguel Cabrera hits Third Prince Fielder Victor Martinez the D.H. giant for all does it short with Alex Avila doing the catching Omar Infante at second and that means Don Kelly gets the start tonight and Iglesias begins the evening on the bench. The Tigers have a lead late we'll see Iglesias in the game a short opening pitch brought to you by Budweiser great times are waiting grab some buds and while we look at the right hander play but Colts a reminder for coverage of this game in Spanish. Please tune in to Fox to Portis amigo. What do you have on Clay. Clay called saying he never dreamed that he would get off to the type start that he got off to this year he won his first 11 then he was on the disabled list for three months. He has natural movement and the touch and feel that he developed in his three starts since coming off the disabled list is enough to warrant the second game starting tonight for Buchholz so they're trying to build up his arm strength since being on the disabled list for as long as he was with a shoulder ailment actually had inflammation in the bursa sac up there and they had a lot of starts and stops trying to get him healthy but here he is at the most important time of the year for four to the game for game 2. Tigers are playing with Fenway money right now. The Red Sox it's very simple. If they win tonight they're 1 in 1 and they go to Comerica Park on Tuesday afternoon to face Berland. However if they lose their down 0 2 and face Verlander the two managers Leland was on your left. John Farrell on your right. Glad you're with us on a great fun day. Sports on Fox. Here we go. Game 2 Boston Jackson 15 strikeouts. This postseason he is so sick and tired strikeouts. He's growing up during October defensively. The Red Sox stack up like this. Gomez is in left and center Jacoby Ellsbury and write it Shane Victorino round the infield. You've got Middlebrooks through Pedroia and Mike Karp at first Napoli starts tonight on the bench. She struggled against Scherzer and Saltillo McKeon starts to behind the plate. He came on late last night. Ross got the start. Here's a 1 1 2. Jackson you'll notice the pace with the pitching but policy is very deliberate. Here's his 2 1 pitch Jackson takes outside again. It's great Boston trying to get on in front of Terry Hunter who's backed up by Miguel Cabrera behind him that Prince Fielder has seen five pitches come his way he's called three out of the strike zone he has seen a foul ball now a ground out run culpas and first Alfonso Marquez it's second Dale Scott the third dan i Sony had left and Joe West is enjoying his time down the right field line here at the Fenway faithful certainly read about a lot of it today with the number of strikes that were called the Czech swings or against however you want to look at out. There's not anybody we talked about or talked to with regard to the Red Sox too many strikes called did they find Joe was to. John Farrell said it best. He said We lost one to nothing last night. Joe West had nothing to do with Anibal Sanchez certainly did with six innings twelve strikeouts than Albuquerque Ferris Smiley and Ben Ward. Yeah. The Tigers bullpen last night was sensational but it really went down out of the strike zone a perfect bender as Miguel Cabrera. You said it last night. It looked like he felt better tonight before the game. He looked better than he did last night. It's good news for the Tigers the game's best hitter he's reached base in 30 straight postseason games. Five of the first 21 game winners Scherzer to the hilt for the Tigers no score MLB at home is presented by MLB the Show 20. It's what your baseball dreams are made of. Welcome to the show. Rated E for everyone they're good at the top. They struggled last night for the Red Sox. Come get your early Taco Bell starting lineup for Boston. Taco Bell sometimes you gotta live. Moss Jacoby Ellsbury leads it off and center than it's Shane Victor Reno and right. Dustin Pedroia David Ortiz same first for as last night. Then it changes my carpet first. Johnny goes in the left Jared softball the market does the catching Stephen Drew hits he will Middlebrooks at third batting ninth against the players and then he gets on the mound and something else takes him over. Things change and that's the story of the season a great change this year and then sliders really help Tiger's best at controlling the running game. We'll talk about that throughout the early innings it could be one or two of the first three Red Sox get on base that didn't happen last night. With seven strikeouts the night starts with a strike here's that top group when they're getting on base they're using their legs. They're stealing bases they're putting pressure on a pitcher in a defense and then you've got the middle of this lineup. That's why the Red Sox are the best team in the American League record wise and why they let baseball and run scored. That's outside the ball on a strike. Red Sox are also 44 and twenty two after a loss. Very consistent throughout the year. Ninety seven wins after 69 win season last year. Played swing on a ninety three mile an hour fastball from Scherzer and it's one to two. You're going to see that a lot tonight particularly from left handers because they've got to protect against the change in the fastball just blows right by the we've seen 93 94 Scherzer when he gets rolled and can get it up there 97 98 that's when he's charged up as he was in Game 4 coming out of the bullpen for and he is a big reason why as big as any reason the Tigers have right now why they are in the ALCS getting no outs jam without allowing Oakland the score to strikeout to the fly ball in the center the two is outside that by Ellsbury here's a game for and after he got the first game hit hand-in-hand was Berlin you know Cabrera is a third who joins him defensively one switch from last night and that's Kelly and left Peralta instead of left at Shaw but it's Jackson and center Hunter and Wright and Fontaine Fielder on the right side of Beal it does the catching for Max Scherzer Jim Leland can't get defensive at times it is Ben defense in first and tonight then switching Peralta to the infield he's been hit five times this postseason unbelievable six games when he's batting right handed he's right on top of the play yeah. Former switch hitter on some level he just doesn't care about getting hit. No I No the old one catch from Scherzer for Max Scherzer on a fastball. It doesn't take Linda a right handed batter for this team. The Red Sox who talked about last night. That was for the big league stealing bases big reason why Ellsbury at the top fifty two steals in 56 tries Victor Reno really cares about that guy first base he's not like a lot of pitcher finisher for Scherzer many how he attacks to keep runners past first why he does it in different ways he holds the ball he even practice is holding the ball in kind of a phenom drill while he's warming up I have never seen a starting pitcher do that and he goes works for the stretch. Very few starting but he is very smart 14 stolen bases against them but he caught stealing in the set position before he brings it to the point. That's exactly right. Very and the they had Victor Reno leading down the gap. And when you do that you can have quick feet like Scherzer and perhaps pick it he approaches with Garza on base he approaches the stretch position about as intelligently as anybody in the game carp is behind Ortiz tonight last night in Game 1 it was Napoli but very his delivery and he really does. I can't tell you how much that helps a catcher out percent of the winners this year. And when you have a guy like Scherzer on the mound it is so so already Baylor the first base coach for the Boston Red Sox victory to in this case trying to get a read on what is in essence unreadable to him here's a quote by Max Scherzer in the Boston Globe today. I'd like to hold the ball. I feel like that really disrupts the base runners. And he's right because there's a rhythm the base running like there is a pinch hitting the shortstop Peralta is on the other side of the bag hang zeroes are the first into the second game to no score. RB Are you enjoying the new gameplay engine and A.I. updates in MLB the Show 20. Yeah I mean you know I invented a forrest robot coach come in. What can I do for you. Kirsten second inning no score Red Sox left the man Victorino was hit by Scherzer he was stranded. Now it's fielder to hear from Kenny rose a little bit. Erin Andrews with us as well. The Boston side Kenny one pitch outside a ball on a strike. Franks is getting under two hundred over his last 13 postseason games and does not have an RBI. So there's a lot on him. Event nine year 200 plus million dollar cost street too. And when you think about the prince and where his position that the batting order behind Cabrera in front of Martinez he may be positioned or standpoint I should say between the two best guys in baseball and Prince is certainly not the guy who makes excuses along no one here in the second that looked like a split changeup Jarrett sell to the market saying what might be the best thing a catcher can say for a hitter to hit and thereby explains at least some of his success. Again the right hander. Twelve and one during the regular season. Missed about three months on the DL with a bad shoulder. He misses here. Inside no one can Rosen dogs with us down on the field. What have you learned about Clay courts shaking the bushes like you do. Joe I spoke with rays hitting coach Derek Shelton this morning. The Rays faced the Colts in his first start off the DL and also in game three of the division series and Shelton said two things in that month between starts but Colton's velocity jumped to ninety three also and Tim touched on this earlier but Colt is never in the center of the plate. It's always on the outer thirds NPR. Okay. Thank you. Keep checking in with Ken during the course of the night. He's provided us with his insider notes and as this game unfolds here at Fenway ball in a strike on Victor Martinez the Boston Red Sox catcher India she's got a double 300 season for the former Cleveland Indians the Boston Red Sox. Baseball Victor Martinez. This is a two seam fastball. It went away from Martinez it didn't try to pull it went the other way for he went three for four and the game's only RBI Judi Moylan is absolutely stuck and what Toronto has been able to do at the plate after a 50 game suspension he worked a bit in the instructional league but to jump back and just pick up where he left off but even hit the ball better than when he left at the time of the suspension. Shot Jim Leyland to the point where he's forced his back into the lineup and the Tigers have needed to a pinch runner and second one of our deficit last night all three hits locked up in the strike zone and this is his last hit. Moving Martinez to third base up skills. So last year for the Giants as a field it digs in first and third one out they underwent a similar situation with Melky Cabrera at the All-Star Game. He was leading the league in hitting suspension runs out. He's eligible to come back if the Giants wanted him back. They did not reactivate him. He just kind of disappeared from the Giants the Tigers lead one to nothing. An RBI single center by the likes of Vila Peralta stops second. Vila has put Detroit on top gear in the second half. Back up again in the strike zone appeal are going after the first pitch for the fastball and hit it up the middle. Last night the Red Sox had to shift on four available at the shortstop pinups in center field. Then he makes that play. But with runners on first to third you can't put the shift on now it's in Fontana. With runners on at first and second one cart gone soft to the market coming up for the Red Sox down the Nats from the killers down one direct hits which comes out November 11. We welcome you back to Fenway Park. Tigers lead one to nothing in this series and now in this game heart goes out of the monkey up against Max Scherzer 21 game winner who got around to hit batsmen in the first inning. Bring in Ken Rosenthal try and first thought about Toronto compared to Melky Cabrera Kenney a year ago Melky Cabrera just kind of disappeared after his suspension. The 50 game suspension trails Toronto around it was in just about every article certainly here in Boston today after Toronto was the hitting start last night he's a free agent to be it'll be talked about again with the Tigers Kenny could not wait to get him back and get him active with this ballclub. Well the difference is Joe Cabrera joining the Giants last season. Johnny Grant has been with the Tigers since 2010. Justin Verlander made the point to me last night. He is part of their family. Part of the team's fabric and the Tigers accepted him without complaint without making excuses. They liked the way he handled I know it surprises you to. Just how long did he has been at the Civic five twenty nine. This postseason Here's the three 2 PITCH TO of leading an offensive strike and he got by Max Scherzer. Tonight's game on Fox is sponsored by Budweiser the official beer Major League Baseball great times are waiting. Grab some bucks he's bounced around in his career and somebody who is credited with helping change the feel and the attitude around this Red Sox club. After a last place finish in 2012 that's upstairs ball one may not show up in the numbers but this guy is a winner winner in game or I'm not too sure which comes first. As far as complements to a player of the gamer profile on Jonny Gomes brought to you by T-Mobile nationwide data is going global with coverage in over 100 countries at no extra charge and that's where he's been bounced around but he's found himself playing in October doing whatever they do in the offseason talk to the market. Waiting on deck as the counts 2 and 1 on Johnny Gomez with 1 out the bases empty shirts or deals has Erin Andrews is with us Erin. You know more about Johnny goes and how he has adjusted to his role with the Red Sox. Yeah Joe. You guys just saw the graphic there. He said not playing every day. It's a rule I don't like but I accept it and he joked he said I've been I've won four division titles with four different teams so maybe that's saying something. He said his method to his madness when he doesn't get in the lineup every single day is right to drive the bus yourself. You can't try to steer this team and you're just in and out of the lineup. But he says look I'll accept this role do the best that I can. It's also the first person to throw around the world the word relentless resilient and accountability for how the Red Sox played last night he said. We just have to forget about it move on. And that's something they've done all year because of a guy like this with two strikes slip fastballs or strike three by car and gone to start this inning and tip he's now struck out four straight looks like it was gonna be off the plate but it came back at the last minute to get Johnny go. Max Scherzer is sharp tonight and that of course is not a surprise to the one his first 13 decisions on his way to the only 20 win season by a starting pitcher. Across all of baseball. He ended up with twenty one and now twenty one strikeouts by tigers pitchers and ten and two thirds innings in this ALCS Saltillo a marquee at the 273 14 homerun sixty five RBI is three for eleven this postseason three RBI is there are many switch hitters who fall into that category typically you see it from this side. Gray a switch hitter of all time with 18 long series home runs. Just to get bad swing against him so far he threw two watts shares are in charge on the mound. Feel like the RBI single Tigers lead game 2 1 nothing talk about ready to go. Great night for the ice cream at Fenway. This graph and he'll celebrate that he's gonna give it up. Yeah. A young fan. Very classy. He's got a pretty good story to tell to check it out. Oh yeah. Play by Colts back to the hill down one to nothing third inning. That drops him at 80 miles per hour for Strike 1. Don Kelly is hitting on the number nine spot the RBI belongs to a v1 three straight heads it started with a double with one out by Victor Martinez last inning in this sport. During this time of the year pitching dominates and good pitching wins and it's been 20 consecutive scoreless innings put up by Jim Leyland staff which ties a franchise record for the Tigers the Red Sox have continued it and now the 0 2 to Kelly spell experience of 1968. With the St. Louis Cardinals to face the Detroit Tigers and Roger Maris told us two months before the series started in the World Series Mickey Rutledge won three games against the Cardinals that year and the Tigers won the World Series. Here's a 2 to 10 and shallow center nowadays. All that talked about pitching leads us to this tonight's Dodge Durango trivia question which team holds the record for consecutive scoreless innings pitched in a single post season way to go here is Austin Jackson. Hit the ball hard his first time on Austin Jackson is a guy who is a threat for what he can do at the top of this lineup his legs. He's also a very good defensive center fielder which is so when Clinton and a couple of years ago went to work with Austin in the winter time and got him to go from that high leg kick to it to keeping his feet flat. He improved as far as strikeouts were concerned strikeouts 35 percent. As you mentioned earlier that word but somebody that this team I think takes their cue forget all the beards and all that other stuff they watch this guy play whenever Dustin Pedroia has nine innings or you know that he has left every part of his body on the field finally got the contract extension he's just one of those guys you never have to worry the defensive play at the top of the third inning in a 1 to nothing game tonight on Fox Sports Alive J. On right. And Dan O'Toole we'll have complete highlights and analysis from this game an update on the NLCS. This is their travel day today. A full day in NFL action. The new college football rankings plus everything else in the world of sports and their own special unique way of delivering it. Don't miss fox sports by every night. We've got five sports wanted to find Fox Sports 1 on your provider go to Fox Sports One dot com. Here's Stephen Drew took a strike. Eight nine and one Middlebrooks will follow very one foot Scherzer is locked up for the Tigers and Steven Green goes with a lot of red sox hitters were doing last night talking to the well after Scherzer gets the call I think you're going to get a call like that when you throw a lot of strikes if you're wild all over the place you won't get that call so five strikeouts for Scherzer still no hits allowed the batter is Middlebrooks talk to John Farrell the manager of the Red Sox before the game tonight and asked him if he was tempted at all to start the twenty one year old Zander bowl guards in third base tonight he said Well it's always a consideration he's a good defensive third baseman and sometimes we have to ride those streaks. Go hit 17 home runs during the regular season in his second year in the big leagues second year but grow back. Cut me a half year last year and about a half year. This year he spent a lot of time in Pawtucket. So when you go over his numbers this thirty two home runs and a little over a year fine defensive play last night to get O'Brien here at home plate with runners on first and third in the latter innings. Just as easy to get your feet on the ground and get your foundation laid. The big leagues for some as others strikeout on an 85 mile per hour pitch for number six. That said slider we talked about in the scouting report and now it's a telling us that's made the difference this year. 27 last night. That's thirty four thirty five twenty three strikeouts and thirty five eyes that leave the left hand of Alex and Vila. Strike one hit the outside corner. His ego bruised due to a pitcher they love to hear about middle class etc. Ninety 1990 what makes Scherzer so difficult when he's behind in the count he can get his change up as well as this fastball for the Red Sox without Barry on that at first base. We talked about it earlier. How does Max Scherzer defend the stolen base. He holds the ball with Ortiz up earlier. Look at the very times that insurance or pitchers hold the ball because we talked about the rhythm of a base runner to eighty mile per hour pitches from a guy who can light up a radar gun and that's that slider again it's fooled. Victor Reno twice sets on two picking up for Sanchez left off last night won nothing Detroit after three you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from anyone else. And why accept it from your allergy pills Sloan is sentenced nothing stronger nothing gentler. Nothing lasts longer flow days since a missed 24 hour non drowsy allergy relief tonight's game is sponsored by Liberty Mutual Insurance responsibility. What's your policy. And by the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear For the most part here in the month of October the weather really couldn't be any better in doing England it's pleasant at the ballpark a little better tonight. Through Fenway Park one did nothing. Tigers lead the fourth inning rolls in. So does Miguel Cabrera David Ortiz his teammates his teammate calls El Flacco the thin one he's had a tough time staying healthy but when he's been healthy nothing to Jim Jones is the pitching coach for the Detroit Tigers and I know you don't get too upset that your guys don't have to face this guy. That's at the plate right now Miguel Cabrera. You're up close and personal there with Victor Martinez. I don't want to bug a guy who's waiting to hit here soon but we'll talk to you after this at bat by Miguel Cabrera. Or maybe during it if we get a chance on a foul ball about what your pitchers have been able to do so far in this ALCS count nothing in two but Colts ready with another one. It's been remarkable. Jeff the way your guys have taken charge on the mound and not just your starters your bullpen so good last night too. Obviously they've thrown the ball very well. You know we came in with a game plan and they're executing the game plan pretty well so far. It helps when your game plan involves guys that can pitch like Anibal Sanchez and Max Scherzer I mean you're you're starting rotation is as good and as deep as it gets. Yeah. We've got a very good starting rotation and the bullpen has done a great job too as evidenced by last night. But you know we've got a long ways to go and hopefully we can keep it going. Jeff The one interesting thing we've talked about thus far is how Max Scherzer holds the ball with speed on first base and how he ferries his delivery. Talk a little bit about that if you will. Well Max is probably the best we have to do in the big Steelers around the game. I tell you that name the Baltimore skill base this disrupts the rhythm of the guide first base but at the same time it can't disrupt the rhythm of the pitcher. Right. It can at times but Max works on the bullpen also between start. So he's very familiar with doing it. And Phil second full season his pitching coach with Jim Leyland with the Tigers for Jim Jones is he joins us live from the dugout for various steps out the count one and 2 in one to one to pitch from Owens after a long long look in you know we talked about it. Jim Jones coming into this series. He had to play five games so you had to turn your rotation over with Verlander getting the ball Scherzer coming out of the bullpen in Game 4. But I would imagine you guys don't really care how they stack up because your starters can go in any order and one guy's about as good as the other time. I remember when earlier in the year people were saying well four landers not right. Well Vern Landers proven that he's just fine with the way he's pitched here in September now and October. He has the last month of the season he threw the ball extremely well. Carrie one out. Nobody on one strikes. That is a lie. We appreciate your time. We thank you for coming on. And congratulations on the way you guys have started so far in this ALCS. Well thanks a lot guys. All right. That's Jeff Jones who has been as I mentioned staff as the pitching coach now in his second full season. Football on strike and now he takes a seat next to Jim Webb on the pitchers have some kind of talent with which to work. Also there's a bit in two and one on Prince Fielder who struck out his first time in six of twenty two this postseason Victor Martinez into the seats. Greg Maddux Hall of Fame 2014 right here. Nobody was better than Maddox at this pitch with two strikes. Nobody arms up. Strike three now Victor Martinez and plug the gap in left center field as first time scored on the RBI hit by Vila umpire Rob Drake appreciates salt to the monarchy. Coming up with that short hop look at his numbers in the postseason hitting 400 pretty good combo and then 5 6 position in the order for Jim Leyland Martinez and Peralta Tigers have won three straight divisional titles and their third straight ALCS loss to Texas in 2011 here's a 2 on a dangerous finish and it spins Martinez out of and now each pitcher is hit about Dallas a slider that came up and just great you could see the rotation of that slider is a good pitch. Minimalism a strike but it was still has gotten tougher. And this one gets away from sold to the market. Now the second goes Victor Martinez Mike Lupica is a columnist with The New York Daily News and talked to Mike today on his show ESPN show in New York. And he said something that I thought was interesting and I agree with it. He said that Red Sox fans will feel something Martinez in scoring position for parental is already single tonight hitting five twenty nine this postseason. May be simplistic but you could say it's second there. You can't first could have taken a funny hop at the set of hands that he had in last night's game in the ninth inning. Prince Fielder Watch this. That was to save two runs and keep it a one run game. But this one the ball got into his glove. You know I didn't see that initially. But you're right that right. He was speaking up anxiety in the air on Drew made only eight errors during the regular season. Second error by the Red Sox in those series Vic Marino had one last night at the end and continues a villa at the plate. He's already got an RBI single available moves up a spot in the order tonight against the right hand Max Scherzer has been dominant. Tonight fastball slider change up. Whatever it's all worth. Seven strikeouts through three innings pitched and he will deal with the three four or five hitters here in the fourth inning he's tied to major league postseason record three guys on his staff happened to jump cuts twins back in 67 and then the Houston Astros in nineteen sixty nine. Here we are again. You talked about at the beginning I mean Fenway Park two line items that can slug it another pitchers do one that the game last night won nothing tonight. I mean yeah that's what gets lost is the pitching of the Red Sox. So here you go you mentioned Jim con he's there with the 67 twins three pitchers two hundred or more strikeouts in the same season. Sixty nine Astros my friend Larry Durocher a part of that group and the threesome with the Tigers we saw Sanchez last night. We see Scherzer tonight. We'll see Verlander on Tuesday. Game 3 in Detroit. Speaking of one another is at the Pentagon in Minnesota civic and the once big poppy doing the count three at all the varying of times to the plate worrying about the runner. You can forget Manuel Ortiz over there and can't bend the plate although not to say it's going to factor in here Ortiz did steal four bases during the regular season but still Scherzer has struck out a that sends us into the fifth one tough game Detroit on top. Back after this from the local Fox station MLB at home is presented by MLB the Show 20. It's what your baseball dreams are made of. Welcome to the show. Rated E for everyone this game slips into the fifth inning. Much different pace from game 1 for Detroit. It'll be fun take Kelly and Austin Jackson get a chance to visit with Jon Lester last night starter who went six and a third allowed one run on six sense and it was not good enough. Struck out for a walk one hit two. He got the loss tonight the Broncos trying to do his best to keep the Red Sox close funding bounced into a double play in his first time. Moments ago Mike the fourth inning. He twisted his ankle getting on the box that's why it wasn't close. At first base he was able to stay in the ball game. And finally with a count in his favor to check with John after last night's starter for the Red Sox the first question was about this team not worrying about the position they're in in this ALCS Yeah absolutely. I think this this group is pretty resilient. You know guys who've been here a lot and you know it's just a matter of time before these guys break out. You know like I said the pitchers songs that keep us close you know these guys will definitely force later in the. Well you got to be proud of how you pitch last night. Thanks for your time tonight. Guys I'm going back. Short and sweet. So what are we doing here at Fox Don popped up his first time in just under three hundred overs last 17 postseason games nothing and two. That was that funky swing to be headed toward the dirt had done not swung at Rosendahl. Whatever the situation with the Tigers it seems like Don Kelly just perseveres. He does Joe and they took him off their 40 man roster twice last year once in August again at the end of October. Both times he stayed in the organization the first time he accepted the Triple-A assignment the second time he resigned as a minor league free agent so 14 strikeouts in this game last night. Tonight for those people who think about and out and if you strike out or grabbed out or don't you it's the same thing. It's not the same thing. You see that pitch Dave out of the strike zone to Austin Jackson ball ground ball and you've got a chance to fly ball and you've got a chance you strike out. See you later Harvey. Are you enjoying the new gameplay engine and A.I. updates in MLB the Show 20. Yeah I mean you know I invented a forrest robot coach come in it. What can I do for you. Once again the question for the Dodge Durango trivia which team holds the record for consecutive scoreless innings pitched in a single postseason with sixty six Orioles thirty three in final thirty three innings of a four game Orioles sweep of the Dodgers back in nineteen sixty six game 4 in that loss by the Dodgers was started by Sandy Koufax his last start effort by the fifth one did nothing and Jonny Gomes chases one strike one goes then south for the basket then drew struck out a was another hitter set up going to have control with balls out of the strike zone not strikes getting to chase and it just doesn't seem to matter what he's throwing up there everything is deeper parts of Fenway Park. Joe you and were sitting here watching batting practice tonight and talking about the thick of the autumn here in New England. October 13. This ball of the Gone strike one on Drew. They still talk about the way Dwight Evans played out in right field here at Fenway Park. Shane Victorino has really taken well a former center fielder to what is a difficult at Fenway Park is similar to old Yankee Stadium left field there used to talk about how you almost need to center fielders in the outfield one in the left one in the center and still no hits on the board for the Red Sox to hit last night for the Red Sox came in the ninth inning with one out nobody on by Daniel Nava so in the last 13 and two thirds innings Daniel Nava is the only red sox hitter with a combined two 77 average. There's no give me liberty mutual game summary as we play here in the fifth inning if you're just joining us Max Scherzer is picking up Anibal Sanchez left off as a starter for the Tigers he is not allowed him courts has been outstanding he's given up holding going to the back and it's been born. No hit ball for a Tigers starter last night Sanchez tonight Scherzer through five in game 2 1 did nothing. Tigers on top Tonight's game is sponsored by pizza hut. Make it great. And by Bank of America another good one. Game two of the ALCS one to nothing. To that second inning run driven in by the Tigers got the only run last night and the six that's Hunter Cabrera fielder so if you go back to game five of the division series and the work done by Earl Lander who had a no hitter going into the seventh it's the first team of tigers to have a no hitter through five innings in three straight postseason games the Red Sox have to deal with Vander on Tuesday night in Detroit with John Lackey on the mound for Boston no hit through five innings in back to back games the Red Sox tie in the game they had one with salt to the mark here but not quite there's a one to Hunter who struck out twice tonight one for seven in the series scanning for Detroit with the thick part of their lineup one two three four five World Series and he's had a tremendous career is 38 years old is a nine time gold the angels and he signed on as a free agent only here in this ALCS so far last night one ninth inning Nava tried to pump up his teammates in the dugout. On his way down the was lifted for a pinch runner a stolen base later at the time it was at second base when the game ended. The heavy get that forty four times in the regular season of 44 homers last year triple crown winner we talk about looking at the ground game just get well he's going to hit 19 straight NLCS games the double taxed in what is now a two nothing game here's the home run hit by Cabrera you know the thirty seven foot high wall has not come into play in either game Cabrera taking advantage of James to nothing game here in the sixth inning now it's Fielder it's second wow and Victor Martinez calls it 70 pitches for the nine Victor Martinez waits and now there's good middle of the order for Jim Leyland trying to get Max Scherzer a little more breathing room here in Game 2 middle innings John failed to keep a close eye on the endurance of Clay Buchholz he had three starts since coming off the disabled list this stuff looks flat this flat curved no doubt one game. I think they're trailing Max Scherzer who's dealing it hit two did not think that they go to Detroit. Next three months of the year Martinez digs into second base back those same kind of fast clock. It's flat. Somebody should be in better shape than the last in points where this curve ball is a lot like coffee inside bars. No hitters like Victor Martinez. They don't miss those victory over to the game for Victor Martinez. And yet still nobody is up in the they've got too long men the Red Sox Felix Broadhead Ryan Dempster John Bolton that's become a weapon here down the stretch out the postseason but no activity here is a wild catch somebody anybody should be it's like they want to get in and start loosening when nobody's made the call before it's Ryan ball one strike a runner at second one out dangerous up there playing those birdies saying how Peralta has hit pitches like that the last two nights four hits all of them bar codes allowed the opposition during the regular season they hit 158 and now he insulted the market can't get together and want to throw here those three pictures that I've heard bar codes this high slider Brown and now action starts for the Red Sox in their ballpark. Two out the sixth inning and the batter will be Alex Avila available dig his way and he's got a 1 4 2 9 RBI single in the second flight out with a couple on the fourth. The Red Sox in the bottom of the sixth inning Middlebrooks Ellsbury Victorino blast into the seats over the tug of war with the pitches are very good. The Tigers are jumping all over here on Joy Avila's head in this post season has been behind the plate with that swing it's at the plate and fast ball two home runs two doubles this inning to our bases to get the ball down and away from our zone for two The Tigers have opened it up here in the sixth inning find nothing game brings home to basically the center fielder here in the sixth inning as more men come out of the bullpen and take over the Tigers doing the damage it started with a one home run by Miguel Cabrera doubles by Fielder Martinez a home run by a villa and a fine nothing Tiger left Brandon Workman takes over one on with two out as played but Colts is knocked out here in the sixth inning Buchholz goes five and two thirds he's allowed five runs on eight hits two home run five extra base hits six strikeouts no walks Kelly tonight for two facing looks too bright. The left hand are getting loose. In the division series. The Red Sox and John Farrell and the lackey go in game to having the opportunity to set it up really any way they wanted. They move but colts to game two and they save lackey for game three in Detroit let's give you another look at the home run the two run shot by the Vila and it was not cheap. Looks like he was looking for a fastball the pool got it nailed it. Eleven home runs during the regular season. For Alex Avila history of this proud great franchise. Extra base hits on this one. We think and talk about the four hits here in the top of the six. You have to remember you've got kind of a funky delivery stuff there in the low 90s and he's trying to find a way out of what is a long top of the sixth. Gibson blocked by salt to the market by coming in to tonight's game. Over the last two years in the ALCS for the Tigers their starting pitching five starts before tonight a foreign owned record and the R.A. and zero point five for opponents had just won 20 1 against 37 strikeouts compared to 15 wards 6 walks allowed last night by Sanchez. Tonight it's more of the same from Max Scherzer and it's turned in to anything but a nail biter because of the four runs put up by the Tigers as their bats explode and the sixth going to the bottom half and game to a five. Nothing you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from anyone else. Why accept it from your allergy pills felonious centralist nothing stronger nothing gentler. Nothing lasts longer flow days since a missed 24 hour non drowsy allergy relief tonight as he did last year against the last three columns up there for the Red Sox 1 2 on Tuesday night actually late afternoon in Detroit when the lackey takes on for leading off the sixth down by five a strikeout number 10 give you tonight's Geico in box score strikeouts in his time Red Sox struck out 17 times ten tonight even the back up curve ball giving Middlebrooks problems back to the top of the order and Ellsbury was over and Miguel Cabrera who hovered at the top of this center was over near those seats holds it in two down that goal is going to be say the security guard moving his chair and Cabrera makes the play Max Scherzer now has tied his personal best his best coming in two tonight five and two thirds innings assurance or with the stuff that he has not only the contact stuff the guys make contact but the swing and miss stuff that he has I mean he's only got five and two thirds innings it's different than it was last night but these Red Sox hitters are still off as they try and think along with the pitcher on the bat last night and with Sanchez. He was one step ahead all night. Yes Scherzer is about being down by five runs in the middle innings for a team that can run. It takes away your running game three to one game you still run five to nothing. Not so the O2 announces it in two run shot the top of the setting an RBI single back in the second the crowd here probably thinking my kingdom won and they finally got. Victorino just flying around the bases after reading that ball only in the sixth inning and now David Ortiz will dig his way strikeout number eleven but a run is on the board for the Red Sox as we go to the seventh inning in Game Two Five to one is the score with Scherzer and the Tigers on top. Back after this from your local Fox station seventh inning Brandon Workman back to the Hill he got out of the sixth inning Taurean Hunter there's a breaking ball from the workman we haven't seen that yet Hunter who started the sixth inning with a fly ball to center for the first out and then was watching with the rest of us as teammates run by Cabrera double by Fielder double for RBI by Martinez the roll to line down the center of Vila hit a two run home run to right was five to nothing now five to one where the count wanted to now and Hunter somersault a little love Akio before and after every postseason game MLB Network has all the highlights and breakdowns from the award winning analysts of MLB tonight all the postseason drama all in one place. Good MLB Network's top for schedule and channel number strong defense matters most in October. Perhaps the top two defensive plays and enter for a chance to win an all new 2014 Chevy Silverado or Chevy baseball Scott rolled the rest saying over the monster and left last inning into the well there right under giant glass and a giant blast there are very few ballparks that can hold the ball like this including Comerica you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from anyone else. And why accept it from your allergy pills felonious centralist nothing stronger nothing gentler nothing lasts longer flow days since a missed 24 hour non drowsy allergy relief tonight's game is sponsored by the new 2014 Dodge Durango and by T-Mobile we head into the bottom of the seventh inning we remind you Fox tomorrow it's everyone's new favorite drama Sleepy Hollow critics raving it's unlike anything else on television see why everyone is hopelessly hooked up Sleepy Hollow. All new tomorrow night that's what it's been for the Red Sox offense the last two nights Sleepy Hollow while the Patriots got to come from behind last second victory against the Saints Max Scherzer trying to avoid the same thing happening here he was struck down by a student who doesn't play at so it may not apply here what it could. There is activity for the Tigers in their Brooklyn same number as Sanchez had last night in Game 1 and it was revealed who told us before the game Scherzer is the kind of guy that if he knows he's coming out soon and tries to make the his best of the night is he strikes out and can't disturb the seven. Top of the sixth inning the postseason record. Four back to back games as far as strikeouts by a pitching staff is thirty one. That's confidence right there. Three two slider with a four run lead in the seventh inning 13 strikeouts to go with two one hit batsmen. Had a run on to his so one away from tying record Ball a strike song to them on the October 1997 series between Baltimore and Cleveland. We did that series with 15 strikeouts Race to the back and Fielder gets there after rangy to his right. Sort of backing off rounds out and we go to the eighth inning of Game Two Tigers lead at 5 to 1 3 and 4 Max Scherzer after he goes seven innings tonight. A season high 13 strikeouts his career high 15 in case you're wondering it looks like his night is finished after seven so now he turns into a spectator we go to the game find one is the score Victor Martinez turns around bench right handed leans one up in a way to start to see that's Martinez Peralta Vila against LeBron who came on to retire Fielder on the ground down to the top of the seven Maris were two thirds struck out both hitters he faced after he followed Albuquerque who followed Anibal Sanchez to the mound. The Red Sox finding out tonight why Max Scherzer finished second in strikeouts in the American League this year to win two hundred and rangers have 277 to lead the American Way at there's a straight to Martinez to make it 3 1. Scherzer came into this game 2 and 4 in his career against the Red Sox one and one this year. Good he ran two and a half that season during the regular year the fifth best winning percentage by a starting pitcher and one in 20 or more games at twenty one in three Tuesday late afternoon Game 3 of this ALCS from Detroit as these two teams head to Michigan coverage of that game. Game three begins Tuesday at three thirty Eastern only on FOX. And here's what the Red Sox face. If they don't turn things around here tonight down two games to nothing. Taking on Justin a snow so you're not a bird landed like here he's firm Lander you helped them hit listen to the seventh inning of the decisive game in the division series and they've seen enough out Justin these last two years at least Justin Verlander by the way is not at the park with a day game on Tuesday instead of a night game to get that extra rest instead of Walters at the plate one for three tonight. He's got four hits in this ALCS. And the end to center well Jan in 2014 players celebrities concerts and more he can be a part of next season's team just by going to MLB fan cave dot com. You can apply right now. Three RBI is RBI single and the second to get Scherzer the lead. Then he added to what was at the time a three nothing lead with the two run shot. For the Red Sox in the bottom of this eighth inning they start tonight with Nava and Napoli on the bench. They've got eight nine and 1 hitters coming up kings breaking ball misses down on the White Ball to fail came in with only three hits this postseason he's got a veterans who started this season in Houston as they're closer that man Dave Dombrowski it looks like Farris would be on the mound when the Tigers are in the field at the bottom that's a bit 3 and 2 on a villa on the second walk handed to the Tigers tonight looking at Alex Avila one of the few guys in the starting lineup that is a Detroit original The reason the trade master Dave Dombrowski traded for Miguel Cabrera Austin Jackson Max Scherzer Doug Fister who start Game Four and last night's winner in a ball Sanchez was the real key to have deal and they picked up Sanchez also well they did Brodsky is one of the smartest baseball bats you'll run into. You hear his name pop up for a possible successor to Sealand. Yeah yeah MLB at home is presented by MLB the Show 20. It's what your baseball dreams are made of. Welcome to the show. Rated E for Everyone a look inside the Green Monster that manually operated scoreboard here at Fenway Park. Christian Alliance out there long the Angelo and Justin Pontiac are the ones in charge of making that all work. Watching the gym here on federal and down by four first pitch swinging is Stephen Drew and Josie Ferris gets a quick just 38 game one in the eighth inning struck out Shea and Victor Reno at Dustin Pedroia as the Tigers were on their way to striking out 17 Red Sox last night night night. So with us here at Fenway the Red Sox the lead off man now in this ALCS are 0 for 17. That's amazing right there. That is an amazing statistic. And the biggest reason that they've scored one run into Ryan Dempster getting little Scherzer was great tonight set of Season high with his third team strikeouts to off his career Middlebrooks will dig into second with a lot of double John Farrell sticking with Middlebrooks He pinch hit for him last night tonight he lets the second year player go up there and he delivers with a double and that double made earned Middlebrooks a start in game three against Birdland and we'll see from various it featured a very good curveball last night reach for behind that right field wall again Barry's got the lead on Ben gave up the double Smiley coming in Ellsbury coming up he deals a strike from the outside corner to Jacoby Ellsberg who's over to the a left hander in the rotation for right hander Phil Coke was so good in the postseason last year for when he was not on the active list for the division series airs for walks way away from home plate. After this you can see why it's like it was called Strike two. One would think that smile is in there for one hitter and that's Ellsbury. Cubs Victor Reno has shown no signs of hitting the left hand whose name bends all the way around his back. Albuquerque comes in with two on one out of five to one game. Tonight's game is sponsored by Taco Bell. Sometimes you gotta live boss by four and only Ford gives you an eco boost fuel economy and a whole lot more. This is turning a new ballgame here in game two for run Tiger lead two on one out the heart of the order come on I'll tell you Ken Lay down a basic talk to third base who might give a damn the outside corner Victorino has been hit by a pitch he got the first hit of the that first hit came with out the sixth Albuquerque's slider is inconsistent Vila moving around well he's as healthy as he's been in the postseason here in 2013 and he had to slide out to stop gap usually a good play by Bill and that ball gets by runners on second and third in this for one body for one sixth inning two run home run by Vila by the way the thirty first strikeout and he's back to back games for the tiger pitching which one swing in the bat by big topping good time this game it will not come against post season hero of years past Big Poppy coming up Ben was coming out of the park for the Tigers found a way to bring the tiny island to the plate. Finding the hard way settled into the out of the depths of despair. Let's go back first and second to this single bite put joy out of right field Butterfield the third base coach with a stop sign knowing that one swing of the bed could tie the game he did setting a scene for pitchers Scherzer went the first seven David Ortiz D.H. an eighth inning hero here at Fenway in Game 2 he's tied it its 5 five team to the 9 Harvey how are you enjoying the new gameplay engine and A.I. updates in MLB the Show twenty. Yeah man you know I invented a forrest throwback coach come in here what can I do for you. CONSTANCE Well first game tying grand slam in the eighth inning or later in postseason history. That belief stays in the game at first. COACH 2 5 5. Game in the Ninth Ward Horace since July 1st. New York on deck. Austin Jackson after Jackson 23. Hunter Scherzer comes out after seven a third of an inning gives up the double. He's out. With the left handed hitting Ellsbury coming up so you've got to smile. Then the wall now Victorino who's only getting right handed so you go to Albuquerque. He gets the striker gives up the his good will to change jobs in the off speed stuff against the left handed batters he comes in to face David Ortiz throws a first pitch fastball. In order to size the game David Ortiz did not allow the big one to get that far. The conditioned as a starter and here he is in the bottom of the ninth of a five five game not only starting in the ninth but if it goes into extra innings starting right here hitting the bottom of the ninth he saw last night and buried the pinch runner who has not been caught stealing twenty eight attempts. Good fastball from first solo Red Sox fans have not been interested in using or seeing the Red Sox as a Tigers one last night one developing male and five did nothing than five to one. Tonight Scherzer had a no hitter going through five and two thirds winning run in second. So until the market takes about may still factor in on that bench for the Red Sox. Yeah I don't think Paulson is going to and there's no interference from the fans fielder had a clean play on that ball did not make the catch but Jim Leyland outside the stands did it with big fan interference I think you might have the umpires get together here. No the first base umpire Ron Cole was right there. Yeah it's true he's got help from Joe West the crew chief if he needs it. And I think every play scandal follows nobody really interfered with Prince Fielder to good point pitchers trying to pitch around guys. They end up doing a wild pitch. You can see how severe a setting up inside the pitch was way outside. So it's a wild pitch. Jonny Gomes goes to third Jim Leyland does have the option of locking the bases loaded walk himself to the market and Stephen Drew to pitch the world metal box. Coach the saw behind on the count three and one Tom Brady won a game for the Patriots in Foxborough David Ortiz centered on the two game tie and grandson and seven innings. Tonight it looks like Ken Rosenthal is ready. Ken all yours David. You've been a lot of gold runs in your career for the Red Sox. Where does that grand slam right. We need it. I mean you know we've been a thriving and low double offensively. You know we are we're known by now. We're going to have did you think it was going. I know what it was lean on and you know I got my boy toy chasing everything out there. Nighttime go glow you never know. He almost got the ball but then guy who in the bullpen. Now you know he had four five and two thirds. You were down 5 1 in the eighth inning. I know you guys talked about always finding a way but how discouraging was it on the bench. Well we had a ball called a ball on my and we fight. We never gave up. We I mean you saw through the whole season. We we we found a way to get back and try to win a ball and never all went into the last half. You know and got to give credit to charity David thank you very much. Erin Andrews over to you. Kenny thanks so much of your dance on the market. The game winning right you told me today. Whatever it takes. What did it take to finally pull this out. It took you know never giving a lot of big events obviously fun in that big home right there is huge for us and just guys back in the game. You also mentioned to me today being resilient what took so long to finally get some hits and no matter how long and things like. We get the win. You know this the city has been so resilient all year long and that's how we played the game the same way and can thank his fans enough. This is the first time this is the first time since Crofton fifth that a catcher has had to walk off. How are you feeling. I'm drenched. I got goosebumps. Feels great. Yeah I guess then this guy gets behind him so much and so he's us to go out there and make things happen. You know and Johnny did a great job getting on base right there hustling and then getting the third on that ball and possible too. Congratulations on you in Detroit Joe backup team. Well dry off down there 6 5 win for the Red Sox won the day in New England Brady started it in the late afternoon early evening and then Big Papi stepped up with the bases loaded tired and with a grand slam in the wins with a base it through the left side there should be some ALCS it's tied at a game apiece we'll come back and wrap up after this Red Sox win.

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Published: Sat May 30 2020