and the starter for rick porcello. >> tim: yeah, two of those runs are porcello's. >> joe: 3-2. santiago. the geico in-game box score, santiago digs his way in. detroit has a two-run double from miguel cabrera. the only rbis of the night for detroit. they have only three hits. total against the starter harrison in five innings. otherwise, nothing from this tiger offense. strike one. >> joe: we're in the seventh. 3-2, texas. quickly 0-2 on santiago. >> joe: the difference in this game right now is the error on the pickoff throw by porcello, followed by the two-out rbi hit by michael young. still 0-2 on santiago. that came in a three-run sixth for texas who entered that inning down 2-nothing. >> tim: to give you an idea how deep the texas pitching staff is, ogando is relieving and he was an all-star as a starter. >> joe: a reliever last year and set-up man. as the rangers got to the world series and lost in five to thets. >> joe: it is getting late. we came in talking about the importance of this game. verlander looming for tomorrow. and the rangers lead by one. away, 2-2. >> joe:

matt harrison and rick porcello. harrison, who won game four ever the division series in st.and there's porcello, who lost game four of the divisional series. here's a pitch high. that was to the yankees here on september 4th, 10-1 and did well in relief on saturday night, two perfect in was a strikeout against the rangers. here's the 1-0. jackson has had a nice night. ball 1. three straight hits for austin jackson. one run scored, one rbi. that happened in the sixth. he bats in the eighth and takes ball three. strike 1. right now the tigers have it set up for jose valverde, who has been perfect all year in save opportunities. he is ready in the bullpen. a breaking ball. broken bat. fly ball to hamilton in center. the inning is over. we go to the ninth inning, game three. rangers coming up, their last chance. they trail it, 5-2. jennie-o is hitting the road, traveling l across the country win over people everywhere th the burger that's as lean as it is delicious. (woman) the flavor is fantastic. (man) that's turkey? this is amazing! it's juicy. (man #2) it's very surprising,

. >> and tomorrow it will be rick porcello against matt harrison, the guy who closed out the alds forthe texas rangers against the tampa bay rays. it will be a lot of fun. the pregame coming your way at 4:00 eastern on fox. coming up next, except the west coast, the late local news. and join us tomorrow here here e motor city. coverage begins 4:00 eastern, 1:00 pacific, only on fox. promotional consideration paid for by the following: >> chris: for more information on tonight's game and the latest on major league baseball news, log on to mlb.com. for joe, tim, ken, a.j., eric and the entire fox crew, i'm chris rose. we will see you tomorrow here in detroit! ♪ ♪ captioned by closed captioning services, inc. "tiny" joins s live in studii.. ppus- a live performance from her daughter fox45 orning news. wwoa.. holy cow! cow! taken out.. by a wild animal. the beast that interupted this race.. and the safety equipment that probably savvd the biker's pife. -------------------------------- ------ a t-s--aagent... the admission he madd to police.. and how the government agenny is responding to

however, that is the main concern as david murphy gets the first hit off rick porcello.s the main concern of jim leyland. his moving about in left-field. running, moving around, and he showed that. his range was limited on that double to drive in a run by josh hamilton in game two. >> joe: torrealba had three hits last night. two singles, a double. ron washington wanted to keep his bat in the line-up as we go back to game two. in arlington. this is all delmon young could do to throw it. just blip it. from the outfield. so any base hit to left scores david murphy here easily. >> joe: a breaking ball from porcello. strike one. >> tim: also, to exploit the weakness. if you are the runner on at first base and you are the rangers, they been alerted on line drive base hits to left field. don't just stop at second. round the bag. because there is no chance for young to be throwing behind you. >> joe: that is foul. strike two. >> tim: particularly with none or one out. >> joe: we did hear from ken rosenthal that the throwing is a little better from delmon young but he is far fro

and his team is facing elimination here tonight, as he's talking to rick porcello, which is kind of interesting. >> tim: yeah, it is. >> joe: but the point about jim leyland is as you said, in the tighter spot, he loosens up and lets his team know that everything is okay. >> tim: he's more vocal in the clubhouse, he's more vocal in the dugout. and when they are up, he's a lot tougher. leo derose was like that. leyland is the same way. >> joe: victor martinez looking to pound it. he pops it up. two out. the batter will be don kelly. >> today's game on fox sponsored by fiat, and by liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >> joe: we continue in the bottom of the seventh. don kelly gets his first at-bat. napoli will trot out and talk about what they plan on doing with kelly in his first at-bat of the game. don took over for delmon young, who homered twice. the lefty, mike gonzalez, gets loose. and now gonzalez is coming in. not want to go fall any further behind, the pitching change. kelly is coming up, two out in the seventh. the team facing elimination tonight leads by five.

matt harrison and rick porcello. harrison, who won game four ever the division series in st.and there's porcello, who lost game four of the divisional series. here's a pitch high. that was to the yankees here on september 4th, 10-1 and did well in relief on saturday night, two perfect in was a strikeout against the rangers. here's the 1-0. jackson has had a nice night. ball 1. three straight hits for austin jackson. one run scored, one rbi. that happened in the sixth. he bats in the eighth and takes ball three. stri 1. right now the tigers have it set up for jose valverde, who has been perfect all year in save opportunities. he is ready in the bullpen. a breaking ball. broken bat. fly ball to hamilton in center. the inning is over. we go to the ninth inning, game three. rangers coming up, their last chance. they trail it, 5-2. jennie-o is hitting the road, traveling l across the country win over people everywhere th the burger that's as lean as it is delicious. (woman) the flavor is fantastic. (man) that's turkey? this is amazing! it's juicy. (man #2) it's very surprising, th

of course, tigers send rick porcello to the mound.th the $82 million burnett pitching. the rangers and rays in game three. napoli connects for a two-run home run. that caps off a four-run inning for the rangers. texas wins game three by the score of 4-3. game four in tampa bay today at 2:07. they could close out the series, texas. in the national league, the phillies and cardinals tied at a game apiece heading back to st. louis. the late game, milwaukee can close out the d back's in arizona. >>> the colts and bucks were playing espn's monday night games. for the past 20 years, you might have noticed something was missing at the top of the show. ♪ are you ready for some football ♪ >> last night that theme song, of course, written and sung by hank williams junior that has appeared before the broadcast for the last 20 years was pulled from the air by espn. why? because hank williams junior made these remarks earlier in the day about president obama. >> you remember the golf game they had, ladies and gentlemen? remember the golf game? tha

a shot back to rick porcello makes a nice play. 1-6-3 double play.the seventh inning, the tigers even the score, down a run. brandon inge, a solo home run to left. tigers tie the game at 3-3. next inning, tigers men on the corners, two outs, dellman young, a deep wide ball to right field, miguel cabrera is tagging, watch the gun on nelson cruz, granted, it's miguel cabrera, one hop to the plate, he's 0u9 by six feet. beautiful throw by cruz, he wasn't done. stay tuned in a second. score tied into extra innings in the 11, tigers facing detroit closer, jose valverde, perfect 49-49 save opportunities. this gone ahead on the previous batter, mike napoli to make it 4-3. and then cruz, a three-run bomb, rangers win in extra, 7-3, texas takes a 3-1 series lead with three shots to win one more game. game five this afternoon in detroit. the tigers, texas could close it out. >>> to the nlcs, game three in st. louis, brewers and cardinals, two teams tied a game apiece, in the first inning, cardinals get on the board early. a bloop and catcy can't get there and

if the they're down 2-1 and in detroit and needs to win, and rick porcello takes the mound now, you will out there. >> chris: you don't have an ulterior motive do you, use up the bullets in 2011 so you don't see him in 2012? >> a.j.: so i don't see him six times like this year? >> chris: just checking. ken rosenthal, busy bee in the tigers' dug-out. who do you have? >> ken: brandon inge, the tigers' third baseman. brandon, how frustrating is this for you guys? mounting a rally and the rain starts again. >> player: it's part of baseball. we dealt with it in new york, too. it came out fine in new york. maybe we can mount another comeback. i don't know. might work out good for us. i don't know if c.j. is coming back out. lefty on lefty so it might work out in our favor. >> ken: how about if justin won't come back either? >> player: if you leave it up to him, he comes back up. but you have to look down the road. it's playoffs and you take it one game at a time. i don't know. tough call. we don't know what we will do yet. >> ken: let's talk about your season a little bit. went to triple-a rat

if the they're down 2-1 and in detroit and needs to win, and rick porcello takes the mound now, you will out there. >> chris: you don't have an ulterior motive do you, use up the bullets in 2011 so you don't see him in 2012? >> a.j.: so i don't see him six times like this year? >> chris: just checking. ken rosenthal, busy bee in the tigers' dug-out. who do you have? >> ken: brandon inge, the tigers' third baseman. brandon, how frustrating is this for you guys? mounting a rally and the rain starts again. >> player: it's part of baseball. we dealt with it in new york, too. it came out fine in new york. maybe we can mount another comeback. i don't know. might work out good for us. i don't know if c.j. is coming back out. lefty on lefty so it might work out in our favor. >> ken: how about if justin won't come back either? >> player: if you leave it up to him, he comes back up. but you have to look down the road. it's playoffs and you take it one game at a time. i don't know. tough call. we don't know what we will do yet. >> ken: let's talk about your season a little bit. went to triple-a rat

of course, a must win game for rick porcello. >> talk about smokltz, he is tremendous as an analyst.ot into the box smoltz said on air don't throw this guy a first pitch fastball. soriano threw him a first pitch fastball. >> literally one second later. >> amazing. >> you know, another great game, i got home in time last night to see the last two innings of the texans' game. wow. >> that was a good game. >> what a great game. >> that was a great game. earlier in the day the game joe is talking about rangers and rays game three in the seventh catcher mike napoli a two-run home run to left center. that capped a four-run inning for the rangers. the rays scrap back to make it 4-3. that was the way it ended. they couldn't complete the comeback. texas wins, 4-3. game four now in tampa at 2:07 p.m. eastern time. the rangers can wrap up the series. also a couple games in the national league. phillies and cardinals tied at a game each. that series back in st. louis now. and the late game, milwaukee can sweep the diamondbacks in arizona. >> how good are the brewers? >> brewers are good. >> very