2013 MLB Playoff Tournament

Down three games to zip Boston needed to pull out a miracle like they did in the 2004 ALCS vs the Yankees.  Jumping out to a quick 2-0 lead in the top of the first was just the right tonic for what ailed them.  Unfortunately, 4th starter Jake Peavey, was bleeding out runs as fast as the Red Sox could score them.  By the completion of 3 innings of play the Sahx found themselves down 4-3.  Still there was hope, because the the Dodgers had Chris Capuano on the mound and he had already given up 3 runs over the first 2 innings.  Then the unexpected happened.  Capuano channeled his inner "Regular season Kershaw" and began posting goose eggs for the next 5 innings.  He would finish with a linescore that showed 3 runs over 7 innings with 8 K's and no walks.  Talk about a clutch performance is a huge situation.  The 8th and the 9th inning belonged to the Dodger pen, which Boston manager A.J. Thomas called, "the real series MVP".  Paco Rodriguez and Chris Withrow combined to shutdown the Bosox in the 8th and the series MVP Kenley Jansen came on in the 9th to fan Pedroia and Carp before getting Saltalamacchia to pop out to Adrian Gonzalez at first, to end the series.  Jansen would save all 4 games in the series, which tells you how close the games were.  He would also net 8 saves in the Dodgers 11 post season wins, as LA would go an incredible 11-1 en route to the World Championship.  Completely lost in the shuffle was the 3-4 day Andre Either had at the plate and the two huge homers hit by Gonzalez and Yasiel Puig (2-3).