The Boston Red Sox: Will the Beards Help This All-Star Team Make it to the World Series in 2013? [PHOTO]

The question that all Boston fans are asking themselves right now: Will the Red Sox pull off the important win over the Detroit Tigers? Right now, it's looking like a very distinct possibility considering the series is tied at 2-2 and 2 of the remaining games are at Fenway Park in Boston. The Tigers are a force to be reckoned with, and it is admirable that the Red Sox have managed to stay in the game this long.

Dan Shaughnessy from the Boston Globe feels that the Sox are just barely hanging on. He wrote, "It's a miracle the Sox are even in this thing. The Tigers are better and easily could have swept the first four games. The Sox have led in only four of the 36 innings. Boston's lineup is batting an aggregate .186. The Sox produced a conga line of K's against a quartet of Tiger starters. Detroit has Anibal Sanchez, Max Scherzer, and Justin Verlander ready for Games 5,6, and 7. In the first three games, those three pitchers struck out 35 Red Sox in 21 innings and compiled an ERA of 0.86."

Jim Leyland, the manager of the Detroit Tigers, had a few things to say about the AL Pennant game. He said, "I think the two best teams are playing for the American League championship. They never think they're out of it. They're tough and I think we showed tonight that we're tough, too... The series is tied. The only thing we know for sure is that we're going back to Boston."