In a span of two innings at Fenway Park on Sunday night, the Red Sox turned what was largely a one-sided series favoring the Tigers into a tied-up ALCS that is either team’s for the taking.

On Sunday, one night after the Tigers’ bullpen was so brilliant in a 1-0 victory in Game 1, the opposite was true. This time the relief corps couldn’t hold a four-run lead in a pivotal eighth inning, and the Red Sox rallied for a 6-5 victory in Game 2.

Hours after the New England Patriots notched a comeback win in Foxboro, Mass., the Red Sox rallied from a five-run deficit against the Tigers to even the American League Championship Series and send Boston fans home happy on a drama-packed Sunday.

These Red Sox won’t cop to the idea that their optimism was dented through the first 16 innings of this American League Championship Series, but that is in the past after their 6-5 comeback victory in Game 2.

Jarrod Saltalamacchia ended the Red Sox’s stirring 6-5 victory over the Tigers Sunday night by punching a walk-off single to left with nobody out in the bottom of the ninth to score Jonny Gomes and even the ALCS at one win apiece.

An errant throw by shortstop Jose Iglesias, a missed foul popup by first baseman Prince Fielder and a wild pitch by reliever Rick Porcello set the stage for Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia to deliver a walk-off single in the ninth inning of the Tigers’ loss in Game 2 of the ALCS on Sunday night at Fenway Park.

With David Ortiz in the postseason, it has never been a matter of if. It’s always been a matter of when. He had played in 14 playoff series over eight years and had at least one hit in all of them. In the eighth inning in Game 2 of the ALCS, he hit a line drive over the right-field wall and into the Red Sox bullpen for a game-tying slam.

Jarrod Saltalamacchia’s ninth-inning at-bat in Sunday’s epic Game 2 of the American League Championship Series was a long journey that started in the unknown and ended in pure bliss for the Red Sox and their fans.

Torii Hunter flipped over the fence, got the wind knocked out of him and drew some blood on the back of his head as he tried to rob what ended up being the game-tying grand slam by David Ortiz in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Sunday night.

When David Ortiz’s shot cleared a leaping Torii Hunter and landed in the Fenway Park bullpen late Sunday night, it tied Game 2 of the American League Championship Series and secured the Red Sox slugger’s membership in an exclusive group.

Red Sox manager John Farrell addresses the media after Game 2 of the American League Championship Series.

The Dodgers know they’ve put themselves in an difficult spot by dropping the first two games of the NLCS, but they also know it’s not impossible to come back and win the series. In fact, the franchise has done it three times in postseason play.

Nearly 10 years later, it is hard to imagine the trade that brought Adam Wainwright to St. Louis from his hometown Braves having turned out any better.

Dodgers rookie outfielder Yasiel Puig has looked horrible in the first two games of the National League Championship Series, and he knows it. But he’s going to do something great before the NLCS is over. That’s what he does.

In taking a 2-0 lead in the National League Championship Series without Adam Wainwright, the Cardinals have put themselves in position to advance to the World Series, but don’t tell manager Mike Matheny or his players that. They simply won’t fall for it.

While Hanley Ramirez’s ribs are the primary storyline with the National League West champs, it’s fundamentally about the beautiful mind of Yadier Molina for the NL Central kings.

The Dodgers, down 2-0 in the National League Championship Series, are preparing to play Monday night’s Game 3 without Hanley Ramirez and Andre Ethier in the starting lineup.