BOSTON – Before Saturday night’s American League Championship Series match-up with the Indians at Fenway Park, Red Sox manager Terry Francona was asked if Curt Schilling, the night’s starter, looked like a future Hall of Famer.Entering Game 2, Schilling was 9-2, with a 1.93 ERA, in 16 career postseason starts wit the Phillies, Diamondbacks, and Sox. He is tied for ninth in postseason wins, one behind Whitey Ford, Dave Stewart, and David Wells. His .818 postseason winning percentage is the highest in history among pitchers with at least 10 postseason decisions. His ERA is third-lowest among pitchers with at least 100 postseason innings. He is also among the leaders in postseason strikeouts (eighth, with 108), wins (tied for ninth), and innings (15th, 116.1).Francona, whose history with Schilling goes back to their time together with the Phillies, was hesitant to answer the question.”I haven’t spent a lot of time looking at the numbers,” Francona said. “We get so wrapped up in what we’re doing. I guess from being very biased, I hope so. I’ve been around him a long time. I do know that when you need to win a game, putting the ball in his hands is a good feeling, just because it’s never assured you’re going to win, but you’re pretty much assured the other team has to beat you.”He doesn’t walk people. He’s not going to balk. He’s going to field his position. He’s going to hold runners. He knows how to compete. The magnitude of the game won’t be too much.u”Now, saying that, their guy (Indians starter Fausto Carmona) is pretty good, too.”Sox-tober: Entering last night’s game, the Sox are 66-61-1 all-time in post-season play, 13-11 in 24 postseason series entering this season’s ALCS. Their 66 wins are sixth most all-time, two behind the Dodgers. At home, the Sox are 37-26-1 in the postseason, 30-24-1 at Fenway, and 10-10 in the ALCS. They have won eight of 10 home playoff games since the start of the 2004 playoffs. This year marks the 18th time in club history the Sox have qualified for the postseason, third most in the AL, behind the Yankees (45) and A’s (23). It is the 10th time in the last 22 years, and fourth in the last five the Sox are in the playoffs.uGame 1 trends: In 37 previous ALCS match-ups, the team winning Game 1 has gone on to win the series 22 times, 60 percent of the series played. Since the introduction of the best-of-seven format in 1985, 11 of 21, or 52.4 percent, teams winning Game 1 have on to win the series. In five of the last seven ALCS, the team losing Game 1 has gone on to win the series, the exceptions being 2006 when Detroit swept Oakland in 2001 when New York won Game 1 at Seattle and the series in five games.uGame 2 trends: Entering Saturday’s game, only three times in the last seven ALCS match-ups has the winner of Game 1 gone on to win Game 2, New York, in 2001, with a 2-0 lead, with wins at Seattle, and in 2004 against the Sox, and Detroit in 2006 en route to a 4-game sweep. In seven of the last eight ALCS match-ups, the team winning Game 2 has advanced to the World Series. The lone exception being the Sox in 2004. The winner of Game 2 has advanced to the World Series in 28 of 42 LCS, 67 percent, since the seven-game format began in 1985.uA good sign?: Since the seven-game format was introduced in 1985, 17 teams in championship series for both leagues have taken a 2-0 series lead and all but three have advanced to the World Series. In addition to the 2004 Sox, down s0-3, the 1985 Royals (against the Blue Jays) and the 1985 Cardinals (against the Dodgers) both rallied from two-game deficits to advance to the World Series.uUp next: The Sox have an optional workout scheduled for Sunday at Jacobs Field in Cleveland. Daisuke Matsuzaka will start Game 3 Monday night against Jake Westbrook. First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m.