money. signed a one-year deal. red sox had a lot of production from napoli, who was so good in the postseason for the rangers back in 2011. count's 2-0. good fastball from sanchez. strike one. >> tim: that surprised everybody. with first base open, a 2-0 fastball to a fastball hitter. with daniel nava on-deck. so far, sanchez, a magician on the mound today.

>> joe: caught the inside corner. 2-2. >> tim: two fastballs in a row. or avila doing a nice job behind home plate. game one. napoli has struck out twice tonight. it was 2-0. now, 2-2. tying run at second. now, full count.

>> tim: you almost have to think backwards because he's pitching backwards. breaking balls and change-ups, behind in the count. take a chance. look for it. pop it. former catcher at the plate. five walks to go with the 11 strikeouts and no hits. here comes jeff jones. nava will be the hitter. our game summary, brought to you by liberty mutual. sanchez trying to go hitless

through six. second pitcher in postseason history. you have to go back to 1908 to find the first one. with four strikeouts in an inning that happened in the first. and set the tone. jhonny peralta has two hits tonight, including the only rbi. according to jon lester, it's a 1-0 game. and nava would like to change that. pedroia and napoli, the runners.

down and in. swung on and missed. >> tim: wonder how many pitches have been swung at, that have been out of the strike zone tonight. i'd say more than half, without knowing. we find out that it's about half. >> joe: the 0-1 pitch. nava came up in 2010. his only home run that year.

was a grand slam he hit in his major league debut. tazawa getting loose for the red sox in their pen now. >> tim: first pitch. what a thrill. >> joe: nava spent all of 2011 in the minor leagues. part of 2012. established himself this year, hitting .303. eighth-best average in the american league. and it's up to him here in the sixth. ball two. >> tim: good play, avila. the breaking ball, for the most part, is easy to block in the dirt. but not the fastball because you're not anticipating it being in the dirt.

breaking balls, you are. so, you go down with it. >> joe: ball three. the lefty finally getting loose. the left-handed-hitting shortstop, stephen drew, on-deck.

that will load them up. and now, a decision for jim leyland. >> tim: take a pitcher out of a no-hitter? it's early to where it wouldn't be an issue in the sixth. if he let him wait until the seventh, it might be. maybe. >> joe: at this pace, 111 pitches already. pitching in the sixth. we're miles away from that kind of a night. it's up to stephen drew. season-high six walks to add to that pitch count for sanchez. >> tim: you want smyly pitching

to bogaerts. or sanchez pitching to drew. that's why jim leyland is staying with sanchez. >> joe: getting to work out of the windup. ball one outside. >> tim: one of the few hittable pitches this evening, by the red sox. that was hittable. sanchez finally gives in with a fastball when drew was looking for it. and he fouls it back.

>> joe: strike two. now, a guy who has walked 6, but struck out 11. and a guy who has walked bases loaded in a one-run game here in the sixth inning, as stephen drew set up, 1-2. >> joe: the last red sox grand slam during postseason play was hit by stephen's older brother, j.d. game six.

and the '07 alcs. that will get out of play. >> tim: that was the alcs when the red sox trailed the cleveland indians, 3-1 games. and the sox came back and won three in a row. highlighted by j.d.'s grand slam. >> joe: another 1-2. a strikeout ends the inning. sanchez celebrates after strikeout number 12. the red sox, now even without a hit, have stranded six. i love having a free checked bag

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>> joe: it's been all-sanchez for the detroit tigers here tonight. pulling red sox hitters from the beginning. he's struck out a dozen.

walked half a dozen. leads 1-0, through six. we showed you the emotion of matt scherzer going back to the dugout in game four. the division series, plenty of it. lester, trying to bunt his way on. avila, strike one. seventh inning, now. both the red sox and the tigers have sent the same number of hitters to the plate, through the first six. the litters for each side, to start the seventh. tazawa, getting loose.

couple of right-handers to follow. >> tim: what's rare to see the shift of a left-handed pitcher throwing to a left-handed hitter. a guy only .227 this year. left-handed batters against left-handed pitchers are more inclined to go the other way, anyway. a guy like avila, this is very unusual. and obviously, the red sox have all that mapped up against a guy like jon lester. i'm surprised at that. >> joe: the 1-2 pitch. goes the other way. hits it right at will middlebrooks, playing in the typical shortstop position. the third baseman makes the catch, one out.

>> tim: left-handed batters are more inclined to go the other way, against left-handers. >> joe: middlebrooks at third. iglesi iglesias, at the plate. strike one. jose is 0 for 2. flied to right. grounds into a fielder's choice. infante was thrown out at the plate back in the fifth. strike two. bullpen busy for each side. now, it's breslow. here's the 0-2. that's got iglesias on the foot.

he'll go down to first base, with one out. jackson coming up. >> tim: breaking ball and iglesias hits him right on the end of his left toes. >> joe: second hit batsman. tazawa, taking a seat in the bullpen. >> tim: yeah. he got up immediately when iglesias was hit. starts to loosen again. and he'll be in the game. lester, taken out here in the seventh. ♪ [ male announcer ] some things are designed to draw crowds. ♪ ♪

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>> joe: there's the night for jon lester. 6 1/3 innings. and he gives way to tazawa. the red sox left drew in his normal spot. and moved middlebrooks to the other side of the diamond. it was drew that caught that ball at short. >> tim: i thought it was middlebrooks, too. >> joe: and middlebrooks, at the second place shot. middlebrooks, the typical second base spot. pedroia to his left. our right. it is a line drive by the shortstop. then, the hit by pitch. to tazawa. he misses down and away. the 93-mile-per-hour fastball.

a team that had to remake its bullpen. uehara closing, tazawa and breslow setting up, with the help from workman, became a real force for john farrell. good, popping fastball from tazawa, strike one. breslow is still getting loose. it's tazawa on the mound. one on, one out. and a 1-2 pitch. down and away. 2-1. lester's night is finished.

so far, one run on six hits. four strikeouts, one walk, two hit batsmen, through 6 1/3. runner goes. and a foul back by busten jackson. >> tim: that's a good play by jim leyland often, a guy that strikes out a lot, and austin has struck out 14 times. often that will get a guy zeroed in on the baseball. doesn't try to do too much. swings from his heels. he'll be running here. if it gets to 3-2, same thing, i

would think. >> joe: now, it's 2-2. that's foul. en on-deck is torii hunter. then, cabrera, then a left-handed batter. although, john farrell has no issue with breslow facing right-handed hitters. >> tim: he thinks craig breslow is as good as there is in the american league. great change-up. >> joe: runner goes again. ground ball to third. middlebrooks makes the play. two out. and now, at second, is iglesias,

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more on car insurance. the night is over for anibal sanchez. so, jim leyland did what the boston red sox could not do, is get sanchez out of the game. >> tim: a great point. >> joe: he strikes out 12. did not allow a hit or a run through six. >> tim: once again, not to wear it out. but at reading the hitters. you don't see too many pitchers read hitters better than what sanchez did tonight, through six innings. >> joe: now, it's al alburquerque. you look at what sanchez did tonight in six innings. longest outing in postseason history.

out allowing a base hit. and then, being taken out of the ball game. >> tim: yeah. we talked about it last inning, would jim leyland do that? and i think you were correct in your supposition that it was early enough that, sure enough, he got out with the strikeout. of stephen drew. and he was out. right move, too. >> joe: now, mike carp will come off the bench and bat for the red sox. he'll bat for middlebrooks. he won't be the only one. salt back ya in the on-deck circle. we're going to see back-to-back

hitters in the seventh inning, to try to change what's been going on, which is dominance by the tigers. in the case of sanchez, no hits through six. john farrell goes to his bench. and carp takes a strike. nine home runs in the regular season. got hot during the middle part of the year. ened up hitting .296. one ball, one strike. broken bat. iglesias. gets the out.