You can read the full report from tonight’s game below:
Postgame
Alex Cora pushes every right button, which cannot be said for Dave Roberts.
Yes, the Sox retired 16 straight Dodgers to end this game, but LA were up in this one.
In a key fifth inning moment, Roberts lifted his starter on 69 pitches, in favor of a reliever who had a five plus ERA this season, and who had given up the lead on the previous night. It did not work out. Not even close.
Yes, Roberts will have a lot to answer for.
But don’t take anything away from Price and the bullpen, they were masterful.
And then there’s the offense, which are relentless with two outs, using that magic once again to beat their playoff opponent.
The good news for LA? You’re not in trouble until you lose a home game.
We’ll be back on Friday night for Game 3 from Los Angeles, but for now, thanks for reading, and wherever you are, good morning, good afternoon and good night.
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Dodgers 2-4 Red Sox, Final
Kimbrel grounds out to short, and the Boston Red Sox have a 2-0 World Series lead!
Dodgers 2-4 Red Sox, top 9th
Taylor grounds out to second. Two down. It’s up to Matt Kemp.
Dodgers 2-4 Red Sox, top 9th
Here’s Craig Kimbrel, who looks like he’s trying to pull satan out of his opponent every time he throws from the windup.
Machado skies to right and that’s one out.
Fourteen Dodgers have been retired, in a. row, which is a lot.
Now it’s Taylor who is set to be exorcised.
That's a really funny way to spell "Dave Roberts"... pic.twitter.com/9psdPFRHEA
— Steve Schwartzman (@SESchwartzman) October 25, 2018
Dodgers 2-4 Red Sox, bottom 8th
Devers grounds out to second and he’s got a goose-egg on his 22nd birthday.
I’m trying to remember if I was playing in a World Series when I was 22.
Three outs left for the Dodgers.
Dodgers 2-4 Red Sox, bottom 8th
Martinez lifts a fly ball to center field but Bellinger is running to his right and makes a tremendous sliding catch on his knees.
Fabulous defense there from LA.
Now Bogaerts flies to CF, and this is considerably easier.
Two down.
And one more Fenway discovery to share: The future is weird. @LengelDavid pic.twitter.com/4Qg65pq9zu
— Hunter Felt (@HunterFelt) October 25, 2018
That Hunter does get around...
Dodgers 2-4 Red Sox, top 8th
Pederson pops to left, inning over.
For the record, Freese was 1-2 with a walk tonight, and tonight, the Dodgers have only three hits.
Last night he was 2-3.
Great move.
Dodgers 2-4 Red Sox, top 8th
Turner grounds out.
Joc Pederson pinch hits for Freese, who is one of themost productive hitters for LA.
Dodgers 2-4 Red Sox, top 8th
It’s a 99mph heater that swooshes past Bellinger. One down.
Remember relievers who weren’t closers threw 90 if they were lucky? I know Eovaldi isn’t a reliever, but you get my point, don’t you?
Dodgers 2-4 Red Sox, top 8th
Eovaldi is in, and he may start a game in LA. Cora doesn’t care, he just pushes all the right buttons. It’s a new era, and it’s working out better for some...
1-2 to Bellinger.
Willsie Scott says:
“Dodgers manager makes same mistake twice. Dodgers pitcher Madison duplicates what he did last night. Gives up lead again.”
That is correct. It has to be frustrating if you’re a Dodgers fan.
Dodgers 2-4 Red Sox, bottom 7th
Betts is running on a ball in the dirt! Aggressive base running by Boston who do everything right.
So man on third before Alexander gets Moreland to strikeout.
Inning over. Here comes the top of the Dodger order in the eighth.
Hunter Is Terrible At Taking Ballpark Pictures #432354. This was my favorite find of my Fenway wanderings, I'd never been up this high. Somewhere down there are the bullpens. @LengelDavid pic.twitter.com/NSN6j1V8u5
— Hunter Felt (@HunterFelt) October 25, 2018
Hunter on tour!
Dodgers 2-4 Red Sox, bottom 7th
Benintendi strikes out. That’s the good news.
Now there’s two outs, which means Betts will be coming home soon.
Mitch Moreland will pinch hit for Steve Pearce.
Roberts is out to get Maeda. Here comes...Scott Alexander.
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Babe Ruth
FOX TV in the US is talking about how Babe Ruth threw 13 shut out innings in the 1916 World Series.
Roberts would have lifted him in the fifth.
Dodgers 2-4 Red Sox, bottom 7th
Betts lifts a fly ball, sky high into left. Does it have enough? We’re waiting for it to come down.
And waiting. And waiting...it’s off the wall!
It’s a double for Betts on a ball that bounces off the moon.
That’s a runner in scoring position, but don’t worry Dodgers fans, there’s only one out.
Here’s Benintendi.
Dodgers 2-4 Red Sox, bottom 7th
Vazquez, who started it all with two outs in the sixth inning, is at the plate facing new Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda.
The count is full: a ground ball sends Muncy to his left, he’s got it, and he fires over to the first for the first out.
Stretch time in Boston...
Price is...
...well, you get it.
He’s done a heack of a job since being lit up by NYC talkshow host Evan Roberts, that’s for sure.
6IP 3H 2R 2ER 3BB 5K 0HR
Give the guy a lot of credit, especially because of the crap he’s taken up there since signing that big deal: he’s stepped up.
Dodgers 2-4 Red Sox, top 7th
Grandal is caught looking and the Dodgers are counting outs. Great inning from Kelly.
Is Dave Roberts gonna manage or just go by a fucking piece of paper. C'mon bro.
— BDM Sporting Bureau (@SmokeRunner22) October 25, 2018
Dodgers 2-4 Red Sox, top 7th
Puig grounds to third, easy for Devers who rifles it to first to get Puig. Two down, here’s Barnes.
Dodgers 2-4 Red Sox, top 7th
Here’s Muncy, who hit over 30 home runs but isn’t good enough to play in Fenway Park.
He strikes out swinging.
Dodgers 2-4 Red Sox, bottom 6th
Bradley pops to third, inning over.
Dodgers 2-4 Red Sox, bottom 6th
Three Dodgers come together in left field but Bellinger finally takes charge and puts away a Kinsler fly ball.
Jackie Bradley Jr is next.
Ryu
s a. hard-luck line. He was way WAY better than this.
4.2IP 6H 4R 4ER 1BB 5K 0HR
Maybe he was just cold...do you know how cold it is in Boston?
Dodgers 2-4 Red Sox, bottom 6th
Urias is on for LA, and Devers lifts a fly ball to center for out no1.
And by the way...
...that is why the Dodgers absolutely have to deliver with runners on the corners and two down in the fourth. You need to convert chances against these monsters. Two runs that inning was not nearly enough.
Kemp is retired, 5-3.
Inning over.
Dodgers 2-4 Red Sox, top 6th
Machado pops to left, Taylor lays down a bunt, which is gobbled up by Devers at third and handled for the second out.
Two down. It’s left for Kemp.
Dodgers 2-4 Red Sox, bottom 5th
So Roberts brings in a washed up reliever with multiple surgery scars, with a five plus ERA who pitched yesterday in favor of Ryu who was basically awesome tonight and was on 69 pitches.
If you’re gonna make a move, why not Baez, who was removed last night after dealing in favor of Wood who gave up a three-run home run?
Bogaerts strikes out. Inning over.
You know, LA lost last season after some dubious Roberts reliever/pitching decisions in the WS v Houston.
Just saying.
RUNS! Dodgers 2-4 Red Sox, bottom 5th
Martinez hits it to right and it drops in! Betts scores, Benintendi scores. It’s more two out theatrics from Fenway and considerably more egg on the face of Roberts, that is, if you ask me!
RUN! Dodgers 2-2 Red Sox, bottom 5th
four! Vazquez, who started all of this, scores and we’re tied!
Yes, another great pitching move from Roberts.
Madson gave up the lead last night as well.
I just don’t get it.
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Dodgers 2-1 Red Sox, bottom 5th
Madson is up and in again! It’s 3-1!
Dodgers 2-1 Red Sox, bottom 5th
The righty deals, a moving fastball over the plate for strike one.
Dodgers 2-1 Red Sox, bottom 5th
Up and even more in...2-0!
Dodgers 2-1 Red Sox, bottom 5th
Here we go...up and in for ball one.
Dodgers 2-1 Red Sox, bottom 5th
Another foul ball. That’s seven pitches as Ryu approaches 70 on the night.
Barnes is out to talk to Ryu again. That makes sense. This is an absolutely huge out and everything needs to be just right.
It’s ball four!
From two outs and nobody on to bases loaded!
Here comes Roberts to get Ryu and that’s a shame. He should have a chance to face Pearce. I like his chances: he’s been excellent.
Madson is coming in.
Dodgers 2-1 Red Sox, bottom 5th
Ryu looks in and steps off. The tension is high, Fenway fans are up, waiting...
Dodgers 2-1 Red Sox, bottom 5th
Benintendi, who looks like he’s wearing a ripped t-shirt around his neck, waits, as Barnes goes out to talk with Ryu.
Then time is called one more time and now we’re ready to go.
Fastball up and in.
It’s a full count, the runners will be going...
Dodgers 2-1 Red Sox, bottom 5th
Big curveball loops over the plate and it’s 2-2. Fantastic pitch.
Dodgers 2-1 Red Sox, bottom 5th
Benintendi is ahead in the count 2-0...
Dodgers 2-1 Red Sox, bottom 5th
Ball in the dirt, it bounces off Barnes and the ball is loose! The runners stay put after the Dodgers catcher chases it down, quick like a cat to prevent the runners advancing.
Dodgers 2-1 Red Sox, bottom 5th
The crowd screams MVP and Betts answers with yet another two-out hit!
That means there’s a runner in scoring position which is the worst possible situation for LA.
Visit to the mound as Ryan Madson warms in the LA pen.
Letting Vazquez on is not quite like letting the pitcher on in the NL, but it’s bad, especially in this Boston lineup.
Here comes Benintendi in what is a must-have out for LA.
Dodgers 2-1 Red Sox, bottom 5th
It’s a two-out hit (of course) by the bottom of the order Vazquez, and that gives Betts a shot.
That’s not good for LA.
Dodgers 2-1 Red Sox, bottom 5th
Cody Bellinger is into centerfield, Hernandez moves from center to second, and Dozier is out.
Now a knubber, first baseman Freese pounces and throws to Ryu for out no1.
The shift is on for Bradley Jr. It isn’t necessary: Machado is under it at short, and that’s out no2.
Ryu is cruising: he’s thrown just 54 pitches.
That means Roberts is on the top step waiting to come get’em, obviously.
Here’s Vazquez.
Dodgers 2-1 Red Sox, top 5th
Freese has warning track power: fly to center ends the inning.
Dodgers 2-1 Red Sox, top 5th
Turner grounds out to third as Price settles down after that long out. Two down, and Freese, who has been super productive thus far, steps in.
Benintendi isn’t the first Boston sports figure to make like a ballerina...
Dodgers 2-1 Red Sox, top 5th
Price is back out for more, which means he wasn’t wrestled into the clubhouse by a wild dot-matrix printout.
Top of the order for LA, Dozier steps in.
He lines a pitch deep to left, Benintendi on the run, he leaps, almost like a ballerina, and makes a tremendous catch!
He really did look like a ballerina there.
Dodgers 2-1 Red Sox, bottom 4th
Ball in the dirt, Devers swings and misses and that’s K no5 for Ryu who posts a shut down inning when it’s needed most.
Ryu is in command and putting in a monumental performance.
What’s more, he hasn’t stopped to mention the weather even once! And he plays for LA!
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Dodgers 2-1 Red Sox, bottom 4th
Bogaerts looks at strike three on a boarder line fastball low in the zone. Too close to take right there, two down.
Devers is next.
Dodgers 2-1 Red Sox, bottom 4th
Martinez grounds deep in the hole at short: Machado has it, pauses, steadies, and fires a strike to first for out no1.
Bogaerts, who narrowly missed out on a home run earlier, faces Ryu and is quickly ahead of the hurler, 2-0.
The mood here has officially gone from "oh fun, we're attending a World Series game" to "oh crap, that's right, we're attending a *World Series game*." @LengelDavid
— Hunter Felt (@HunterFelt) October 25, 2018
It has been a little too easy for Boston during these playoffs.
Dodgers 2-1 Red Sox, top 4th
Barnes strikes out! Inning over!
LA have to get more in against this Boston team in that situation. They needed to do better there, no question about it.
Dodgers 2-1 Red Sox, top 4th
Joe Kelly and his glasses are warming for Boston in their bullpen.
Barnes is down in the count 0-2...
RUN! Dodgers 2-1 Red Sox, top 4th
Puig Delivers! He’s first pitch swinging, lining a shot right up the middle!
Machado scores and LA have their first lead of the series!
It’s runners at the corners, two already in for LA, and Austin Barnes is stepping in against Price...
Dodgers 1-1 Red Sox, top 4th
“Beat LA, Beat LA!” say the crowd.
Price deals, Hernandez swings, and misses! Strike three, and there’s two down now!
It’s up to Puig in an absolutely huge spot for the Dodgers. Arguably the biggest at-bat of his Dodgers career.
Dodgers 1-1 Red Sox, top 4th
One more time, here we go...
and another foul ball!
Dodgers 1-1 Red Sox, top 4th
Hernandez fights off a fastball, then another.
It’s an eight pitch war and counting...
Dodgers 1-1 Red Sox, top 4th
The count is full!
Dodgers 1-1 Red Sox, top 4th
Huge cut by Hernandez, who is chasing cheese up in the zone: Sox fans up on their feet again on this 2-2 count!
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Dodgers 1-1 Red Sox, top 4th
So Price’s postseason shutout streak is toast. Now Hernandez wants to burn the BoSox hurler some more.
Kike is ahead 2-1...
RUN Dodgers 1-1 Red Sox, top 4th
Kemp skies to center field, it’s deep enough...Bradley has it, Freese tags and we are tied!
Other runners stay put and here is Hernandez looking for more.
Dodgers 0-1 Red Sox, top 4th
Deep breath prom Price, who rears back and delivers ball four!
Bases loaded and nobody out for Matt Kemp!
The Dodgers must make something of this!
Gut check time at Fenway.
Dodgers 0-1 Red Sox, top 4th
Price shakes off a pitch, then delivers a strike on the inside corner to even the count at two.
Fans are up at Fenway, knowing the gravity of the situation.
Next pitch is inside, and the count is full to Taylor.
Vazquez wants to have a chat with Price...big pitch coming up
Dodgers 0-1 Red Sox, top 4th
This is the first real sign of trouble for Price who has basically cruised through three.
Massive 1-0 cut by Taylor, who is bing on wind power, whiffing at an fastball outside.
It’s 1-1 in this crucial at-bat.
Dodgers 0-1 Red Sox, top 4th
Machado, first pitch swinging, and lines one right up the middle. So it’s back-to-back base hits for LA who have something going here in the fourth and here’s the big swinging Chris Taylor.
Dodgers 0-1 Red Sox, top 4th
FOX TV in the US tell us Price hasn’t allowed a run in over 10 innings.
Freese doesn’t care, he lines a shot to right, Betts tries to make the play, slides, and can’t come up with it.
Runner on for Machado...is that shutout streak on borrowed time?
Dodgers 0-1 Red Sox, bottom 3rd
Pearce pops up in the infield, Manny Machado is under it, and that’s it for Boston in the third.
Freese, Machado and Taylor due up for LA.
Dodgers 0-1 Red Sox, bottom 3rd
Bad move: Ryu gets Benintendi to fly out to centerfield. Now it’s a two out batter in the form of Steve Pearce.
At least there isn’t a runner in scoring position...
Dodgers 0-1 Red Sox, bottom 3rd
Betts muscles a high fastball into the outfield for a one-out base hit.
This is perfect for LA: they just need a double play to avoid another two-out situation.
Benintendi heads to the plate.
Dodgers 0-1 Red Sox, bottom 3rd
Ryu now has three strikeouts: Vazquez whiffs, and here comes the top of the lineup and Mookie Betts.
He’s quickly in the hole 0-2.
Dodgers 0-1 Red Sox, top 3rd
Turner, a sharp grounder to Devers, who has it, and throws to second, in time to get Dozier. Inning over.
If Price keeps this up he can go seven innings easily, that is, if the data people don’t get in the way.
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Dodgers 0-1 Red Sox, top 3rd
Full count to Dozier, and the former Twins second baseman battles and fights off Price and draws a two-out walk, (up and in) providing an opportunity for Justin Turner.
Dodgers 0-1 Red Sox, top 3rd
Barnes, a routine can of corn for Betts in right field. Two down, and Price is just rolling along tonight. Now Dozier steps in.
Dodgers 0-1 Red Sox, top 3rd
Puig lines to second, and the Cuban, so important to this Dodger offense, is retired.
Now the bottom of the lineup, the catcher, Austin Barnes, steps in.
This Red Sox team is the first team that I feel better about with a runner on second with two outs than a runner on second with no outs. @LengelDavid
— Hunter Felt (@HunterFelt) October 25, 2018
The data agrees and that is a totally reasonable thought.
New strategy for LA set up one-out double plays and outfield assists to get out of innings.
Dodgers 0-1 Red Sox, bottom 2nd
Bradley has a base hit to left: Taylor has it and fires to first, in time to nail Kinsler who flies off the bag!
That is a huge out for LA, and Boston is out of the inning...with another two-out base hit! That’s exactly how LA need to play this!
RUN! Dodgers 0-1 Red Sox, bottom 2nd
It’s yet another two-out RBI: Kinsler lines a shot to the left side that scores Bogaerts, and that is just incredible.
The Dodgers have to find a way to get one-out double plays to survive this series, because men on base with two outs are all coming home!
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Dodgers 0-0 Red Sox, bottom 2nd
Count is full to Devers and then Ryu delivers a masterful breaking ball to get him swinging: wow, what a break!
It’s up to Ian Kinsler, up with two down and Bogaerts out there on second.
Dodgers 0-0 Red Sox, bottom 2nd
Bogaerts launches a Ryu changeup deep and off the monster: that was a rope and a stand up double for the Dutch shortstop.
Devers is up, looking to bring him home and give Boston an early lead.
Dodgers 0-0 Red Sox, bottom 2nd
Freese is chasing a JD Martinez foul ball on the right side, which he did unsuccessfully last night. Tonight he gets caught in the web of netting as the ball floats into the stands.
Then Martinez skies to center field and it’s one down. Ryu looking good, and economical. Xander Bogaerts is next.
My laptop got damaged in the scrum to get into Game 1 (the trains to Fenway are so dense that I'm shocked they don't become black holes). So, I couldn't report here from Fenway. I am here now with a borrowed laptop and am hoping things go better. @LengelDavid
— Hunter Felt (@HunterFelt) October 25, 2018
Hunter is back online, which is always good for the internet!
He’ll have the game report once we’re done tonight, and I’m sure a few insights from his Fenway Park HQ.
Dodgers 0-0 Red Sox, top 2nd
Price, bearded and looking like a very bad man indeed, throws a fastball away to the right handed Hernandez, leveling the count at 2-2.
Now he’s set, and bounces a ball in the dirt to run the count full.
Hernandez then pokes a harmless fly ball into right center field: it’s easy for Bradley Jr, and it’s two scoreless innings in the books for Price.
Dodgers 0-0 Red Sox, top 2nd
If there’s one thing we know it’s that Price is throwing strikes aplenty. Twenty pitches, 15 strikes and three K’s! Kemp is mowed down!
Kike Hernandez is up with two down, looking to not strike out.
Dodgers 0-0 Red Sox, top 2nd
Price goes up the ladder in putting away the free-swinging Chris Taylor on just three pitches.
Now the infield shifts for Matt Kemp, who homered over the green monster last night...
Roger Kirkby writes:
“This to me is the most important game (apart from game 7) in any World Series, if the Red Sox win tonight they know they don’t have to come back home to win the whole thing and the Dodgers know the will have to come back here to Fenway to win the Series. It really is a must win for the Blue Crew.”
Well, the Sox could lose tonight and then sweep the three games in LA, but I know what you’re saying. It is a vital game for LA, of course.
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Dodgers 0-0 Red Sox, bottom 1st
Easy inning for Ryu: he entices Pierce into a little pop up to first. Freese puts it away, and that’s a frame that will inject some needed confidence into Dodgers fans.
Dodgers 0-0 Red Sox, bottom 1st
More weather talk from FOX TV in the United States, and apparently, it’s quite cold out there in Boston tonight. I am sure that Ryu is thinking, man, it is so cold, I am really worried about the cold.
No, of course he isn’t: he doesn’t give a crap about the cold, only fans, who are bundled up, and FOX do.
That’s two weather rants in two nights from this blogger.
Oh, the game?
Betts grounded out to short and Benintendi, who was so good last night, strikes out.
Man, Ryu is so cold!
Dodgers 0-0 Red Sox, top 1st
Price pops up Machado and that’s the inning. LA left seven stranded last night and they start early tonight.
Here come the Sox.
Dodgers 0-0 Red Sox, top 1st
Freese draws a two-out walk and that allows Manny Machado to enter the box. Boy the Dodgers would love to pounce on Price early and take just a touch of heat off their starter.
Dodgers 0-0 Red Sox, top 1st
David Price has his red socks pulled up, wearing white cleats and pitching from the windup against Turner.
It’s 1-2 and Price fires a strike down Broadway that Turner just watches.
Two down for David Freese, who was 2-3 in Game 1.
First pitch!
We’re off in Game 2: David Price delivers and Dozier is first pitch swinging!
It’s a bouncer to third for the first out.
One down for Turner, who moved up in the lineup tonight.
Lineups
Here are the starters in Game 2 of the World Series:
Los Angeles
1. Brian Dozier, 2B
2. Juston Turner, 3B
3. David Freese, 1B
4. Manny Machado, SS
5. Chris Taylor
6. Matt Kemp, DH
7. Kike Hernandez, CF
8. Yasiel Puig, RF
9. Austin Barnes, C
Boston
1. Mookie Betts RF
2. Andrew Benintendi, LF
3. Steve Pearce, 1B
4. J.D. Martinez, DH
5. Xander Bogaerts, SS
6. Rafael Devers, 3B
7. Ian Kinsler, 2B
8. Jackie Bradley Jr, CF
9. Christian Vazquez, C
The Dodgers will be looking to avoid the two-out clutch hitting that’s crushing the opposition: many if not most of Boston’s postseason runs are coming when pitchers have retired two batters.
National Anthem
A classic, courtesy of Keith Lockhart, Boston Pops musicians and Tanglewood vocalists. I say 9 out of 10!
Congrats to Mrs. Anderson, music teacher at GWMS, for singing the national anthem today at the World Series!! #greattobeaviking pic.twitter.com/qXYz6MV8sN
— Mrs. Cameron (@MrsCameronGWMS) October 25, 2018
David Price
Last time Price took to the mound, he shredded Houston in what was something of a re-coming out game for the veteran hurler.
Price allowed just three hits in six shutout innings while striking out nine Astros. However, he also has a postseason ERA of over five, in over 20 appearances, which is no small sample.
Which Price will we get tonight?
Ryu
Tonight it’s Hyun-jin Ryu for LA: he needs to be great tonight. He needs to be the savior.
Ryu was incredible in the regular season with a sub 2.00 ERA, and kept rolling in the postseason with seven shutout innings and eight strikeouts v Atlanta at home.
He did run into trouble against Milwaukee with two rocky road starts in the NLCS, which is why Dodgers fans are concerned about the lefty whose ERA jumped to over seven in that series.
Perhaps Dave Roberts and upper management might have considered keeping Ryu for the games in LA?
Then there’s this:
“Boston are 15-5 in Fenway Park in the regular season and postseason when opponents start a lefty. How does that bode for the left-handed Ryu?”
Yeah...I’d of started him out west.
Hola
Hello and welcome to our coverage of Game 2 of the 114th World Series.
We’re mighty pleased to have you along with us in what is a crucial game for Los Angeles as they try to shut down the Red Sox lineup and head west with the Fall Classic tied.
Last night was a strange game in the sense that it was a one-run ballgame up until Eduardo Nunez blew it open with his pinch-hit home run in the seventh inning. Even before the blast, the one-run deficit, at least to me, felt like a lot more. Boston, capable of hanging crooked numbers at any point, always seemed in control, even as Sale teetered and LA threatened.
Had the Dodgers found a way to pull off Game 1, it would have been the definition of stealing a game on the road. Unfortunately for Dodgers fans, it didn’t happen on a night where their ace Clayton Kershaw just didn’t have it.
Then again, who has it against the Boston Beasts? Perhaps Dodgers starter Hyun-jin Ryu has the answer?
We’ll have more for you before first pitch, but until then, kick back and get set for what should be a compelling second World Series game.
Oh, and I should mention that I would love to have your predictions. Tweet @lengeldavid or via email at david.lengel@theguardian.com
Whatever happens over the next week on the field, I think we can all agree this has been an excellent series for light refraction. We had some great rainbows over Fenway Park yesterday and nature has followed up with a double effort today:
These Fenway rainbows. 😍 😍 😍 #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/P1pEkZJR8O
— MLB (@MLB) October 24, 2018
Just a quick reminder of the home run that broke the game open last night, not a bad intervention from Nunez as a pinch hitter:
A pinch-hit homer in the #WorldSeries.
— MLB (@MLB) October 24, 2018
That's clutch. #Statcast pic.twitter.com/PWBTHlhFae
David will be here shortly, in the meantime here’s a recap of last night’s game:
Fenway Park proved too tricky, too cold and just too much for the Dodgers in the World Series opener. Andrew Benintendi, JD Martinez and the Boston Red Sox came out swinging, seizing every advantage in their quirky ballpark to beat Los Angeles 8-4 on a chilly, windy Tuesday night.
Benintendi delivered four hits, Martinez drove in two early runs and pinch-hitter Eduardo Nunez golfed a three-run homer to seal it. “Up and down the lineup there’s not an easy out. We’re going to grind out at-bats,” Benintendi said after the game. The 108-win Red Sox got a strong effort from their bullpen after an expected duel between aces Chris Sale and Clayton Kershaw failed to ignite.
You can read the full report below:
