World Series Game One---live thread

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Top of the sixth.

Yandy Diaz looks at a pair of strikes; ball one slider missing low; ball two curve ball low, smash to third Turner diving stop and throws from his KNEES to get Diaz at first.

Brandon Lowe fouls one off, ball one upstairs, fouls in the air around first, Muncy has it, near the rail three feet to spare, has it, two away.

Randy Arozarena hits the first pitch to second and that's the side. 6-1 Dodgers, middle of the sixth.

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Mookie Betts. Leadoff big fly in the sixth.

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Bottom of the sixth.

Josh Fleming relieved Ryan Yarbrough, p, Rays.

Mookie Betts first pitch fly to right, it's deep, it's carrying, it's gonnnnnnnnne goodbye! 7-1 Dodgers!

Corey Seager first pitch pop out to Wendle at third.

Justin Turner to right center field, well hit, Kiermaier back and it's off the fence bouncing past him, Turner to second with a double.

Max Muncy first pitch to right center, Renfroe plays it on the bounce, Turner in to score, 8-1 Dodgers.

Will Smith balls one and two, lines one to center pushing Kiermaier back to catch it, Muncy tags and beats the relay to third. Dylan Floro throwing in the Dodger bullpen.

Cody Bellinger fouls a pair off, strike three hits the outside corner but it's 8-1 Dodgers after six.

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Top of the seventh.

Dylan Floro relieved Clayton Kershaw, p, Dodgers.

Austin Meadows pinch hits for Hunter Renfroe---ball one, fouls one off, pops another one foul, fouls another one off, ball two up and away, ball three down and away, fouled up the 3B line, swinging strikeout.

Manuel Margot ball one fastball a little inside, grounded up the middle, splits the middle infielders and it's a one-out base hit.

Joey Wendle ball one missing up and away, ball two down low, fouled off, ball three breaking ball outside, driven to left center well hit, Bellinger running back, it's off the heel of his glove, Margot around to third on the play and Wendle has a standup double. Dodgers PC Mark Prior confabs with Floro and the infield at the mound. Ji-Man Choi pinch hits for Willy Adames.

Victor Gonzalez relieved Dylan Floro, p, Dodgers. Lefty lefty match.

Then Mike Brosseau sent to pinch hit for Ji-Man Choi---ball one inside, ball two down and in, ball three down and away, called strike at the knees, popped out of play behind the plate, line drive, base hit to right, home comes Margot, stopping at third Wendle, 8-2 Dodgers.

Kevin Kiermaier takes ball one low and away, line drive, base hit to right, Wendle scores and Brosseau stops at second, 8-3 Dodgers.

Mike Zunino takes ball one a slider low, ball two a fastball low, Barnes visits Gonzalez at the mound Pedro Baez throwing in the pen for the Dodgers, fouls off a fastball in the middle (ump Diaz checks on Barnes after it goes off him), swinging strike two, ball three misses way off, lined right back to the box, Gonzalez spun around by the impact and throws to second to complete the double play, and the Rays get the merry-go-round choked off at the pass. 8-3 Dodgers, middle of the seventh.

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Bottom of the seventh.

MIke Brosseau at third, Wendle moves to shortstop, Austin Meadows in right field, Rays..


Chris Taylor fouls one off, takes one upstairs, fouls one off the 3B line, fouls one back, ball two just misses high, ball three off the zone, check swing went around, strikeout.

Enrique Hernandez ball one outside, fouls a changeup off right, ball two low, ball three a little high, grounded to the right side, Diaz at first takes it unassisted.

Austin Barnes grounds out to third on the first pitch. 8-3 Dodgers after seven.

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Top of the eight.

Pedro Baez relieved Victor Gonzalez, p, Dodgers.

Yandy Diaz takes ball one way low and away, popped up straight up to the infield and Hernandez from second takes it, one away.

Brandon Lowe takes a belt-high strike, swinging strike on a fastball above the belt, hooked to right field but just foul, by a foot; ball one outside, reaches for a changeup and pops it up, Hernandez in shallow right has it for the second out.

Randy Arozarena ball one down and away, ball two upstairs, strike called on a changeup around the belt, fly ball to center, not too deep, Bellinger has it, three and three for Baez. 8-3 Dodgers, middle of the eighth.

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Bottom of the eighth.

Mookie Betts lines a single to left on 1-1.

Corey Seager pops one foul outside 3B, Brosseau won't have a play on it, grounds one to first, Diaz step and throw double play to get Betts too.

Justin Turner takes ball one inside, fouls one off his knee, ball two changeup down and away, fouled straight back, ball three low breaking ball, ball four way away.

Max Muncy takes a strike, fouled off the right side, ball one misses, jam shot flare into center for a base hit, Turner stopping at second.

John Curtiss relieved Josh Fleming, p, Rays.

Will Smith takes a slider on the edge for a called strike, swinging strike on a slider, strike three called on the edge! 8-3 Dodgers after eight.

Stories of the game:

* Clayton Kershaw's nineteen misses on 38 swings against him is the highest single-game whiff rate of his entire career, regular and postseason.

* Rays manager Kevin Cash pulled Charlie Morton at trouble's first hint in ALCS Game 7 but left Tyler Glasnow in despite Glasnow labouring most of the night and got burned in the fifth.

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Bottom of the ninth.

Joe Kelly relieved Pedro Baez, p, Dodgers.

Austin Meadows takes ball one up and away, Kenley Jansen stirring in the Dodger pen, hits one to deep center, Bellinger going to the track and jumping to catch it turning mid-air, before he hits the fence padding.

Manuel Margot takes ball one high, ball two up and in, Jansen now throwing just in case Kelly gets into trouble, fastball called for a strike, slider called a strike at the knees, ball three down and away, strike three called, fastball at the top of the zone, the Rays down to their final out of the game.

Joey Wendle takes ball one outside, bounces back to the mound off Kelly's bare hand, Seager comes in to get it and throw Wendle out.

The Dodgers strike first. 8-3 your final from Globe Life.