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Fourth inning: Dodgers 2, Red Sox 1
Bottom: J.D. Martinez grounded out, Xander Bogaerts struck out looking, and Rafael Devers struck out swinging to end the inning. Hyun-Jin Ryu has five Ks on the night.
Top: David Freese reached first after Mookie Betts couldn’t come up with the catch on a line drive to right. On David Price’s next pitch, Manny Machado lined a base hit to center field to put runners on first and second. Price then walked Chris Taylor on six pitches to load the bases. Matt Kemp hit an RBI sacrifice fly to center, and Freese tagged to tie the score at 1-1. Enrique Hernandez capped a nine-pitch at-bat with a strikeout for the second out of the inning. Joe Kelly started warming in the Red Sox bullpen. Yasiel Puig launched a hard-hit blooper over a leaping Ian Kinsler to drive in Machado and put runners on the corners. Austin Barnes struck out swinging to end the inning. Price’s pitch count: 67.
Third inning: Red Sox 1, Dodgers 0
Bottom: Hyun-Jin Ryu struck out Christian Vazquez to open the inning. Then Mookie Betts singled to left-center field on a 1-and-2 pitch, Andrew Benintendi lined out to center field, and Steve Pearce popped out to end the inning.
Top: Ian Kinsler nabbed a floater by Yasiel Puig for the first out, and Austin Barnes popped out to right field for the second out. David Price then walked Dozier, before Justin Turner grounded out to end the inning. Price’s pitch count: 43.
Second inning: Red Sox 1, Dodgers 0
Bottom: After J.D. Martinez lined out to center field, Xander Bogaerts doubled off the Green Monster for Boston’s first base-runner of the night. Rafael Devers then struck out swinging for the second out. Ian Kinsler lined a base hit to left to drive in Bogaerts, giving the Red Sox a 1-0 lead. Jackie Bradley Jr. followed with a base hit up the middle, but Chris Taylor threw out Kinsler at third to end the inning.
Top: After David Price struck out Chris Taylor (swinging on three pitches) and Matt Kemp (looking on four pitches), Enrique Hernandez popped out to center to end the inning.
First inning
Bottom: Mookie Betts grounded out, Andrew Benintendi struck out swinging, and Steve Pearce popped out for a 1-2-3 inning.
Top: After lead-off hitter Brian Dozier grounded out and Justin Turner struck out, David Price walked David Freese on six pitches. Manny Machado popped out to end the inning. Price’s pitch count: 13, 8 for strikes.
Pregame scenes and notes
■ The Red Sox honored their beloved 2004 championship team Wednesday night during the ceremonial first pitch before Game 2 of the 2018 World Series. Pedro Martinez, David Ortiz, Kevin Millar, Tim Wakefield, Jason Varietk, Keith Foulke, and Alan Embree were at Fenway for the pregame ceremony. Why no Curt Schilling, who lives less than an hour from the park? “We did not reach out to him,’’ said a Red Sox executive. “But it is not out of spite. It was originally just going to be Pedro and David and Wake and Millar, but we heard from a few others and they are included.”
Schilling forever will be one of the most significant Red Sox players from the 2004 championship team. His political positions have made him something of a lighting rod in recent years. His exclusion from Wednesday night’s ceremony is likely to raise eyebrows.
— Dan Shaughnessy
■ It was 43 degrees at first pitch.
Lineups
■ LHP David Price (1-1, 5.11 postseason) and LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (1-1, 4.40 postseason) are the starting pitchers.
| RED SOX (1-0, 8-2 postseason) | DODGERS (0-1, 7-5 postseason) |
| Betts RF | Dozier 2B |
| Benintendi LF | Turner 3B |
| Pearce 1B | Freese 1B |
| Martinez DH | Machado SS |
| Bogaerts SS | Taylor LF |
| Devers 3B | Kemp DH |
| Kinsler 2B | Hernandez CF |
| Bradley Jr. CF | Puig RF |
| Vázquez C | Barnes C |
■ Ryu spent years viewing Fenway Park through television screens, whether in his home country of South Korea or in the United States, where Ryu has been an major league pitcher since 2013. Finally, the lefty got a glance at Fenway’s historic grounds when the Dodgers landed in Boston on Sunday.A certain wall caught Ryu’s eye. “My initial reaction to the Green Monster is, it’s very tall,” he said through a translator Tuesday.
— Owen Pence
■ Ryu holds runners well. There have been only five steals against him in 97 major league games. It will be interesting to see if the Sox challenge him.
— Peter Abraham
■ The Sox have had a juggernaut offense in the postseason, pressuring the pitcher by putting balls in play and not waiting for a home run. They are averaging 6.4 runs. Ryu, who did not pitch well on the road in the NLCS, could have a rough time at Fenway Park.
— Peter Abraham
■ Read Abraham’s full game preview for more notes and nuggets.
■ Price takes the mound tonight after throwing six shutout innings in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series. He received a loud cheer from the Fenway crowd during team introductions ahead of Tuesday’s Game 1. He said before the World Series that he felt “lighter” now that he has a good playoff start under his belt.
■ Ryu is making his fourth start of this postseason. In his previous three outings, he gave up seven runs on 17 hits, struck out 15, and walked two over 14⅓ innings. Opponents had a .283/.306/.433 line against him in those three contests.
Pregame reading
■ How a pregame staple helped the Red Sox beat Clayton Kershaw: Advance scouting meetings are common, but this team has taken such get-togethers to another level. (Read more)
■ Christopher L. Gasper: That adage about great pitching beats great hitting? The Red Sox don’t buy it. (Read more)
■ How did David Price suddenly dial up his velocity this postseason? And how did he develop a diving changeup that he hadn’t possessed at any previous point in the 2018 season? (Read more)
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