A look at the best-of-seven American League championship series between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays:
Schedule (All times EDT):@ Game 1, Friday, at Tampa Bay (8:37 p.m.); Game 2, Saturday, at Tampa Bay (8:07 p.m.); Game 3, Monday, Oct. 13, at Boston (4:37 p.m.); Game 4, Tuesday, Oct. 14, at Boston (8:07 p.m.); x-Game 5, Thursday, Oct. 16, at Boston (8:07 p.m.); x-Game 6, Saturday, Oct. 18, at Tampa Bay (4:37 p.m. or 8:07 p.m.); x-Game 7, Sunday, Oct. 19, at Tampa Bay (8:07 p.m.). (All games on TBS).
Ortiz (.264, 23, 89), 3B Kevin Youkilis (.312, 29, 115), RF J.D. Drew (.280, 19, 64), LF Jason Bay (.293, 9, 37 in 49 games with Red Sox after July 31 trade from

Michael Dwyer / - Outfielder Coco Crisp of the Boston Red Sox, right, takes a swing at Tampa Bay Rays pitcher James Shields after Crisp was hit by a pitch on June 5 in Fenway Park.
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ided Shields' round-house right with a lean-back move straight out of "The Matrix," will probably be replayed endlessly in the lead-up to the series.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) � Young, eager and brimming with confidence. The surprising Tampa Bay Rays spent the entire season dispelling the notion that they

The Tampa Bay Rays will begin the American League Championship Series the same way they started the divisional round - with James Shields on the mound.