The Briefing Room
General Category => Sports/Entertainment/MSM/Social Media => Topic started by: EasyAce on October 24, 2018, 12:23:34 am
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David Freese raps a two-out single in the top of the first but he's stranded . . . Dodgers 0, Red Sox coming up to hit.
Chris Sale, p, Red Sox vs. Clayton Kershaw, p, Dodgers . . .
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Note: Clayton Kershaw is facing the Red Sox for the first time in his career.
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Mookie Betts opens with a base hit and steals second, Andrew Benintendi singles him home, and the Red Sox have the early 1-0 lead with nobody out in the bottom of the first . .
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J.D Martinez with one out lines an RBI single up the pipe and it's 2-0, Red Sox, with one out in the bottom of the first . . .
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Martinez got picked off first and Xander Bogaerts popped out for the side but it's 2-0, Red Sox after one.
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Matt Kemp with one out hits one into the Green Monster seats and the Dodgers are on the board in the top of the second . . .
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With first and third Manny Machado plays Jackie Bradley, Jr.'s bullet hopper for a step-and-throw double play for the side . . . 2-1, Red Sox after two . . .
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A little history: once upon a time, baseball had another Green Monster, sort of . . . the right field wall in Griffith Stadium, the longtime home of the Washington Senators. (As in, Washington--first in war, first in peace, and last in the American League.)
(http://www.thisgreatgame.com/griffith-1958color.jpg)
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First and second with one out, Manny Machado grounds a base hit to left and Justin Turner scores to tie the game at two with one out in the top of the third . . .
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J.D. Martinez hits an RBI double to the back of Fenway and it's 3-2, Red Sox . . .
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Two strikeouts, a line out, and the Dodgers go in order. 3-2, Red Sox, middle of the fourth. Nathan Eovaldi warming up for the Red Sox possibly to come in for the fifth . . .
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The Red Sox go in order . . . 3-2, Red Sox after four.
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Top of the fifth, Chris Sale walks the leadoff Dodger Brian Dozier and he's coming out of the game, Matt Barnes coming in to pitch for the Red Sox . . .
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A walk, a base hit, a wild pitch sending the runners to second and third, and an RBI ground out tie the game at three. Middle of the fourth . . .
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A leadoff walk, a base hit to get Kershaw out of the game, the runners moving up on a wild pitch, a bases-loading walk, and a two-out RBI forceout, and the Red Sox re-take the lead. 4-3, two out and first and third for the Red Sox in the bottom of the fifth . . .
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Rafael Devers with two out---shoots a base hit to right, home comes Andrew Benintendi and it's 5-3, Red Sox, bottom of the fifth . . .
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Two punchouts and a grounder to first and the Dodgers go in order in the top of the sixth . . . 5-3, Red Sox . . .
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Two punchouts and a pop out to first and the Red Sox go in order in the sixth. 5-3, Red Sox . . .
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Good game here.
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The Red Sox are on their third relief pitcher of the night, the Dodgers have used two so far . . .
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One out, bases loaded, top of the seventh, Manny Machado hits a sacrifice fly to right and it's a one-run game again . . . 5-4, Red Sox, Dodgers still hitting in the top of the seventh and Eduardo Rodriguez is coming in to pitch for the Red Sox . . .
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Cody Bellinger flies out to shallow center, side retired, 5-4 Red Sox, middle of the seventh . . .
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Defensive shuffle for the Dodgers in the bottom of the seventh: Joc Pederson in left, Enrique Hernandez moving to second, Max Muncy at first, Yasmani Grandal catching . . .
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This time Andrew Benintendi didn't hesitate---he gunned it out of the box and his bloop to left was missed by Turner coming out and Pederson coming in and the ball bounced fair and into the seats for a leadoff ground rule double in the bottom of the seventh . . .
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Pinch-hitter Eduardo Nunez (for Rafael Devers) hits a three-run homer into the Monster seats and it's 8-4, Red Sox with two out in the bottom of the seventh . . . Ian Kinsler pops out for the side . . .
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Three up, three ground outs for the Dodgers . . . 8-4, Red Sox, middle of the eighth . . .
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One hit for the Red Sox in the eighth . . . Andrew Benintendi is only the fourth man in World Series history to get four hits off four lefthanded pitchers in one Series game. The others: Claude Rossman (1907 Tigers), Dave Parker (1979 Pirates, Game One), and Willie Stargell (1979 Pirates, Game Seven).
8-4, Red Sox after eight.
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Michael DeBakey, call your office---Craig Kimbrel got the side in order even with a little cardiac murmuring against Justin Turner before striking his ass out to end it.
8-4, your final from Fenway Park. The Red Sox lead the World Series 1-0 . . .