Throughout Game 6 it had the feel of a night that didn’t quite belong to the Boston Red Sox. Dustin Pedroia missed a three-run homer by inches when a ball just went foul down the left field line. David Ortiz and Mike Napoli missed chances to tie a 2-1 game in the sixth. Max Scherzer wasn’t as dominating as he’d been in Game 2, but the Detroit starter and presumptive Cy Young winner was still pitching extremely well.
TheSportsNotebook’s MLB coverage looks back on the middle trio of the ALCS and ahead to the weekend’s conclusion in Fenway Park.
The American League Championship Series is tied up at a game apiece as the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers take a day off and head to the Motor City where the series will resume on Tuesday afternoon. We’ve seen two no-hit bids and an epic grand slam. You get the feeling that the fun is just getting cranked up in this fight between the AL’s top seed (Boston ) and the AL’s preseason betting line favorite (Detroit)
TheSportsNotebook’s MLB coverage previews the battle with our standard postseason format–comparing each team’s ability to get on base, to hit for power, their starting pitching and their bullpen.