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>> joe: who will become a legend this october? cast your post-season legend vote at mlbfancave.com. eighth inning, 6-4. st. louis on top. they've led since the second inning. and santiago casilla, the fifth pitcher of the night for the giants. good job by each bullpen. >> tim: yeah. >> joe: all the runs off the two starters. this is really a good start to what should be a fun series. mitchell boggs gets loose for the cardinals. both teams have shown the ability this post season alone. but they don't go easily. they don't quit. that almost got a piece of allen craig.

2-0. >> tim: i will tell you, joe, with the way the bullpen are designed this past fall, inside -- but the way the bullpens are designed particularly in the post season, it's a lot tougher to hit with the different matchups. they throw numbers at you. "they" being the managers. >> joe: good 94-mile-per-hour fastball. does anybody throw under 90 anymore? >> no. no. >> joe: 2-1. >> tim: i mean it may be simplistic, but a guy who is out there pitching one inning. can unload both barrels. he has nothing whatsoever to save anything for. >> joe: that's ball three.

>> joe: craig tonight 1,-2. 3-1. good pitch. strike two. full count. >> joe: 3-2 pitch. foul off the bat of craig to keep it alive. allen ended up in the regular season, sixth best average in the national league. 22 home runs. 92 rbis. he lights up when there are runners in scoring position. here he is leading off the eighth.

>> joe: pretty good at-bat. >> joe: the crowd has had some fun. they'll be worn out at the end of the night. cheering since 5:00 local time now. just after 8:00. 3-2. another foul. heat on that pitch. hittable area for allen craig. >> tim: experienced hitters can tell over the last two pitches that he was going to throw a fastball.

the reason for that, a lot of pitchers get in bad habit of waiting until the catcher puts the time down and thenp they shake their head yes. you don't know where it will be, but you hit off a fastball. you talk to pitchers about that and they don't know theyee doing it. >> joe: now he goes through a series of signs, shook off the fastball. posey went to the slider. shook that off. back to the fastball. a little deception by casilla. craig got out. now they go back to the fastball. >> tim: right. >> joe: the 3-2 pitch. shattered bat. crawford. one out. nine in a row retired by this giants bullpen. tomorrow night, here on fox, game two of the nlcs,

coverage begins at 7:30 eastern, 4:30 pacific. tuesday night. tbs will have game three of the alcs from detroit. starting at 8:00 eastern, 5:00 pacific in the good matchup. here is our matchup tomorrow night, carpenter, our interview guest earlier in the game against ryan vogelsong. carpenter winner game three. vogelsong gold effort in cincinnati. no decision in the extra inning win. the matchup in the alcs, verlander-sabathia. the yankees are up against it. not only down two games to nothing but facing the reigning a.l. cy young and mvp. 17-game winner from the regular season. #-0 this post season. coming off four-game shutout, decisive game five in oakland. against detroit to the alcs.

nobody better in the rotation on any roster than justin verlander. chopper left side. high hop for sandoval. bad throw. unforced error. he had forever with molina running. e5. >> tim: sometimes when you take forever, you are giving the first baseman a chance to get over and cover the bag. but brandon belt there well in time to receive a good throw. ball in the dirt and in-between hop and error on sandoval. careless on that play. >> joe: made 13 in the regular season. that is about as easy as it will get on that high hop for sandoval. slow runner going down the line. freese, who has homered tonight. six career post-season home runs. 1 for 3 on the evening.

time-out is called prior to the throw. mentioned carpenter tomorrow night. 10-2. in his career in post season. it will be his 18th career post-season start against ryan vogelsong. no record. good start under his belt in cincinnati. strike one on freese. >> joe: red hot descalso, who has two more hits tonight on deck. one on, one out. good pitch. strike two. >> tim: that was a spinning

slider right there. dangerous pitcher. >> joe: got up. >> tim: yeah. guy with david freese's po power. >> joe: he's ready. so is freese. 0-2. got him, two outs. >> tim: again, the best time to jam a hitter, the best time to come in, generally speaking, is with two strikes, because the good hitters guard the plate with two strikes. that is when you can get inside. >> joe: before the descalso at-bat, meeting on the mound as posey goes out. for bochy and matheny, the guys they called upon out of the pen have been outstanding. one hit allowed. in this eighth inning, casilla trying to get around the error by sandoval. he will have to get descalso,

who had two home run runs in the division series. mijares gets loose in the du dugout. ball one. descalso singled in the second. doubled and scored in the fourth. grounded out in the sixth. pulled the ball three times. >> joe: a good pitch. inside corner. a ball and a strike.

>> joe: strike two. >> tim: backdoor slider right there. that ball was intended to be thrown away. posey sets up, away, catches the outside corner. >> joe: descalso strikes out! two strike-outs in the inning. casilla gets around the error. bottom of the eighth. pence to lead it off. boggs coming in. st. louis up two. donald's is bak with the 20th edition, and more prizes than ever! -ohhh, i just won $50... -really? i have never won anything in my life. this is huge! how many people actually win this thing? and i, monica roxanne warden, just won $50.

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>> joe: tonight's game is sponsored by -- >> joe: two-run game in the bottom of the eighth. and mitchell boggs, the eighth inning man, to get it to motte in to the game. first up, pence. ball one. boggs, another guy in the upper 90s with the fastball. pence, has a hit and a run scored tonight. happened back in the fourth. 1 for 3.

2-0. cardinals have salas in the bullpen and motte. got in a long extra inning affair you could see lohse. 2-0. chopped third base side. foul ball. 2-1. while we have a chance, here is tonight's state farm get to a better state recap. we'll give you a couple guys and what they've done against madison bumgarner this season. first, in the regular season, david freese on may 16, took bumgarner out of the park. beltran did it in st. louis on august 9. those two guys have home runs tonight off bumgarner.

freese in the second. beltran in the fourth. state farm, for auto, home, life and banking, get to a better state. a fly ball in to right. back is beltran. in front of the track. 1-0. >> tim: earlier you said on a catch for centerfield, that that is where fly balls go to die. right-field, too. hit to the right in this ballpark better be on the ground or on the line. >> joe: from a right-handed batter, good luck. >> tim: yeah. forget it! >> joe: barry bonds on the other hand, had no issues. >> tim: 62 splashdown, m mccovey cove, bonds had 36 of them. >> joe: belt, comebacker, boggs off the mound for out number two.

they wait for home run shots out there in right. kayaks. >> tim: beautiful! >> joe: canoes. speedboats. fishing boats. >> tim: mccovey cove. mccovey is a regular visitor here. one of the great guys. mild mannered. until a low fastball came in. >> joe: blanco. gregor has a big two-run triple in this game. that came in the four-run fourth inning. how did you guys try to get mccovey out over the years? >> tim: it was terrifying for a guy holding a runner on with willie mccovey hitting. >> joe: first base coach, too. >> tim: oh, yes. pleading with the catcher and the pitcher, "don't throw anything down and in." >> joe: here is a 1-0 to

blanco. 1-1. both bullpens tonight just about perfect. boggs follows mujica, rzepczynski and kelly. on the other side, kontos, lincecum, affeldt, casilla. >> joe: the 1-1. ball two. one guy i failed to mention in the cardinal bullpen, the youngest of the group out there. shellby miller. he stays on the roster. he was added to the division series when the cardinals put jaime garcia on the injured list. they could add a pitcher. garcia is likely facing shoulder surgery. he has had three opinions. shoulder slowed him down a couple of times this season.

talented left-hander has had a tough time with the shoulder. he is facing surgery which would cut in to 2013. here comes the 2-2 from bo boggs. in the air to left. easy. great bullpen work continues. in to the ninth inning. game one. nlcs. st. louis up on san francisco 6-4. all eyes, right here.

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>> joe: six-pitcher night for giants in game one. jose mijares is number six. good work by casilla, affeldt, lincecum, kontos in relief of bumgarner, who went 3-2/3, allowed all six runs tonight. the cardinals do not have a hit since the fourth. >> tim: two base runners against four relievers. >> joe: here is kozma. not a bad idea trying to drop one down but it's foul. kozma now. shane robinson on deck. and then jon jay against mijares, with jason motte. the cardinal closer getting

loose. will have at least a two-run lead in the bottom of this ninth. kozma. strike two. kozma with an rbi single, a stolen base, a run scored in the four-run fourth for st. louis. each side got more in the fourth. after the cardinals got two in the second and the home run by freese. that is all the scoring. fouled back. kozma, not a big guy. he gets a pretty good riff. the count still 0-2. not only does he have a single. for an rbi. but he has lined out to left.

>> joe: another 0-2. down for ball one. the giants in their half of this ninth will have the eight, nine and one spot. crawford, pinch-hitter and pagan. two pinch-hitters at the start. kozma strikes out. >> tim: wow! what a disappearing slider by mijares. watch this ball break. it disappears on kozma. missed that ball by eight inchs. that is nasty right there. >> joe: so one out, shane robinson will come off the bench to bat for boggs. one scoreless inning for mitchell. after mujica struck out the side in the seventh. rosenthal worked a scoreless sixth.

rzepczynski got one out, the only man he faced in the fifth. >> joe: joe kelly started the relief effort in the fourth inning. he went one scoreless frame. robinson, two quick strikes. bruce bochy wants to go with two pinch hitters. to start the ninth. he can call on nady, arias, or stick with crawford. the 0-2. ball one. >> tim: i think you stick with crawford, and perhaps let hector sanchez the switch-hitter hit against motte. then you have three left-handers facing motte. and i think that is your best bet right there. >> joe: fly ball, slicing

in to right. pence. two out. >> joe: jon jay, who has one rbi hit in four trips to the plate tonight, bats with two out in the ninth. >> joe: late swing and a miss. good from mijares, 92 miles per hour. strike one. >> joe: strike two. bullpen for the giants could not do any better.

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>> joe: a game summary as we go to the bottom of the ninth inning. eight runs scored. four on each side. the difference is the early two-run shot by david freese. cardinals don't have any hits