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.

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.