The Briefing Room
General Category => Sports/Entertainment/MSM/Social Media => Topic started by: EasyAce on October 27, 2018, 12:24:22 am
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The good news for the Dodgers---Walker Buehler got the side in order.
The bad news---the Red Sox made him work his ass off for it, fouling off pitch after pitch . . . they made him throw 26 pitches in the inning, could be critical if Buehler begins to wear down early.
Middle of the first, the Red Sox nothing and the Dodgers coming up to hit.
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The Dodgers put some Red Sox-like at-bats together in the bottom of the first, get a two-out walk to Max Muncy, but Manny Machado forces him at second on the first pitch for the side.
No score after one full inning.
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The Red Sox go in order in the top of the second, still no score.
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Three and three almost as quick for the Dodgers, no score after two full.
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The Red Sox get second and third with two out but can't quite bring them in, fly out to center near the track retires the side.
No score after two and a half . . .
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The Dodgers strike first. Joc Pederson hits a solo home run with two out. 1-0, Dodgers after three full.
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The Red Sox go down in order but not without a scare when Cody Bellinger loses sight of a Mitch Moreland fly deep to left center but Joc Pederson running over to back him up catches it for the second out.
1-0, Dodgers, middle of the fourth . . .
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The Dodgers go in order quickly but lead 1-0 after four full innings . . .
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The Red Sox go in order. Walker Buehler is pitching brilliantly despite the Red Sox's almost-constant contact. (They've struck out only four times and fouled off 20 of Buehler's pitches.)
1-0, Dodgers, middle of the fifth . . .
Trivia: Entering Game Three, the Red Sox had eleven more hits than strikeouts this postseason; the Dodgers had 48 more strikeouts than hits.
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Yasmani Grandal had a leadoff single . . . the Red Sox went to the bullpen with two outs to get the lefty-lefty matchup on Pederson and Eduardo Rodriguez struck him out for the side.
1-0, Dodgers after five.
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Walker Buehler brilliant through six . . . 1-0, Dodgers, middle of the sixth . . .
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Manny Machado hit one high and deep over J.D. Martinez's head and thought it was going out . . . he didn't gun it out of the box, Martinez played the carom to hold him to a single, his face had the "I messed up!" look at first . . . then Bellinger popped out for the side . . . 1-0, Dodgers after six . . .
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A line out and two strikeouts and Walker Buehler has electrified Dodger Stadium!
1-0, Dodgers, in the middle of the seventh . . .
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Red Sox reliever Ryan Brasier shakes off Yasiel Puig's leadoff infield hit and gets the rest of the side in order . . . 1-0, Dodgers after seven . . . the Dodgers look like they're going to ask Kenley Jansen for a six-out save in a must-win game for the Dodgers . . .
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Two out, top of the eighth, Jackie Bradley, Jr. deep to right and gonnnnnnnnnnnnnnne goodbye!
Tie game at one, the Red Sox . . . with two outs . . . yet again . . .
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Great effort by Matt Barnes in the 8th. What a game.
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The Dodgers don't score in the bottom of the eighth . . . the Red Sox don't score in the top of the ninth . . . we're still tied at one going to the bottom of the ninth with extra innings a real possibility . . .
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The Red Sox are rolling the dice in the bottom of the ninth---David Price is pitching to open the inning . . .
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. . . and we are going to extra innings after the Dodgers get two on (might have been bases loaded but Cody Bellinger got thrown out in a rundown trying to steal second) and don't cash them in . . .
Tied at one, going to the tenth!
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First and third for the Red Sox with one out . . . pinch hitter Eduardo Nunez flies out to center . . . Cody Bellinger throws home and gets Ian Kinsler at the plate!! Maybe the play of the game depending . . .
Still tied at one going to the bottom of the tenth . . .
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Bellinger's throw had to be perfect - and it was. This game is epic. If you're a fan and your heart had ligaments, you'd be on the DL by now. This is why baseball endures.
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And, as Nigel Tufnel might have said: "this one goes to 11".... happy77
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Max Muncy's two-out ground-rule double wasted when Manny Machado pops out to the infield.
Still tied at one.
Going to the eleventh . . .
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Steve Pearce a two-out walk but Mookie Betts flies out to semi-deep right center for the side . . . and we go to the bottom of the eleventh still tied at one . . .
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. . . and Austin Barnes worked out a two out walk but Heath Hembree struck Chris Taylor out swinging for the side for the Dodgers, and we go to the twelfth still tied at one . . .
Methinks the kitchen sink is coming out for both sides . . .
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Eduardo Nunez with a man on and none out . . . whacks one to the third base side of the mound . . . Scott Alexander fields but throws awkward and Brock Holt---who had second on an earlier wild pitch---scores the go-ahead run. 2-1, Red Sox in the top of the thirteenth . . . .
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With the bases loaded the Dodgers get a force at the plate for the side, but the Red Sox have a 2-1 lead and the Dodgers are three outs from falling into an 0-3 World Series hole . . .
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With Muncy on first with a walk and Puig at the plate one out later, Puig grounds to second . . . Ian Kinsler makes the backhand grab but throws wild and Muncy scores the tying run . . . 2-2, two out in the bottom of the thirteenth . . .
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. . . and after Austin Barnes flies out we are going to the fourteenth inning, tied at two!
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With Muncy on first with a walk and Puig at the plate one out later, Puig grounds to second . . . Ian Kinsler makes the backhand grab but throws wild and Muncy scores the tying run . . . 2-2, two out in the bottom of the thirteenth . . .
:chairbang:
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The Red Sox go in order in the top of the fourteenth . . .
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The Dodgers get a one-out hit but nothing else and we go to the fifteenth still tied at two . . .
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Two men on, the Red Sox couldn't cash in, to the bottom of the fifteenth we go . .
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Three up, three down for the Dodgers, Nathan Eovaldi has worked his fourth inning for the Red Sox in relief so he won't be starting Game Four . . . Max Muncy missed a game-ending homer by inches before he struck out swinging to end an epic leadoff at-bat . . .
. . . and we are still tied at two going to the sweet sixteenth!
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Dodger reliever Kenta Maeda in his second inning's work strikes out the side, and we're still tied at 2 going to the bottom of the sixteenth . . .
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Three and three for the Dodgers . . . do we learn the truth at seventeen? Because that's where we're going folks . . .
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A two-out walks comes up dry for the Red Sox . . . we go to the bottom of the seventeenth.
Nathan Eovaldi (Red Sox) the first to pitch five innings or more in relief in a World Series game since Madison Bumgarner in 2014 . . .
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Three and three for the Dodgers . . . Clayton Kershaw pinch hit for Julio Urias and lined out but he made harder contact than a lot of his teammates lately
We go to the eighteenth inning, still tied at two, the Red Sox coming up, and the Dodgers bringing in Sandy Koufax (that's a joke, son, but Koufax is at the game . . . )
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A leadoff walk, a broken double play, a consummated double play, we go to the bottom of the eighteenth
And, according to STATS, Inc., this game has taken more time to play than the entire 1939 World Series.
Still tied at two.
Alex Wood in the game pitching for the Dodgers, with Wilbur Wood, Kerry Wood, and Smokey Joe Wood warming up behind him . . . wink777
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You won't believe it but it's over!
Max Muncy hit a leadoff home run off Nathan Eovaldi, who pitched magnificently in relief, and the Dodgers win the game, 3-2, and the Series is now 2-1, Red Sox.
We'll see you tomorrow, when the starting pitchers are liable to be Orel Hershiser and Luis Tiant. (That's a joke, I'm punchy, we're a helluva lot of late so good night folks!)
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Some game! âš¾ï¸ :2popcorn:
Players must be exhausted 💤
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I could only last until the 14th inning.
I had nodded off a couple of times before that.
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I trailed off somewhere after the 15th...I think.
Great pitchers duel from both teams...someone had to win it.