Boston Red Sox at Los Angeles Dodgers: Live updates and analysis from World Series Game 3
The Red Sox lead the series, 2-1.
The Los Angeles Dodgers avoided a 3-0 deficit in the World Series with a 3-2 win over the Red Sox in 18 innings Friday night at Dodger Stadium.
Eighteenth inning: Dodgers 3, Red Sox 2.
Bottom:
Max Muncy hit a walk-off solo homer.
Top: Lefty Alex Wood replaced Maeda on the mound. Sandy Leon drew a lead-off walk to put a runner on first. Betts grounded into a force-out at second, but he was ruled safe at first. Xander Bogaerts grounded into an inning-ending double play.
Seventeenth inning: Red Sox 2, Dodgers 2.
Bottom:
Eovaldi retired the side in order, including an at-bat with pinch-hitter Clayton Kershaw.
Top: Jackie Bradley Jr. drew a two-out walk to reach base for the fourth time on the night but was stranded.
Sixteenth inning: Red Sox 2, Dodgers 2.
Bottom:
Eovaldi retired the side in order.
Top: Maeda struck out the side in order.
Clear limp by Bogaerts on the way back to the dugout after the K.
— Alex Speier (@alexspeier) October 27, 2018
Fifteenth inning: Red Sox 2, Dodgers 2.
Bottom:
Max Muncy struck out swinging, despite launching a foul ball that was awfully close to being a home run. Manny Machado popped out, and Cody Bellinger struck out looking to end the inning.
Max Muncy was THIS CLOSE to ending this game 😳 pic.twitter.com/cmkPYzQEbE
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 27, 2018
Top: Righthander Kenta Maeda replaced Floro on the mound. David Freese misplayed a grounder by Eduardo Nunez, who reached first. Maeda then walked Jackie Bradley Jr. to put runners on first and second. Christian Vazquez bunted, and Nunez was forced out at third. Sandy Leon and Mookie Betts both struck out to end the inning.
Fourteenth inning: Red Sox 2, Dodgers 2.
Top:
Floro retired the side in order.
Bottom: Enrique Hernandez hit a one-out single, but the Dodgers couldn’t get anything going.
Thirteenth inning: Red Sox 2, Dodgers 2.
Bottom:
The Dodgers get their lead-off man on first with a walk, as Max Muncy checked his swing on a 3-2 pitch. After Manny Machado flied out, Eduardo Nunez tracked down a foul ball hit by Bellinger for the second out of the inning. Yasiel Puig hit a grounder up the middle, but Ian Kinsler could not make the throw to first, which allowed Muncy to score and tie the game. Although the ball got away from Christian Vazquez at first, Puig did not advance to second after replay review. Austin Barnes popped out to end the inning.
CAN’T PREDICT BASEBALL. pic.twitter.com/DlbW3xQipu
— MLB (@MLB) October 27, 2018
Top: Brock Holt drew a lead-off walk to put a runner on first. During Eduardo Nunez’s at-bat, Alexander’s pitch bounced into Barnes, who upended Nunez while trying to locate the ball. Holt advanced to second. Nunez was shaken up on the play, but he remained in the game. Nunez then hit a soft-hit, infield chopper, but Alexander couldn’t connect with Enrique Hernandez to make the out. The ball got away from Hernandez, allowing Holt to score. Jackie Bradley Jr. flied out, and Dylan Floro entered the game for Alexander. After Christian Vazquez struck out swinging, Sandy Leon doubled on a line drive to right field. Mookie Betts was then intentionally walked to load the bases. The Dodgers escaped the inning after Xander Bogaerts grounded into a forceout.
Twelfth inning: Dodgers 1, Red Sox 1.
Bottom:
Starter Nathan Eovaldi entered the game, leaving Drew Pomeranz as the lone man in the bullpen. He retired the side in order. Eovaldi’s final pitch of the inning was a 101.1-mile per hour fastball that struck out Justin Turner.
Top: Righty Ryan Madson replaced Baez on the mound. Xander Bogaerts grounded out, and lefty Scott Alexander replaced Madson. Mitch Moreland struck out swinging, and Kinsler grounded out to end the inning.
Eleventh inning: Dodgers 1, Red Sox 1.
Bottom:
Heath Hembree relieved Kimbrel. After Cody Bellinger grounded out and Yasiel Puig flied out, Hembree walked Austin Barnes on eight pitches. Chris Taylor worked a full count and struck out swinging to end the inning.
Top: After Jackie Bradley Jr. struck out swinging and Christian Vazquez grounded out, Steve Pearce, pinch-hitting for Kimbrel, reached first on a seven-pitch walk. Mookie Betts flied out to center to end the inning.
Tenth inning: Dodgers 1, Red Sox 1.
Bottom:
Max Muncy reached second on a two-out, ground-rule double. Manny Machado popped up to end the inning.
Top: Pedro Baez replaced Jansen on the mound. Mitch Moreland lined out to right field. Baez walked J.D. Martinez on seven pitches to put a runner on first, and Ian Kinsler entered the game to pinch run. Baez attempted to pick off Kinsler, who was ruled safe. The Dodgers challenged the call, but it was not overturned. Brock Holt singled on a line drive up the middle, and Kinsler advanced to third. Eduardo Nunez flied out to center, but Cody Bellinger was able to make to throw to home in time for Barnes to tag Kinsler and complete the inning-ending double play.
SAVED. BY. THE. BELLINGER. pic.twitter.com/E1GVtGmETz
— MLB (@MLB) October 27, 2018
Ninth inning: Dodgers 1, Red Sox 1.
Bottom:
Game 2 starter David Price relieved Barnes. Cody Bellinger singled on a line drive to left field. Yasiel Puig then popped out to right. During Yasmani Grandal’s at-bat, Bellinger got caught stealing for the second out. Grandal reached first on a six-pitch walk, and closer Craig Kimbrel came in for Price. Kimbrel walked Chris Taylor on seven pitches to put runners on first and second. Austin Barnes entered the game to pinch run for Grandal. Pinch-hitting for Kenley Jansen, Brian Dozier popped out in foul territory to end the inning.
Top: Pinch-hitting for Barnes, Andrew Benintendi struck out swinging. Mookie Betts flied out to center, and Xander Bogaerts grounded out to end the inning.
Eighth inning: Dodgers 1, Red Sox 1.
Bottom:
Righthander Matt Barnes entered the game for Brasier. After Joc Pederson struck out on a nine-pitch at-bat, Justin Turner singled to left field. Mitch Moreland fielded a shallow hit from Max Muncy to throw Turner out at second. Turner clipped Xander Bogaerts’s right shin on his slide into second base, and Bogaerts was upended after making the throw to first. Muncy was safe. Manny Machado struck out swinging to end the inning.
Top: After retiring the side in four straight innings, Buehler was replaced by right-handed closer Kenley Jansen. After Brock Holt flied out and Rafael Devers struck out swinging, Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a solo blast into the stands to tie the score. Christian Vazquez popped out to end the inning.
Are you serious, JBJ?! 😱😱#WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/lRaaWgU5zj
— MLB (@MLB) October 27, 2018
Seventh inning: Dodgers 1, Red Sox 0.
Bottom:
Right-hander Ryan Braiser came in for Kelly. Yasiel Puig hit a high-bouncing chopper to third for a single. Mitch Moreland was able to field Rafael Devers’s throw that was far off the bag to keep Puig at first. Yasmani Grandal struck out swinging, Chris Taylor lined out to the warning track, and Matt Kemp, pinch-hitting for Buehler, grounded out to strand Puig.
Top: Buehler retired the side in order, including back-to-back strikeouts of Mitch Moreland and J.D. Martinez. His pitch count: 108.
Sixth inning: Dodgers 1, Red Sox 0.
Bottom:
Right-handed reliever Joe Kelly replaced Rodriguez on the mound. After Mookie Betts caught a shallow line drive from Justin Turner and Max Muncy grounded out, Manny Machado singled off the left-field wall. Machado, who appeared to think his ball was on its way out of the park, did not hustle to first. Cody Bellinger popped out to end the inning.
Top: Christian Vazquez was thrown out at first on a chopper up the middle. Pinch-hitting for Eduardo Rodriguez, Blake Swihart grounded out after getting jammed on a check swing. Mookie Betts struck out looking to end the inning. Buehler’s pitch count: 93.
Fifth inning: Dodgers 1, Red Sox 0.
Bottom:
Yasmani Grandal’s hard-hit grounder got past a diving Brock Holt for a single. After Chris Taylor flied out to center and Buehler struck out on a failed bunt, manager Alex Cora pulled Porcello from the mound. Lefty Eduardo Rodriguez entered the game. Joc Pederson struck out swinging to end the inning.
Top: The Red Sox couldn’t get anything going against Buehler, who retired the side in order for the second straight inning.
Fourth inning: Dodgers 1, Red Sox 0.
Bottom:
Porcello notched his fourth strikeout of the game and retired the side in order.
Top: Buehler retired the side in order.
Third inning: Dodgers 1, Red Sox 0.
Bottom:
On the first pitch of his at-bat, Joc Pederson launched a two-out solo home run to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead. Pederson’s blast had an exit velocity of 106 miles per hour and traveled an estimated 380 feet. Justin Turner then reached second on a double to left field. Max Muncy flied out to left to end the inning.
Welcome to Joctober. #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/YHPdOh6Vxb
— MLB (@MLB) October 27, 2018
Top: Jackie Bradley Jr. reached first on a base hit up the middle, despite a sliding grab and throw by Justin Turner. Bradley then attempted to steal second but was tagged out. Leftfielder Joc Pederson couldn’t field a line drive from Christian Vazquez, who was held at first. Rick Porcello bunted to advance the runner, but Betts grounded out on Buehler’s next pitch.
Second inning: Red Sox 0, Dodgers 0.
Bottom:
Cody Bellinger flied out to J.D. Martinez in left field. Yasiel Puig lined out to center, and Yasmani Grandal struck out looking to end the inning.
Top: Buehler retired the side in order.
Buehler cruises through the second in 13 pitches.
— Alex Speier (@alexspeier) October 27, 2018
First inning: Red Sox 0, Dodgers 0.
Bottom:
After Joc Pederson struck out swinging and Justin Turner flied out to center, righthander Rick Porcello walked Max Muncy on six pitches. Manny Machado grounded out to end the inning.
Top: Righthander Walker Buehler threw 26 pitches and retired the side in order, including back-to-back strikeouts of Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts. During Betts’s strikeout, righthander Walker Buehler’s pitch velocity hit at least 99 miles per hour four times.
Also: As good as Buehler’s stuff is/was (average four-seam velo: 98.8 mph), the Sox swung/missed Just twice in the inning.
— Alex Speier (@alexspeier) October 27, 2018
Pre-game
Here are teams’ lineups:
With no designated hitter position at National League ballparks, the Red Sox have benched left fielder Andrew Benintendi for slugger J.D. Martinez. Second baseman Brock Holt will also get his first reps against the Dodgers.
Manager Alex Cora said the decision to bench Benintendi, as opposed to center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr., was largely attributable to Bradley’s defensive abilities.
“It’s simple,” Cora said. “Keep the big boy in left field and have Jackie play left-center and center field to help him out.”
Let’s keep it up! #DoDamage pic.twitter.com/ku9a9RRfqS
— Red Sox (@RedSox) October 26, 2018
With a righty pitching for the Red Sox, the Dodgers have inserted their lefty hitters back into the starting lineup. Cody Bellinger, Joc Pederson, Max Muncy, and Yasmani Grandal all will start after getting benched for Games 1 and 2.
https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/1055924869508939776
