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Things felt so dead that Chris Sale went crazy on his teammates in the dug out. The baseball season ended, with one of the most dominating teams of the century capping off an amazing season with their fourth World Championship since 2004. Needing one more victory to win it all, Boston went back to their ace, Price, and Los Angeles countered, putting Kershaw back on the mound. Each one surrendered runs in the first, Red Sox 2 / Dodgers 1, then settled in to pitch seven strong innings, but Clayton surrendered solo homers to Mookie Betts in the sixth, and J.D. Martinez in the seventh, giving the Red Sox a four run cushion that the Dodgers never challenged.
Bruce Bochy made his third World Series appearance as a manager, his second with the Giants. Before that, he led the 1998 San Diego Padres to the World Series, where the New York Yankees swept. Andrew Benintendi had two doubles, scored twice, and made a game-ending diving catch in Game 4. Benefits of a non-wood bat are they are not going to break and the way they are manufactured gives the kid a greater chance of success to put the ball in play, he said.
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He was traded to the San Diego Padres, a division rival of the Dodgers, prior to the 2020 season. According to Nielsen ratings, this series was the third highest rated since 2005, trailing only the 2009 World Series and the 2016 World Series. For the second straight year, a World Series game, Game 5, beat out NBC Sunday Night Football in ratings. Kevin Burkhardt hosted the pregame shows, joined by analysts Keith Hernandez, David Ortiz, Alex Rodriguez, and Frank Thomas.
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The Astros scored early, recording two runs in the first inning on four consecutive singles with one out. Robinson Chirinos hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning, extending Houston's lead to 4–0. Urquidy exited after five innings, having held the Nationals scoreless, retiring nine straight batters before being removed. BoxscoreThis was the first World Series game played in Washington D.C. Since October 7, 1933, which was the clinching Game 5 of the New York Giants' win over the Washington Senators. Chad Cordero of the 2005 Nationals threw out the ceremonial first pitch to former teammate Brian Schneider; former astronaut Buzz Aldrin also threw a ceremonial pitch.
True fans who were taught to love a team will set aside those favorites for the Fall Classic. League rivalries become the main focus of the show and the long ball has made taken our breath away. Every American League World Series home run hit from 1976 to 2022 appears below in chronological order. MLB International fed the series to broadcasters outside the United States, with Matt Vasgersian providing play-by-play and Buck Martinez as color commentator. On a January 2021 episode of Wheel of Fortune, host Pat Sajak quipped about the sign-stealing Astros. A notable method of the Astros sign stealing scheme was the banging of a trash can to signal an off-speed pitch was coming.
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Jackie Bradley Jr. then hit a grand slam off of Osuna, putting Boston ahead, 8–2. The game ended without further scoring, George Springer striking out to end it. Eovaldi got the win for Boston, while Smith took the loss for Houston. The Dodgers failed to score a run and left eight men on base through five innings.Andre Ethier hit a pinch-hit RBI single that scored Pederson in the sixth inning for the Dodgers' only run. They only had one hit in 13 chances with runners in scoring position in the game. Kershaw pitched four scoreless innings of relief in the game, and in the process, he broke Orel Hershiser's Dodgers postseason record with his 33rd strikeout.
There is a mix-up but Ishan fails to throw it straight towards the keeper as Yasir Ali survives. Relief pitcher Sergio Romo contributed to team success by converting 14 out of 15 save opportunities after an injury sidelined closer Brian Wilson a few days after the season began. Romo converted three saves in the World Series, including the Game 4 clincher, which ended with Romo striking out the 2012 American League MVP. The Red Sox would go on to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series in five games to win their ninth World Series championship.
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Los Angeles defeated Houston in five games in the 1981 National League Division Series, en route to first their World Series championship since 1965. The teams also met in the 1980 National League West tie-breaker game, won by the Astros at Dodger Stadium. This was the first Fall Classic since 1970, and the eighth overall, in which both participants had 100 or more wins during the regular season. The 2018 World Series is the second where home-field advantage was decided by each league champions regular season record. From 1903 to 2002, home-field advantage alternated between the American and National Leagues. From 2003 to 2016, home-field advantage was determined by results from the corresponding All-Star Game, home-field was awarded to the team from the winning league.
Carlos Correa struck out, Yuli Gurriel walked, González struck out, and Tony Kemp flied out to end the game and send the Red Sox to the World Series. Kimbrel recorded his fifth save this postseason, while for Price, it was his first victory in 12 career postseason starts; his only previous postseason wins came as a reliever. BoxscoreThe starting pitchers for Game 2 were Rich Hill for the Dodgers and Justin Verlander for the Astros. The Astros scored first when Bregman drove in Josh Reddick with a hit in the third inning.
With no further scoring, the Astros evened the series, 2–2, ensuring a sixth game in Houston. This was the fifth time a World Series started with the road team winning the first four games, the most recent occurrence having been 1996. The fourth-seeded Nationals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers at home in the National League Wild Card Game, coming behind from a 3–1 deficit in the eighth inning to win 4–3.
He became just the fifth pitcher to pitch 6+ innings and allow three or fewer hits in three straight postseason starts. Joe Kelly and Chris Sale pitched the last two innings and both struck out the side, Sale getting Manny Machado to strike out for the last out, the Red Sox winning the game 5–1 and the title 4–1. BoxscoreThe Red Sox started Chris Sale against the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw. The Red Sox struck in the first inning when Mookie Betts singled, stole second and then scored on a hit by Andrew Benintendi, who subsequently scored on a single by J. Boston benefited from Dodgers' first baseman David Freese missing a foul pop-up by Betts, and right fielder Yasiel Puig allowing Benintendi to advance to second base on a late throw to the plate.
A homer by Matt Kemp in the second inning gave the Dodgers a run, and an RBI single by Manny Machado in the third inning tied the score, 2–2. In the top of the fifth, a groundout by Machado plated Brian Dozier to even the score, 3–3.Sale wound up pitching into the fifth inning, allowing three runs on five hits and two walks with seven strikeouts. The Red Sox loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the fifth, and scored the go-ahead run when Xander Bogaerts grounded into a fielder's choice. A single by Rafael Devers off reliever Ryan Madson in the next at-bat made it 5–3.
BoxscoreThree time All-Star and two time World Series Champion Kevin Youkilis threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Red Sox. The Astros struck first on a George Springer two-run single in the top of the second off of an erratic Chris Sale, eventually ending Sale's night after four innings. Verlander cruised through four innings before running into trouble in the fifth, walking Mitch Moreland with the bases loaded and allowing Jackie Bradley Jr. to score on a wild pitch to even the score at two.
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