ken rosenthal, what do you have? ones, the pitching coach told me it looks like justin verlander is done. if you go to what mike maddux told us about the rain delay and 60-minute rule for c.j. wilson, they weren't going to bring him back after an hour, this is well over an hour for verlander. he was throwing underneath the stands here in a batting cage but it looks like it's it for him. >> chris: ken rosenthal, reporting from the tigers' dugout. we appreciate it. i don't want to look too far ahead in the series but verlander has thrown 82 pitches. he didn't throw under 104 in any regular season start this year. is there any possibility we see him start game four of the series? >> i don't think there is any way. the idea of verlander he has to get rest. if you bring him back in game four, only way you do that is if you are down 3-nothing. i'm not sure i do it anyhow, because you have to win with other guys. to me, verlander stays on regular rest. it's a 3-2 ballgame. we have opportunity to win this game. >> chris: that

of the rangers in the pre-game visit with ken rosenthal.sue was hoping after we had the long delay that all the weather was out of here. we had four hours of dry weather. the fear by each manager they would have to sit their starter for an extended period of time and dip deeper in the bullpen and go to long relievers, to try to make it through such an important game here in game four. >> tim: justin verlander, tomorrow's starter has been delayed twice in the post season. writer in dallas had a great line the other day. >> joe: another strike-out for porcello, number four. >> tim: talking about the dallas area, as a slider is in there to get through. he said concerns game one, the cattle and crops needed rain. verlander and the tigers didn't. >> joe: verlander telling the media and ken rosenthal part of the group hey, if anybody is having a drought, just bring me in and i'm sure we'll get rain. >> tim: a human rain delay. >> joe: here is murphy. strike one. so he has been a great first pitch strike. porcello seems dialed in here tonight. he

ken rosenthal. >> ken: thank you. mike, a lot to talk about. the defense, ninth inning, strike him out, throw him out. pujols and craig. tell me about that play. >> pujols was going to put it in play. a good contact hitter. they were starting to run at 3-2. i just got rid of it and put it on the bag. >> ken: the play in the sixth, craig thrown out. did you think it was a hit-and-run, missed sign? after the fact did you know? >> player: i don't know. it's tough if you hit-and-run with albert. if it was, a tough pitch to hit. i got rid of it. >> ken: eighth inning, take me through the at-bat. >> player: trying to get to the outfield and get a sac fly and run across the board. trying to stay short. i have a pitch to handle over the middle of the play and put in the gap >> ken: last play? >> player: i don't know. off my hand, my glove, my knee. >> ken: back to you. >> joe: thank you, kenny. for our audience at home we welcome you to the chevrolet post-game show on fox. send it back down to ken rosenthal. kentucky adrian, >> ken: adrian, talk about

let's go down to the field and ken rosenthal. >> ken: thanks, joe. josh, last night arthur rhodes got you on a 3-2 slider. what was your approach against him tonight when you got the go ahead sac fly to tie the game. >> even if it wasn't him, it was not try to do too much. second and third, no outs. you don't try to do too much. you try to put the barrel on the ball and get it off the end a little bit and knock it in the sweet spot. >> ken: you guys were three outs away from going down 2-1 in this series. how difficult would of that been had that happened? >> it would have been hard but we would have been comfortable going back to our place having three games. but they are just like we are, never say die until the last out is made so it makes it fun. >> you told me before the game you were trying not to use your legs as much. how did that work out and how much are you looking forward to the warmer weather? >> it was off and on. first couple bats i did what i want to. the other at-bat i tried to hit it a file and then the last at-bat it was just take

let's go to ken rosenthal. >> ken: thanks, joe. he's doug fister. joaquin benoit joked with you about pitching nine innings. it didn't look that was going to happen. how did you turn it around. >> stuck with the same game plan. they hit a few ground balls and hit it through the holes and good hitters to. they came out firing. i stuck with the game plan and used our defense. tremendous plays out there. that's the name of the game. >> porcello tomorrow, verlander now in game five. can you come back in. >> absolutely. we've got to take this thing one step at a time. i'll be ready to pitch whenever the skip gives me the ball. it's a matter of doing it a day at a time. >> doug, thank you very much. congratulations. back to you. >> joe: all right, kenny. thank you. we will step aside for a quick moment. the chevy postgame show is coming up. after the break chris rose will be along to talk about this win for the tigers, 5-2 over texas tonight in detroit. ñ> >> chris: welcome to the alcs postgame show on fox. your final score, the tigers a 5-2 winner over

ken rosenthal, what do you have? ones, the pitching coach told me it looks like justin verlander is done. if you go to what mike maddux told us about the rain delay and 60-minute rule for c.j. wilson, they weren't going to bring him back after an hour, this is well over an hour for verlander. he was throwing underneath the stands here in a batting cage but it looks like it's it for him. >> chris: ken rosenthal, reporting from the tigers' dugout. we appreciate it. i don't want to look too far ahead in the series but verlander has thrown 82 pitches. he didn't throw under 104 in any regular season start this year. is there any possibility we see him start game four of the series? >> i don't think there is any way. the idea of verlander he has to get rest. if you bring him back in game four, only way you do that is if you are down 3-nothing. i'm not sure i do it anyhow, because you have to win with other guys. to me, verlander stays on regular rest. it's a 3-2 ballgame. we have opportunity to win this game. >> chris: that

somewhere down in that mess is ken rosenthal. ken. ." thanks, joe.n the ninth inning and what was going through your mind when the ball was in the air? >> i was hoping i could finish it right there. when the ball was up, just catch it and it's over and it's unbelievable. unbelievable. >> you do so many things in this series, the hits off ogando, the home run in games 6 and 7. what are you going to remember most? >> the whole thing, the whole experience, my teammates. an unbelievable group of guys. i wish everybody in the country could get to know these guys. unbelievable. i'm just glad to be a part of it. >> ken: tonight, allen, the home run and the catch, which did you like better? >> it felt good. i don't care. the home run was nice. the catch was better. i've never done that before. >> and this guy right here, jason motte, what about him and what he did this year? >> unbelievable. he was locked down during the games all season long. we had all the confidence in the world in him. he's an amazing talent. unbelievable. >> ken: allen, thank you very m

somewhere down in that mess is ken rosenthal. ken. ." thanks, joe.n the ninth inning and what was going through your mind when the ball was in the air? >> i was hoping i could finish it right there. when the ball was up, just catch it and it's over and it's unbelievable. unbelievable. >> you do so many things in this series, the hits off ogando, the home run in games 6 and 7. what are you going to remember most? >> the whole thing, the whole experience, my teammates. an unbelievable group of guys. i wish everybody in the country could get to know these guys. unbelievable. i'm just glad to be a part of it. >> ken: tonight, allen, the home run and the catch, which did you like better? >> it felt good. i don't care. the home run was nice. the catch was better. i've never done that before. >> and this guy right here, jason motte, what about him and what he did this year? >> unbelievable. he was locked down during the games all season long. we had all the confidence in the world in him. he's an amazing talent. unbelievable. >> ken: allen, thank you very m

for allen craig, and he is with ken rosenthal. ken? >> ken: thank you, joe. is tough. he came right at me with fastballs. i missed the first two. the last one i was trying to get the barrel on, the defense, make a play. and cruz made a great out. that was a great game all around. >> ken: what did you know about ogando coming in? how much video had you seen? >> player: a little bit. he confirmed that when i was in the box. he brings that up pretty good. he has great stuff. >> ken: talk about carpenter tonight and also the bullpen. >> player: carp, he does what he usually does. he was the leader out there tonight. went out there and threw strikes, got early outs. he led us tonight. great. >> ken: thank you very much. joe, back to you. >> joe: thank you, ken. we'll take a break. we have more to come from st. louis. what a good start to this world series. game wise, well-played. tight. more like the regular season. better pitching. offense was down. in the end, the cardinals win it 3-2. take a break and come back after this.  >>> do you know

for allen craig, and he is with ken rosenthal. ken? >> ken: thank you, joe.t in the sixth. alexi ogando on the mound. tell me about the at-bat. >> player: he is tough. he came right at me with fastballs. i missed the first two. the last one i was trying to get the barrel on, the defense, make a play. and cruz made a great out. that was a great game all around. >> ken: what did you know about ogando coming in? how much video had you seen? >> player: a little bit. he confirmed that when i was in the box. he brings that up pretty good. he has great stuff. >> ken: talk about carpenter tonight and also the bullpen. >> player: carp, he does what he usually does. he was the leader out there tonight. went out there and threw strikes, got early outs. he led us tonight. great. >> ken: thank you very much. joe, back to you. >> joe: thank you, ken. we'll take a break. we have more to come from st. louis. what a good start to this world series. game wise, well-played. tight. more like the regular season. better pitching. offense was down. in the end, the cardinals win it

let's go down to the field and ken rosenthal. >> ken: thanks, joe.was your approach against him tonight when you got the go ahead sac fly to tie the game. >> even if it wasn't him, it was not try to do too much. second and third, no outs. you don't try to do too much. you try to put the barrel on the ball and get it off the end a little bit and knock it in the sweet spot. >> ken: you guys were three outs away from going down 2-1 in this series. how difficult would of that been had that happened? >> it would have been hard but we would have been comfortable going back to our place having three games. but they are just like we are, never say die until the last out is made so it makes it fun. >> you told me before the game you were trying not to use your legs as much. how did that work out and how much are you looking forward to the warmer weather? >> it was off and on. first couple bats i did what i want to. the other at-bat i tried to hit it a file and then the last at-bat it was just take the hands to the ball and absolutely looking forward to warmer

ken rosenthal is with us. ken, what is arthur rhodes doing in the dirt?the dirt. he lost his son jordan to age of five in indisclosed illness in 2008. he told me i'm going out there to play for my little boy. first one, his first world series is for him. >> joe: hamilton first up. against rhodes. two out, nobody out. dotel got the first two in the eighth. and arthur rhodes who started this season with the rangers, and now ends this season facing the rangers in the world series brings it home to his former teammate. just missed outside. 2-0. >> tim: in fact, arthur rhodes is being paid only $100,000 by the cardinals. and $1.1 million by the rangers. so he's pitching against the team that pays most of his salary. >> joe: here is a 2-0. off the hands. 2-1. and now motte the closer has replaced lance lynn with two-out in the inning. mike adams on the other side. if hamilton reaches, it will be motte. here is the 2-1. 3-1. on deck is michael young. rhodes was cut loose in august. the rangers. and john daniels made the additions to their bullpen. he was expenda

let's go down to ken rosenthal. >> ken: thank you, joe. nelson cruz, i know you struggled since the hamstring injuries. talk about your at-bat against verlander tonight and what it meant? >> player: really important. you know, i know he was throwing a sinker. and you have to make sure i get the right pitch to hit and lucky enough to go out. >> ken: home run proved a game-winning hit. talk about the game, the two rain delays. how weird was it to play on a night like this? >> player: you have to stay focused. this is not regular season. this is a really important game. we have to make sure we win this game. >> ken: nelson, thank you very much. joe, back to you. >> joe: all right. thank you to both of you. it's ogando who gets the win out of the bullpen for the rangers. kinsler had an rbi in this game. and texas up one game to none. kinsler saying that is one. we'll take a break and come back after this. ♪ [ cellphone rings ] cut! [ monica ] i have a small part in a big movie. i thought we'd be on location for 3 days, it's been 3 weeks. so, i

ken rosenthal is with us. ken, what is arthur rhodes doing in the dirt? in the dirt. he lost his son jordan to age of five in indisclosed illness in 2008. he told me i'm going out there to play for my little boy. first one, his first world series is for him. >> joe: hamilton first up. against rhodes. two out, nobody out. dotel got the first two in the eighth. and arthur rhodes who started this season with the rangers, and now ends this season facing the rangers in the world series brings it home to his former teammate. just missed outside. 2-0. >> tim: in fact, arthur rhodes is being paid only $100,000 by the cardinals. and $1.1 million by the rangers. so he's pitching against the team that pays most of his salary. >> joe: here is a 2-0. off the hands. 2-1. and now motte the closer has replaced lance lynn with two-out in the inning. mike adams on the other side. if hamilton reaches, it will be motte. here is the 2-1. 3-1. on deck is michael young. rhodes was cut loose in august. the rangers. and john daniels made the additions to their bullpen. he was exp

let's go to ken rosenthal. >> ken: thanks, joe. he's doug fister.at was going to happen. how did you turn it around. >> stuck with the same game plan. they hit a few ground balls and hit it through the holes and good hitters to. they came out firing. i stuck with the game plan and used our defense. tremendous plays out there. that's the name of the game. >> porcello tomorrow, verlander now in game five. can you come back in. >> absolutely. we've got to take this thing one step at a time. i'll be ready to pitch whenever the skip gives me the ball. it's a matter of doing it a day at a time. >> doug, thank you very much. congratulations. back to you. >> joe: all right, kenny. thank you. we will step aside for a quick moment. the chevy postgame show is coming up. after the break chris rose will be along to talk about this win for the tigers, 5-2 over texas tonight in detroit.  >> chris: welcome to the alcs postgame show on fox. your final score, the tigers a 5-2 winner over the texas rangers. doug fister was sensational. papa grande made it

ken rosenthal is with us. what are the reports you get regarding mcgwire as a hitting coach? >> ken: there are only good and i am close to him down near the dug-out. i can tell you he is in to every pitch. even now with an eight-run lead. i know you can say all hitting coaches are, but there is an intensity about him that is pretty rare. >> joe: kenny, you vote. do you think mcgwire will ever be a hall-of-famer? >> ken: i don't know. i'd say no, but time does heal a lot of wounds. at some point the writers including myself are going to have to come to terms with that era. whether we keep an entire generation of players out or whether we start to let some of them in. it doesn't look good for him. the percentages have been around 25%. but he has 15 years total on the ballot. not over jet. yet.oe: -- not over >> joe: it really is an era. it's impossible to pick and choose who you think did or didn't do steroids. >> tim: which one? right. >> joe: impossible to know. >> joe: the obvious looking guys but you don't know the full story. pitch is up and away. one ball, two strikes. and

and it is our chevrolet world series postgame show, and we go down to the field and ken rosenthal. >>d a number of nights like this during the regular season. not so much in the postseason. what was the difference tonight? >> i was very focused tonight and i knew this was a big game for us. i had to step up and made sure i was prepared. i was motivated from my start against the tigers. i didn't goos long as i wanted to so i did everything i could to get prepared. >> you had two notable conversations with ron washington. tell me what he said to you before the game in the dugout and the ninth inning on the mound. >> just making sure if i go in i'm not trying to hit him. it's not intentional, keep doing your normal game plan. if you hit them one of our guys will get hit, too. go in there and back them off the play and continue to pitch your game and obviously the second conversation i was beg to go stay out there. i told him i will give it everything i've got. i can get the double play, feeling good. just let me finish. if i don't get it, take me out and let nevin face pujols. >> the cro

let's go down to ken rosenthal. kenny. >> ken: michael young has a lot of faith in michael young.istic, even when he's slumping. i spoke with him yesterday and said are you coming around? he said yes. i got my timing down, i was too late with my swing, and here we go, that's exactly what happened. >> joe: he's had a big night. >> tim: michael getting his 2,000th hit on august 7th against cleveland. a lot happened good for him this year. >> joe: a lot happened good for napoli as well, as he gets his first hit of the night. now nelson cruz. remember we talked about michael young shaving before game four. he's 6 for 15 with 7 rbis since he took the beard away. is this going to go? at the wall, and he has got another! unbelievable, nelson cruz! number six!

let's go down to ken rosenthal. kenny. >> ken: michael young has a lot of faith in michael young.istic, even when he's slumping. i spoke with him yesterday and said are you coming around? he said yes. i got my timing down, i was too late with my swing, and here we go, that's exactly what happened. >> joe: he's had a big night. >> tim: michael getting his 2,000th hit on august 7th against cleveland. a lot happened good for him this year. >> joe: a lot happened good for napoli as well, as he gets his first hit of the night. now nelson cruz. remember we talked about michael young shaving before game four. he's 6 for 15 with 7 rbis since he took the beard away. is this going to go? at the wall, and he has got another! unbelievable, nelson cruz! number six! >> tim: eight hits in the series, all for extra bases. six home runs. breaks the postseason, four out of seven postseason record. unbelievable! two doubles, six home runs. >> joe: he came close earlier back in the fourth inning when he flied to the wall in left center field. this was after it looked like he tweaked his thigh on a sw

. >> joe: the first grabbed slam in post season history and it belongs to man next to ken rosenthal. ooked better. tell me about your hand as well. >> player: my hand is good. i am excited, we were the whole game and bullpen did a really good job. my team never gives up. after that it was like slow down and you will see the fly ball to the gap, you know? i guess when you try that, it goes out. >> ken: congratulations. back to you. >> joe: four hour, 25 minute game. the fans packe packed in to rans ballpark in arlington. in their 18 season of this being the rangers home will walk out of here having witnessed a game they won't forget. terry, we won't forget the job you did in game one and two. honor and a pleasure. >> terry: thank you. can i go with you? >> joe: sure. always welcome. great job. adams, the winner. the loser, perry. coming up next immediately fox except on the west coast "terra nova" followed by a new episode of "house." join us tomorrow night from the motor city for game three. they will be re-e revved up in detroit. coverage at 7:30 eastern, 4:30 pacific on fox. promoti

ken rosenthal is with us. we spent a lot of time in the regular season, in cardinal games talking about pujols as the pending free agent. the cardinals have gone this deep, now in the world series in 2011. does it help his chances of coming back to st. louis? or does it affect it at all in your mind? gest it probably doesn't make a difference. you -- >> ken: it probably doesn't make a difference. he will give them the first and probably the last opportunity to sign him but this is a business decision. in spring training he turned down nine-year deal in $190 to $200 million range. cardinals have five-day window to negotiate with him exclusively but that is not going to matter. he is going to hit the open market. >> tim: he almost hit the open market with that swing. >> joe: 423 feet. as mike gonzalez the left-hander gets loose for the rangers in their pen. ogando was virtually untouchable in the alcs has been hit by the cardinals in this world series. that is outside. full count. and it keeps ballooning to a fi

and it is our chevrolet world series postgame show, and we go down to the field and ken rosenthal. >>d a number of nights like this during the regular season. not so much in the postseason. what was the difference tonight? >> i was very focused tonight and i knew this was a big game for us. i had to step up and made sure i was prepared. i was motivated from my start against the tigers. i didn't goos long as i wanted to so i did everything i could to get prepared. >> you had two notable conversations with ron washington. tell me what he said to you before the game in the dugout and the ninth inning on the mound. >> just making sure if i go in i'm not trying to hit him. it's not intentional, keep doing your normal game plan. if you hit them one of our guys will get hit, too. go in there and back them off the play and continue to pitch your game and obviously the second conversation i was beg to go stay out there. i told him i will give it everything i've got. i can get the double play, feeling good. just let me finish. if i don't get it, take me out and let nevin face pujols. >> the cro