Tonight at 8:07, two of the American League's most powerful lineups will clash in Fenway Park, as the Boston Red Sox ready themselves to welcome the Detroit Tigers in Game 1 of the ALCS. The game will be televised on TBS and can be live streamed here. Red Sox fans can listen to the game on 93.7 WEEI, while Tigers fans can tune in to 97.1 The Ticket.
The Tigers and Red Sox both boast superior lineups, but Detroit's advantage in this ALCS was expected to be their starting rotation. Oakland took the Tigers to five games in Round 1, however, and now they'll need Anibal Sanchez to take the him tonight in the series opener.
I don't think there are really any consolation prizes when you're playing them," Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia said. "All their guys are really good. ... All their guys are horses."
Justin Verlander, the 2012 Cy Young winner and victor of Game 5 of the ALDS agreed with Pedroia's assessment. "I feel like our rotation is relentless," Verlander said. "There's no sigh of relief. There's no break. Every day you're getting somebody that's really good."
"You think that to not have to face Justin for the first few games is a relief," Red Sox starter Jake Peavy, acquired at the trade deadline, said. "Until you realize this team doesn't stop. When you've got the ERA leader followed by Max Scherzer, who's probably going to win the Cy Young, there's a reason they are where they are."
The Red Sox, on the other hand, won their series in four games allowing them to set up their rotation exactly how they want it. "That's good for us for Jonny Lester not having to throw a Game 5 and going into this series on extended rest," said fellow starter Clay Buchholz. "He'll be in a good position from jump street and that's kind of what we've been doing all year, trying to feed off each other."
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