The bullpen imploded, surrendering 2 home runs, 7 hits, and 9 runs over the final three innings Red Sox 9, Dodgers 6.
Rich Hill had only surrendered one hit, a single to Christian Velazquez in the fifth inning, when he was pulled from the game after striking out Eduardo Nunez in the top of the 7th. Riding their Game 3 momentum, LA broke open a pitchers duel in the sixth, scoring four runs and appeared to be ready to tie up the Series 2-2. The Red Sox made them earn the 3-2 victory, as both teams combined to use a post-season record 18 pitchers, every bench player, in what became the longest World Series game in baseball history - an 18-inning marathon that lasted seven hours, 20 minutes (longer then every game combined from the 1939 World Series). Martinez), you expect results - that duo propelled the Red Sox to a commanding 2-0 lead courtesy of six strong innings pitched and a two-out, two-run, go ahead clutch hit.ĭown 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. When you give a pitcher $30 million a year (David Price) and a designated hitter $23.75 million a year (J.D. The normally strong LA bullpen surrendered five runs in two frames giving Boston a relatively easy series opener. Both left the mound after four strong innings in a tight back-and-forth game. Game 1 featured those two twirlers, Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers and Chris Sale of the Red Sox. 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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