The Red Sox are Headed to the World Series!

Boston defeated Detroit four games to two in the ALCS and will take on the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series.  These two teams have met four times now in the World Series.  In 1946 it was a matchup of Ted Williams and Stan Musial.  In 1967, Carl Yastrzemski met Bob Gibson.  And in 2004 Boston won their first World Series since 1918.  Yadier Molina and David Ortiz are the only two players left from that matchup.

ALCS Game 1: Tigers 1 Red Sox 0 (Det 1 Bos 0)
Anibal Sanchez left the game with a no-hitter going that continued until Daniel Nava lined a base hit with one out in the ninth.  It was a terrific pitching performance from the former Red Sox farmhand.

PLAYER OF THE GAME:
JON LESTER:  6.1 innings, 6 hits, 1 run, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts, Loss.

ALCS Game 2: Red Sox 6 Tigers 5 (Det 1 Bos 1)
Max Scherzer pitched terrifically and had a no-hitter into the sixth.  He was removed with a 5-1 lead, but David Ortiz tied it up with a grand slam in the eighth and Boston won it on a Jarrod Saltalamacchia single in the ninth.

PLAYER OF THE GAME:
DAVID ORTIZ:  1 for 3, game-tying grand slam, 4 RBIs.

ALCS Game 3: Red Sox 1 Tigers 0 (Bos 2 Det 1)
Mike Napoli homered off of Justin Verlander and John Lackey pitched the game of his life.

PLAYER OF THE GAME:
JOHN LACKEY:  6.2 innings, 4 hits, 8 strikeouts, Win.

ALCS Game 4: Tigers 7 Red Sox 3 (Bos 2 Det 2)
Jake Peavy imploded in the second and Doug Fister held the Red Sox bats quiet.  Austin Jackson had a good performance at the plate.

PLAYER OF THE GAME:
JACOBY ELLSBURY:  4 for 5, run, RBI, double, triple.

ALCS Game 5: Red Sox 4 Tigers 3 (Bos 3 Det 2)
Anibal Sanchez could not do it again, but Jon Lester did and the bullpen was amazing.  Detroit made it interesting late, but Boston held on.

PLAYER OF THE GAME:
MIKE NAPOLI:  3 for 4, 2 runs, RBI, home run, double.

ALCS Game 6: Red Sox 5 Tigers 2 (Bos 4 Det 2)
Boston won the pennant on the help of Shane Victorino's go-ahead grand slam in the seventh.

PLAYER OF THE GAME:
SHANE VICTORINO:  1 for 3, grand slam.

ALCS MVP

KOJI UEHARA:  5 games, 1-0, 3 saves, 6 innings, 0 runs, 4 hits, 0 walks, 9 strikeouts.