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The 2018 World Series was the 114th edition of Major League Baseball's World Series, a best-of-seven playoff between the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the American League champion Boston Red Sox. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. About Baseball Reference Batting Glossary, Pitching Glossary, Wins Above Replacement Explainer, WAR data archive, BR Data Coverage, Frequently Asked Questions about MLB and Baseball, ...
Hill walked Xander Bogaerts in a tough at-bat to lead off the inning. The same man who gave the Red Sox their first breath of life when he stole 2nd in Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS against the Yankees. Locally, both teams' flagship radio stations broadcast the series with their regular announcers, which were simulcast over SiriusXM radio. In Los Angeles, the broadcast was on AM 570 LA Sports with Charley Steiner and Rick Monday in English, on Univision America 1020 with Jaime Jarrín and Jorge Jarrín in Spanish, and on Radio Korea 1540 AM in Korean.
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The Astros extended their lead to 4–1 in the top of the sixth, as Robinson Chirinos hit a home run off the left field foul pole netting. Sánchez lasted until one out in the top of the sixth, having allowed four runs on 10 hits while striking out four. With no additional scoring through the middle of the ninth, the Astros brought in closer Roberto Osuna to pitch the bottom of the ninth. Osuna allowed a one-out single to Adam Eaton, but otherwise retired the Nationals; Juan Soto struck out looking to end the Nationals’ eight-game playoff winning streak.
Manager A. J. Hinch has stated in an interview that the team wasn't just playing for a title, but to help boost moral support for the city. Please note that players may not be in the uniform of the correct team in these images. To this point, Moreland had done basically nothing like his usual self. He was 0-5 the night before and really lost all time at the plate because of the groove Steve Pearce was on. Moreland had one hit the entire 2018 World Series but it came at the time Boston needed him most.
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Justin Verlander allowed only two runs and two hits in six innings pitched during Game 1, getting the win. Boston and Houston had met once before in the postseason, with the Astros winning the 2017 ALDS, 3–1; that year Alex Cora was Houston's bench coach before becoming manager of Boston for the upcoming season. Houston was 4–3 in their seven games against Boston during the 2018 regular season. The 2018 ALCS was just the 12th postseason match-up to feature two teams with 100 wins, though the third since the 2017 World Series. The 211 combined regular season wins for both teams was the second-most of any postseason series ever, just behind the 1998 World Series.
Two runs and a wicket come off the over as IND move to 17/1 after 5 overs. The party continues as this time he pulls the pacer for a six over the backward square leg fence and ends the over with a cracking drive. Straight past the bowler, beats the mid-on fielder and goes for a four.
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The Astros have since won the 2022 World Series, while the Dodgers won in 2020. There have been quite a few chances at a much anticipated re-match between the two clubs in the World Series, especially in the wake of the sign stealing scandal, but as of 2022 this has not occurred. It was also the first time since the 1931 World Series that a Game 7 occurred in a Series with both teams having won at least 100 games during the season. Besides, this was the first time since the 2001 World Series and 2002 World Series that back-to-back Fall Classics had a Game 7. Down 0-2, the Dodgers were in a must-win situation, as no team had ever come back from an 0-3 deficit to win a Fall Classic. Miguel Cabrera became the first player in 45 years to win the Triple Crown.
Pettitte also won five World Series titles, whereas Kershaw has yet to win one. Some of the best storylines this postseason were rooted in stats -- from the 18-inning Game 3 in the World Series game to David Price's redemption to the Astros' prolific postseason home run hitting. Let's take a look at some of the most notable numbers from the postseason, starting with the World Series and working backward through the various series. There were exactly two pitchers in Major League Baseball in 2018, who had at least 1,000 innings pitched, and an career earned run average below 3.00.
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Subsequently, Springer walked on five pitches to move McCann to second base. McCann was then replaced by pinch runner Derek Fisher.On the next pitch, Bregman hit a walk-off single, scoring Fisher with the winning run. The Astros became only the second team to come back twice from three runs down in a World Series game, the other was the Toronto Blue Jays in the 15–14 win during Game 4 of the 1993 World Series. The six game-tying home runs in the series to this point is the most for any World Series on record.
The only other team to win 10 straight games in a postseason when scoring first was the 2004 Red Sox, who also won the World Series. The third-longest streak also belongs to the Red Sox -- the 2007 team won nine straight when scoring first. San Francisco's notable preseason acquisitions were outfielders Melky Cabrera and Ángel Pagán. Cabrera set the Giants' franchise record for hits in the month of May, with 51, and Pagán set the San Francisco Giants record for triples in a season, with 15. On August 15, Major League Baseball meted a 50-game suspension upon Cabrera for his use of a banned substance.
Kershaw allowed five runs in World Series Game 1, his second game in the 2018 postseason allowing five or more runs. It was his eighth career postseason start allowing five-plus runs, the most such starts in postseason history. He allowed seven inherited runners to score, the most by a pitcher in one postseason series, according to Elias research. Madson allowed four of 14 inherited runners to score in the regular season. Kershaw allowed three home runs in World Series Game 5, pushing his career total to 22 allowed in the postseason, which is second most in postseason history. Only Andy Pettitte allowed more -- with 31 (in 124⅔ more innings).
Kershaw's final line was five runs on seven hits and three walks with five strikeouts in four-plus innings. The Dodgers loaded the bases in the seventh off reliever Ryan Brasier and scored a run on a sacrifice fly by Machado. Eduardo Núñez hit a pinch-hit three-run home run off Alex Wood in the bottom of the seventh to make it a four-run lead for the Red Sox, 8–4, with no further scoring in the game.
ESPN Radio broadcast all the World Series games in English for the 21st straight year as part of Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio. Dan Shulman called the play-by-play, with Chris Singleton serving as color analyst and Buster Olney as field reporter. Marc Kestecher hosted the pre-game show with Olney and Tim Kurkjian reporting. Jon Sciambi called the play-by-play for Game 5 due to Shulman developing laryngitis. Boston starter David Price got the win in Game 2, his second win of the 2018 postseason.
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