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postseason. cabrera up, fielder up, martinez up. jackson is the guy that went from the top into the eighth spot. look at his night. 2 for 2. a couple of singles, two rbis, stolen base, a run scored. here's avila. as he digs in, we'll remind you mlb fan cave is coming back in 2014. players, celebrities, concerts and more. you can be apart of next season's team. go to mlbfancave.com and apply now. avila has flied to left. otherwise, he's walked twice and scored a run. infante will follow and then austin jackson. against doubront. strike one. for doubront, 27 of the 29 games

he pitched this season were as a starter. for john farrell. 11-6, 27 starts. come out of the bull pen 22 times in his career. start, to establish himself. solid part of the big league rotation. the 0-1 pitch. on the inside corner, strike two. red sox, before the end of the night, will have bogaerts, ellsbury and victorino. if they start to make any noise, the heart of the order will bat in the ninth. here's the 0-2. good pitch, but called ball one. that had everybody locked up for a split second. one ball, with the strikes. >> tim: you don't even wan it

that good, 0-2. doubront from venezuela. brings home a 1-2. and he hits avila. almost struck him out. and avila sees one more pitch and it hits him under the right arm. >> tim: you may remember alex, his first at-bat tonight, he fouled a ball off his right foot. now he gets one, the right side of the rib cage. thought that ball just grazed him initially, but it looked like it got him pretty good. and this is earlier in the game, his first at-bat. when he eventually walked, so,

he's had a tough night at the plate. this evening. >> joe: he's been on base three times without a hit. here's infante. strike one. omar is 1 for 3. he doubled and scored in a two-run fourth inning. driven in by austin jackson. we will set up tomorrow night's pitching match-up here in this bottom of the eighth inning. game five. might be. could be. it is. double play, 4-6-3. with pedroia feeding stephen drew. here it is, game five of this alcs from here in detroit tomorrow night. jon lester takes on an ibal sanchez in a rematch of game

one. it was a 1-0 detroit win at fenway. coverage of the game begins tomorrow night, right here on fox, at 7:30 eastern im. lester was good, sanchez was, at times, seemingly unhittable. he was, as far as base hits, he gave up none through six innings. he struck out 12, walked six. there's the night for lester, who was right there with him. one run on six hits in 6 1/3. good one tomorrow night. one ball, one strike on jackson. >> tim: did the red sox learn, and i'm sure they did, about sanchez. not that they didn't know that he throws a lot of balls out of the strike zone and -- if you lay off that pitch, your chances of hitting him go up dramatically.

changeup out of the strike zone, breaking ball out of the strike zone. a great read of hitters. >> joe: great pitching stuff. >> tim: oh, yeah. great pitching intelligence. reading hitters. >> joe: here's the 1-2 to jackson, who has not been retired tonight. 2-2. again, bogaerts, ellsbury and victorino for the red sox in the ninth. doubront trying to keep it a five-run game. the 2-2 pitch.

benoit is in the bull pen. smyly has retired all five hitters he's faced. another 2-2 pitch to austin jackson. full count. 45,000-plus fans are packed into comerica park here tonight. chilly evening. windy. 14th season they've played in this beautiful ballpark. they've had fun tonight. tiger fans have, as jackson gets a piece to stay alive.

>> tim: you know, it does take pressure off a hitter, when he's struggling, in a number one spot, and to prove him down in the order when he's not expected to do as much. an example of that tonight. it's more than just quince dental. >> joe: and he is on base for the fourth time. so, here's a guy, torii hunter, replaced in the leadoff spot, moving him down to eighth, he's been all over the place. >> tim: on base four times. two rbis. two hits, two walks. >> joe: and a stolen base. able to run. >> tim: scored a run.

>> joe: here's iglesias. and it worked out the other way, too, with hunter having a big two-out, two-run double in the second. and he scored on a hit by cabrera who drove home two runs out of the number two spot. fielder, the only guy in this lineup that has not reached base. in this game four. that's ball one. iglesias has an rbi. he has a sacrifice bunt. ball and a strike. came in having hit .226 since the all-star break. and under .100 since the 11th of

september in his first year in the big leagues. long year. ball two. now the 2-1. base hit right field. first of the night for iglesias. they throw to first -- saltalamacchia backing up. boy, iglesias came out of the box like he knew victorino was -- >> tim: he did. >> joe: ready to throw him out, because he busted it out of the box. >> tim: that's a great observation right there. this ball smacked. look at victorino. he's thinking, i got a shot at

it. throws it low, knowing saltalamacchia would be there. >> joe: there wasn't any hesitancy on the part of iglesias, watching the base hit into right. he put his head down and took off. >> tim: yeah. like it was an infield hit instead of an outfield hit. >> joe: then he playfully made that gesture out to victorino, obviously, these two started the year as teammates. i don't know that victorino is in the playful mood right now. >> tim: no. >> joe: here's torii hunter. two on, two out. ball one low.

hunt hunter, 1 for 4 with that two-run double and a run scored in the second. biggest winning of this lcs to this point. five runs on three hits. here's the 1-0. good block by saltalamacchia. ball two. with hunter up, remember, santiago is in the game with cabrera getting the rest of the night off, so -- it's not miguel cabrera on deck, it's ramon santiago. right now, it's hunter. he's looking for something to crush here on 2-0. on the inside corner, strike one.

the next from doubront. in at the knees. 2-2. >> tim: john farrell trusts doubront against right-handed batters like leyland trusts smyly. against right-handers. as he's proven tonight. >> joe: now the 2-2 pitch. full count. the runners will go.

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>> joe: tonight on "fox sports live," complete highlights and analysis from this game, the nlcs, plus everything else in the world of sports and whatever crosses their minds tonight. don't miss f"fox sports live" every night on fox sports 1. to find it on your provider goes to foxsports1.com right now. right now, it's joaquin benoit into the game, with bogaerts first up. 7-2, tigers trying to even this

series. first at-bat of the night for xander bogaerts. strike one from benoit. last time benoit was on the mound was at fenway park in game two. it was a changeup that, as the tigers would tell you, was a bit too hard, bit too high. here's a deep shot into right. back, at the wall -- it takes a hop and it's a double for the 21-year-old bogaerts. >> tim: xander bogaerts, his first hit of the lcs, got to make him feel good. young man from aruba. we talked about him. this ball bouncing over the fence, a ground rule double. yeah, i thought that pitch was a

fastball on sunday night. i called it a fastball. and i felt so good before the meeting on tuesday when jim leyland said, in the dugout, we thought it was a fastball, but it was a changeup thrown too hard. >> joe: that's the ball that ortiz hit. bogaerts is at second with nobody out. the batter is ellsbury. he's got a three-hit night. drew smyly has retired five straight. red sox trying to make some noise in the ninth inning. victorino, me i do ya, the next two hitters. david ortiz, in a five-run game. here's the 1-0 pitch. a ball and a strike. >> tim: because it's a five-run game, it's not a save situation, of course. but that doesn't mean that if benoit gives up a couple of

runs, that it won't effect his confidence. because after sunday, as you said, the first time back, gives up a couple of runs. when he gets in a save situation, perhaps tomorrow night, you don't want to win the battle and lose the war here. >> joe: here's the 1-1 pitch. he went around. ellsbury. that's strike two. ellsbury argues with marquez, who did not appeal. the home plate umpire is the one who called it. and it's strike two instead of ball two. >> tim: looked like he went through. but that -- i agree with marquez.

>> joe: leadoff double by bogaerts. 1-2, the count on ellsbury. right side is a fair ball. down the line. bogaerts will score. ellsbury will cruise toward third and make it easily as hunter finally gets it back in. it's a 7-3 game. >> tim: i think that ball hit the bag. popped over the head of prince fielder. prince went after it with his glove and watch his right hand. he tried to knock it down with his right hand. unsuccessfully. it's by the first base umpire. dale scott. so, a triple for ellsbury and now, if the red sox can load them up, then, again, one swing of the bat with benoit on the

mound, who knows? >> joe: it's an rbi triple. what a night for ellsbury. he's got four hits, two extra base hits. he's now driven in a run. he scores a run. here's pedroia. ball one outside. by going to benoit here after smyly had retired five straight, in a five-run game, you know jim leyland wants to try to build benoit back up. but as you said -- >> tim: yeah. >> joe: coming off that appearance in game two, giving up the grand slam to david ortiz, here he is in trouble again. one ball, one strike. >> tim: not trying to play amateur psychiatrist, but i mean, anybody would know that, he gives up three, maybe four runs, makes it exciting, uneasy crowd. what is he going to feel like

coming in tomorrow night in a save situation? >> joe: if that presents itself. here's the 1-1 pitch. strike two. benoit snaps at the ball as he gets it back from avila. >> tim: good changeup to victorino. that split change. why it goes down. and, of course, changes speed. >> joe: here's the 1-2. meanwhile, jose veras is getting loose for detroit in their bull pen. he is a former closer. he's been up a couple of times. pitched in houston before he was picked up by the tigers.

victorino waits for a 2-2. and strikes out. one away. >> tim: here's that split change again. to get victorino. what an effective pitch. roger craig, the manager of the san francisco giants, the kind of the -- the grandfather of that pitch. popularized it out west. >> joe: that's a strike. did that in the '80s with the giants.

pretty much everybody in their bull pen was throwing it. >> tim: right. >> joe: pedroia now. it's ortiz on deck. runner at their, one out. the 0-1 pitch from benoit. strike two. pedroia able to get a piece.

dustin tonight has singled, walked, grounded out twice. two outs. officially now. the tigers are one out away from evening this series at two games apiece. and benoit gets to face david ortiz