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most popular institution. fenway park is no stranger to legends of the fall. >> if it stays fair, home run. >> roberts dive and he is safe! >> the world series once again begging thas hallowed halls with a hero from october past playing it on the precedence. >> it is gone! mike napoli just destroyed one. the red sox are one win away from going to the world series. ♪ i can see the finish line >> down, but anything out, the tigers call on their ace to earn his stripes. >> it ain't over until i said it's over. ♪ i'm afraid of what will happen ♪ >> the drama has an eager pitch. >> so we are hee -- here we go. >> the pitch. >> game six of the nlcs is next on fox.-- here we go.

>> the pitch. >> game six of the nlcs is next on fox.here we go. >> the pitch. >> game six of the nlcs is next on fox. . >> welcome to the chevrolet pregame show on fox. we get you set for game six of the american league championship series. miguel cabrera and the tigers are once again in a must win scenario to keep their season alive. as for the red sox, they are 5-0 all-time when playing a postseason game six. at home. mike napoli has got a pair of home runs already in the alcs. he and the sox try to put this thing to bed tonight. with that, we welcome you inside mlb network studio three. the red sox have been outhit and outscored and struck out 61 times in five games. they have got five starters with two or fewer hits, yet they are the team that is one win away from the world series. why? >> two big swings of the bat david ortiz grand slam to tie

things up at five and mike napoli with a solo home run off justin verlander. >> they have scherzer and if they win they are going with verlander. we are in for excitement and i'm ready for. >> let's go out to fenway park and say hello to senior writer ken rosenthal of foxsports.com. here prior to game six, questions regarding alex avila's availability. >> alex avila is in the lineup and jim leyland is confident he'll be able to play the entire game. leyland said he wouldn't want to start avila and have to pull him after the third or fourth inning. when the tigers removed avila in game five part of their idea was him to start treatment immediately and be ready for tonight. avila had a full day of rest and treatment on thursday. this is not a new jeer for him. he first hurt his knee in 2011 and has become accustomed to dealing with it. >> for boston, as good as mike

napoli was for the rangers a couple of postseasons ago he seems to have added a new dimension to his postseason game this time around. >> matt, when napoli came into the coach's room after game five, he was shouting, "not about his 460-foot home run but about going 90 feet." on a tapper back to the mound and then 90 feet from third to home on a wild pitch with what proved to be the game's decisive one. ask john farrell and he'll tell you napoli gets the best read of any red sox base runner and napoli has made himself into an elite defensive first baseman. you wouldn't know it from looking at his beard but this is a player who pays great attention to detail, matt, in every aspect of the game. >> ken rosenthal will be a part of the broadcast in about half an hour and joining joe buck and tim mccarver and erin andrews for the game-by-game play. 7 for 17 for ortiz and three career home runs against max

scherzer. bogaerts eighth career start at third base. let's talk about the starting pitching assignments starting there. a good one once again. buchholz and scherzer. >> max scherzer is 21-3 regular season and even better in the postseason. great three pitch. when he is throwing the ball well, he has been terrific. he is swing and miss pitches. he strikes out jonny gomes looking. the curveball to shane victorino and devastating change-up to dustin pedroia. if he is on, look out. clay buchholz had command of all of his early pitches early on the first two months rarely missed his spots and location and why he was able to go 7-0 pins he is has come back it's been location, matt. this hanging change-up that miguel cabrera hits over the green monster. he needs to command all of his pitches. prince fielder here. another change-up up in the zone. clay buchholz needs to be around that glove. if you're watching this game and

he is around that glove, he'll be pitching well. >> i tell you what, the matchup i'm looking forward it is what are they going to do with napoli? he is hot. 6 for 16 and two home runs. last time they faced scherzer he didn't play. the big thing how do you attack this guy? they have had a great plan, the tigers. one of the reasons he struggled. he starts with his hands tied and look how far he drops it. dan as a pitcher, where are you going? underneath his hands and in tight. i tell you what, the tigers had a great game plan early. eight strikeouts in this series. you get the ball in there and you're going to miss. if he misses, you're going to get this. as a result that we saw the long home run off of -- the other day off sanchez and there or verlander. go back and look at max. starts off with a fastball away and throws the ball to the zone and back at it. right back in there again. i think this is what we will see tonight. that is a change-up in that little zone. you try to get into there. he starts his hands so high and by the time he brings them down to go, it leaves a little

vulnerable in here and what the tigers try to exploit. if you miss it, you'll get hurt. >> the winner of this series waits the st. louis cardinals? why? this he took care of the dodgers in game six of their game yesterday. clayton kershaw knocked around early in this one. who saw that coming? >> boy, nobody. i tell you what, i felt like similar to tonight. they are lined up and number one guy going and had a chance and didn't work out. >> wacha seven strikeout innings was named the series mvp and adam wainwright among those to congratulate afterwards in the night. trevor rosenthal overpowering mark ellis. cards set for game one of the world series wednesday and either detroit or boston. >> they are playing the best baseball of anybody right now. they came into the final four. they are playing the best baseball. the best team as you head to the world series right noucht. >> amazing. the best postseason pitcher in 2013 michael wacha started the

year in the minor leagues and albert pujols trade is looking a little better, isn't it? >> later on, your questions to could be answered live in this show. >> don't ask that question. >> time for our first break. due up, jim leyland has seen it all but what he has seen this series that breaks his heart? plus, who is your daddy? who is your papi? who is your shortstop? who harold thinks should start there for the red sox in game six is all next. i love having a free checked bag

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back in boston for game six and seven, if needed. the manual scoreboard at fenway. there is retrocool and the real mccoy. other ballparks, of course, trying to re-create the past but at fenway park, the actual past is still a part of the present. ♪ >> it's a 1-0 from buchholz. that is into left center field. that ball is going to get to the wall. >> we, right now, are inside the green monster. >> another strikeout. that's 12. >> one of the oldest manually operated scoreboards in the major leagues. >> you know, people really think that these numbers are fancy and stuff. the numbers have been back here long before i've been back here. they are beat up. some of them have rust on them. >> the players come back during batting practice and they=$+ al

want to sign back here. some of the best signatures, in my opinion, mariano rivera and neil diamond. one of the biggest score keepers that took track of ted williams home runs. we can't see the game. we actually have the best seat in the house. >> hard hit into right. back at the wall! ball game! >> none of us new englandered all of us have been inside the mondayster at fenway and it's a pretty cool experience regardless of where you're from. >> it is. every player the first time you go to fenway park you gravitate to the monster and that door is open you have to takys a walk inside to see what is behind the scenes. it's remarkable. >> no doubt. that is the first thing you see. when you go to fenway park you have to see the big monster. i got a chance to find it. i couldn't find my signature. it faded away. i see how it works. it faded. >> not quite in front of the scoreboard is where erin andrews

is talking about the lineup. >> what can you expect from avila in the lineup tonight? >> i think he is a.ok and ready to go. >> miguel cabrera, you know how hurt he is and how he feels. as a manager, what has it been like watching him throughout this series knowing how much pain he is in? >> the only thing that brothers me, erin, the whole world is not getting really to see the real miguel cabrera and that breaks my heart. this is the time of the year, i think he is the best offensive player in the game and it's just kind of sad that the whole world is really not getting to see him at his best. >> jim, jose iglesias, what impact has he had on this series? >> terrific. he saved some runs and to be honest with you right now he is giving us at good at-bats at anybody and fighting these at-bats very good. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> the former red sox property

is now starring at shortstop for the tigers while a red sox shortstop continues to struggle. >> steven is struggling. they made a change. middlebrooks is not playing and bogaerts is at third base. he is a true shortstop but i'm playing stephen drew because i got to have my guy at short catch the ball. the reliability of my shortstop is more important. i know he's not hitting like everybody wants the guy to hit but with this offense, i wouldn't worry about it too much. but playing in the playoffs, he's made one error in 42 chances. this season only eight errors and he is playing every day with pedroia. these guys know each other. a difficult double play and they turn it over with no problem. the big thing tonight is fenway park. the monster. shortstop plays a big role. you have to cut the balls off and that comes with experience and understanding. center fielder. there is your shortstop. you got to cut those balls off and watch the red sox go all the way to third base. easy past doubles. you got to be the shortstop to

play that ricochet. a big position. >> i think john farrell looks at it and says, listen i have to have the best team to catch the ball. the lineup hasn't hit as you would think. ellsbury swinging the bat and napoli lately but you need to play shortstop and he has played great defensively aat shortstop. >> you got to catch it. >> time for a break. the boston bull pen is a big part of their success and how a best in seven series red sox relievers have declawed detroit. >> particular hitter in a particular situation might look for a particular pitch but they have gotten that four or five times in previous at-bats and you need to make the adjustment and stay one adjustment ahead of where the hitter is. could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. yep, everybody knows that. well, did you know the ancient pyramids were actually a mistake?

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welcome back to the chevrolet pregame show on fox powered by mlb network. boston's bull pen has been the difference. koji uehara a part of that. 17 innings they have worked so far in the series. it may have started elsewhere but perfected in oakland in the late '80s. the 2013 red sox bull pen is no

different. though, the names may have changed a bit along the way. >> 1-0 boston. >> pitch count at 97. john farrell already is most of the way to the mound and his signal to craig breslow. >> when you're a starting pitcher you can give up two runs in the first down and still have not only a quality start but a great game. when you're a revliever and mak one pitch and that could cost you a game. >> oftentimes you come in and feel the game is on the line. hitters probably changing their approach and you don't have a chance to set hitters up. you have to go for an out and execute pitches. >> swing and a miss. he struck him out. >> breslow strands the runner he inherited. >> craig breslow is the smartest guy in baseball, period. >> the ability to throw a fastball in a fastball count and the guy knows it's coming and he's not afraid to throw it. >> the way he looks at me.

[ speaking in foreign language ] >> and the pitch. swing and a miss. he struck him out! he struck out cabrera! what a moment for taz! >> he likes to come back with the fastball and make you swing the bast. >> his fastball has the extra giddyap they like to say, that little extra lift on it and debits over the top of the hitter's bat. >> it is a 1 hundred 1 game and up to koji uehara to continue his brilliance. he has three outs to get. >> koji is our mariano. the only way to beat him is swing the bat. >> koji is probably the most fun to catch. he just does it. >> he has a fastball. he has a split and he has multiple splits. >> one more strike to get here. koji walks with the 3-2. swing and a miss! it's over. the red sox win it 1-0! >> we always make fun of him and saying he has that ninja mind trick going. hand the ball to koji for a game stopper.

>> and how many of us thought that red sox wins were going to end with ninja mind tricks in april, may, june? there have been a couple of different bodies used. that thing evolves all throughout the year. >> joel hanrahan and bailey from oakland got in the trade. this will do for you. talk about the money they sent to l.a. and freed them up to make moves like this one. you do have things fall apart and you have the finances to be able to make moves and do some things. >> the red sox know what their formula is, dan, 7, 8, 9 but i'm not sure the same can be said for the tigers. >> how did jim leyland build the bridge to joaquin benoit. jim leyland is faced with a decision. is it al albuquerque? erratic in the strike zone. he snos the you want to bring in trouble. i think it's jose veras.

12-6 curveball and enough juice on the fastball and get it up to 92, 393 miles an hour. >> i saw something the other day with david ortiz when he was facing benoit. he looks like a guy knows everything is throwing. sometimes you have a pitcher that tips pitchers for you i want to take you three at-bats he has had. all the way back to texas appear a bullet for a base hit on a fastball. this next one he is with tampa in 2010. that's a change-up. another knock to drive in ruan. so the other night, we shouldn't have been so shocked, first pitch you saw a change-up. boom. grand slam. but the at-bat in detroit, i know he flying out but look at the swing on the 1-0 pitch and then goes to 1-1. he swings hard again. he is on everything. he gets a few change-ups and gets 3-2 pitch and he just missed it. that is an at-bat, if the tigers get down to the end of the game, that is an at-bat i'm watching. >> three-time all-star closer.

are you aware of guys in the lineup like that? >> no question. usually one guy on every team and usually a real good hitter that just, they see the ball well off you. whether they pick up something and you're tipping your pitches with your glove or delivering. one good hitter on every team has you narrowed down. >> time for our final break. due up with a series with cold stars on both sides. you want to know why one may be getting more grief than the others. closing time is next. vo: who do the experts at colgate

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max scherzer struck out 13 in game two. it's all on his shoulders tonight to try to keep the tigers 2013 hopes alive. about ready to send you out to the ballpark. joe buck and tim mccarver are standing by. we do have some time left. a minute on the clock for closing time to answer your tweets. first one is for dan. who lasts longer in game six tonight? miguel cabrera or max scherzer? >> miguel. scherzer complete games in his career. >> should prince fielder be removed or moved in the lineup? >> i'm going to say -- i'm harold, by the way. >> i'll take that. >> you guys so much more alike. i think you leave prince alone. still that threat one swing is enough and it's not my threat but to the pitcher and i think a

big key so leave him alone. >> prince fielder and dustin pedroia have both been cold. some feel prince fielder is hearing more grieve than dustin has. >> one big swing, mike napoli lost and slow postseason but the laser show could strike any time. >> nine-year anniversary to the day of curt schilling's bloody sock game. was it that or david henderson's home run. >> i still remember it when he jumped. >> serious hops on this ball. >> he had hops. and classic glove and say, yeah, yeah, got it. this was a closer nobody was supposed to hit on. get up, get up! >> hendy land. time to take a look at the morning papers. is there a game seven or is this thing over tonight? >> it pains me to say because

i'dá;! like to see a game seve. tigers stripe and don't change and to me their bull pen has been their achilles heel and i think they give it up again. >> i think the red sox 5-0 in game six in the postseason. i think it's 6-0 after tonight. >> you agree to disagree whether we will have a game seven or not. we shall see. >> we will see. >> you got the red sox and you got the tigers. >> i got the tigers losing. >> i misread your headline. could we get the copyrighter to check that out? >>. >> joe: we had it read correctly in fenway park. it is a warm evening considering the time of year. beautiful. 60 degrees. the american league championship series, game number six. welcome inside the broadcast booth, everybody. i'm joe buck. tim mccarve