2013 Boston Red Sox Thread

[Biernutz]

Red Sox advance to the ALCS .......on Saturday in Boston. Oak or Tigers?

[Biernutz]

Red Sox vs. Tigers on Saturday 8pm EDT on Fox. John Lester will start for
the Sox and the Tigers will start Anibal Sanchez, the former Red Sox prospect.

The Red Sox were 3-4 against Detroit this season. But they outscored the Tigers 43-35
and took two of three when the teams met at Fenway Park Sept. 2-4. The Sox beat
the Tigers 20-4 in the final game of the season series.

[Biernutz]

Sox-Tigers pick'em

[JamStone]

The Red Sox were 3-4 against Detroit this season. But they outscored the Tigers 43-35
and took two of three when the teams met at Fenway Park Sept. 2-4. The Sox beat
the Tigers 20-4 in the final game of the season series.

Regular season series will have little impact on this series. I believe 4 of the starting pitchers in those 7 games won't start for either team in this series, Jose Alvarez and Rick Porcello (now in the bullpen) for the Tigers and Allen Webster and Felix Doubront for the Red Sox. And while the Sox scored 43 runs on the Tigers in those 7 games 30 of those runs were in two games. So they scored 13 runs in the other 5 games.

Right now, the Red Sox have been playing the best baseball in the American League for the last several weeks. I expect them to continue to play well. The Tigers starting pitching may be able to keep the games close, but what ends up happening in each game will depend greatly on the Tigers offense showing up or not. Detroit's bats have been anemic and erratic for going on a month now and there has not been much to indicate they are coming alive.

I'd love for the Tigers to find a way to beat Boston. But I'll predict the Red Sox in 6, now with the 2-3-2 format, back at Fenway with the Tigers starting pitching keeping them close enough to push the series that long. I hope I'm wrong.

[Biernutz]

I think that the Sox have a big edge in the bullpen. Koji has just been crazy good since July.
RH Koji Uehara (4-1, 1.09 ERA, 21/24 saves, 101 Ks, 9 BBs, 73 games),
RH Junichi Tazawa (5-4, 3.16, 71 games),

Schedule: (All times EDT) Game 1, Saturday, at Boston 8:07 p.m.
Game 2, Sunday, at Boston 8:15 p.m.
Game 3, Tuesday, Oct. 15, at Detroit 4:07 p.m.
Game 4, Wednesday, Oct. 16, at Detroit 8:07 p.m.
x-Game 5, Thursday, Oct. 17, at Detroit 8:07 p.m.
x-Game 6, Saturday, Oct. 19, at Boston 4:37 p.m.
x-Game 7, Sunday, Oct. 20, at Boston 8:07 p.m.. (All games on FOX).

x-if necessary.



Projected Rotations:Tigers:
RH Anibal Sanchez (14-8, AL-best 2.57 ERA)
RH Max Scherzer (21-3, 2.90, 240 Ks),
RH Justin Verlander (13-12, 3.46)
RH Doug Fister (14-9, 3.67).


Red Sox:
LH Jon Lester (15-8, 2.75, 213 1-3 IP),
RH Clay Buchholz (12-1, 1.74),
RH John Lackey (10-13, 3.52, 2 CG),
RH Jake Peavy (12-5, 4.17 with White Sox and Red Sox).

[Biernutz]

Recap of Boston loss to Tigers-----sucks
http://www.boston.com/video/viral_pa...=2740247404001

[Biernutz]

SOX WIN SOX WIN

Series: Sox 2 Tigers 1
(best of 7)

[Biernutz]

Game 6, Saturday, Oct. 19, at Boston 4:37 p.m. (fox)
Pitchers
Tigers--------Max Scherzer
Red Sox- ---Clay Buchholz

[FuzzyLumpkins]

James Harden doesn't have on these guys. Fear the beard.

[Biernutz]

ok Sox it's time

[Biernutz]

yes Drew!!

[Biernutz]

Damm 1 foot more

[Biernutz]

bases loaded

[Biernutz]

grand slam!!!!!!!

[Biernutz]

Boston up 5-2

[irishock]

incredible what a year's difference makes. Congrats

[Biernutz]

SOX WIN SOX WIN

[lefty]

That is a heck of a closer

[Biernutz]

Koji Uehara shut down the Tigers again........