Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – October 18, 2013

(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

The ALCS and the NLCS seem to be heading to a collision course with Game 7.

And the Red Sox have stumbled across a difference making closer.

That and more on today’s Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

Koji Uehara and Mike Napoli received full WOO’s.

Jose Iglesias and Anibal Sanchez received 1/2 WOO’s.

Confused what a WOO is? An explanation for Who Owns October can be found HERE.

An updated WOO tally can be found HERE.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – October 18, 2013

Who Owns October? (WOO) Tally Updated For October 17, 2013

Boston Herald Staff photo by John Wilcox.

Boston Herald Staff photo by John Wilcox.

Each winning team for every post season game gets a pitcher and a hitter who earn a full WOO.

And at my discretion, I award a 1/2 WOO to a worthy player on the losing team.

For a full explanation, click HERE.

From today’s games:

Receiving 1 WOO:

Mike Napoli hit one of the longest homers you will ever see to straight away center field. He finished a triple shy of the cycle, scored twice and drove in a run for the Red Sox 4-3 nail biter in Detroit.

Koji Uehara continued his dominance of Tigers batters. He faced 5 batters, retired them all including a pair of strikeouts as he slammed the door shut in Boston’s 4-3 win.

Receiving 1/2 WOO:

Jose Iglesias singled, scored a run and made a remarkable circus catch on an Ortiz pop fly, giving the Tigers a chance in their 4-3 loss to Boston.

Anibal Sanchez was not his no hitter self. But he cut his walks down to zero and let up only 3 earned runs in his 6 innings of work. He kept the Tigers in the game but they couldn’t catch Boston, 4-3.

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