The Champagne will be on ice as the Boston Red Sox will look to punch their ticket into the World Series as they host the Detroit Tigers in Game 6 of their best of 7 series from the Major League Baseball Championship Series on Saturday afternoon.
Playoff baseball will begin from Boston at 4:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by FOX.
The betting line odds from Game 6 of this playoff have the home side Boston Red Sox favored by -120 odds with the return on the road underdog Detroit Tigers at +110 odds. The run total is lined at seven runs.
Taking the mound for the Tigers in Game 6 on Saturday will be righty Max Scherzer who will work his 35th game of the 2013 campaign. Scherzer is 23-3 with an ERA of 2.85 and WHIP of 0.96. On the hill for Boston is righty Clay Buchholz who has worked 18 games on the year. Buccholz is 12-1 with an ERA of 2.18 and WHIP of 1.08.
Scherzer in the post season has started two games and has allowed three earned runs and five hits over 14 innings of work with 24 strike outs. Buchholz has two playoff starts and has given up eight earned runs and 15 hits over 11 2/3rd innings with three home runs allowed.
The Red Sox take the 3-2 series lead after a 4-3 road victory in Game 5 on Thursday as a +106 betting odds underdog. The game pushed the run total of seven.