Had to go to sleep early last night? Here are key Red Sox moments you missed
The Sox lead the Series 2-0.
The Red Sox defeated the LA Dodgers, 4-2, in Game 2 on Wednesday night. Here are the key moments or performances you may have missed if you had to turn in early:
‘Air Beni!’
In the fourth inning, Dodgers leadoff man Brian Dozier laced a low-arcing fly ball into deep left field for what appeared to be a double off the bat. Left fielder Andrew Benintendi had other ideas. The graceful 24-year-old pranced toward the warning track, then took flight, leaping in gazelle-like fashion to snare the baseball.
— Owen Pence
But wait, there’s more
It was Benintendi’s grinding, gutsy at-bat with two outs in the bottom half of fifth that may have had the biggest impact on the trajectory of the game. Los Angeles starter Hyun-Jin Ryu was rolling, having recorded two quick outs with his pitch count still in the 50s. Boston countered with back-to-back singles by Christian Vazquez and Mookie Betts, setting the stage for Benintendi. Finally, on Ryu’s eighth offering, Benintendi reached base, taking ball four — a 92-mile-per-hour heater — low and away.
— Owen Pence
Which leads us to . . .
That walk led Dodgers manager Dave Roberts to turn to righthander Ryan Madson against righthanded hitter Steve Pearce. The decision backfired when Pearce took a five-pitch walk against Madson to force in the tying run.
— Alex Speier
Leave it to J.D.
In a 2-2 game, J.D. Martinez, the next batter after Pearce, took the outside pitch and dropped a flare into right. It scored two runs and gave the Red Sox the lead for good.
— Nick Cafardo
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Building a bridge . . .
The Red Sox received a dominant scoreless inning each from Joe Kelly (two strikeouts, 11 pitches, 8 for strikes) and Nathan Eovaldi (one strikeout, 13 pitches, 9 for strikes), comfortably bridging the gap from Price to Craig Kimbrel in the ninth.
— Alex Speier
. . . to make the save
Kimbrel took the baton from there, and needed just nine pitches to get his sixth save of the these playoffs.
— Rachel G. Bowers
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