Tigers starter Anibal Sanchez no-hit the Red Sox through six innings in ALCS Game 1, but he will not be allowed to complete it. Sanchez threw 116 pitches, prompting Tigers manager Jim Leyland to lift him from the game with the larger goal in mind. Reliever Al Alburquerque will be the first out of the bullpen tasked with preserving the no-hitter. He is slated to face Mike Carp (pinch-hitting for Will Middlebrooks), Jarrod Saltalamacchia (pinch-hitting for David Ross), and Jacoby Ellsbury.
Sanchez’s final line reads: 6 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 6 BB, 12 K.
Anibal Sanchez 4th pitcher with 6+ no-hit innings in postseason history. Joins Halladay (10/6/2010), Pedro (10/11/1999) & Larsen (10/8/56).
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) October 13, 2013
The Tigers chased Red Sox starter Jon Lester with one out in the seventh. Lester hit Jose Iglesias with a pitch, then gave way to reliever Junichi Tazawa, who recorded two outs to send the game to the bottom of the seventh with his team down 1-0.
