Dodgers Down Brewers To Reach World Series Against Boston
Zeeshan Mehtab Published October 21, 2018 | 12:18 PM
Chicago, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Oct, 2018 ) :Yasiel Puig and Cody Bellinger blasted home runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers advanced to their second consecutive World Series by defeating the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 on Saturday.
The Dodgers, seeking their first Major League Baseball crown since 1988, will begin the 114th World Series on Tuesday at Boston in the opener of the best-of-seven championship final.
Bellinger smashed a two-run homer in the second inning to give the Dodgers the lead for good and Puig belted a three-run homer in the sixth as visiting Los Angeles won the National League Championship Series four games to three.
The Dodgers, who lost to Houston in last year's World Series, make their 20th appearance in the final. They last won the title 30 years ago, defeating Oakland in five games.
Left-handed Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw entered in the ninth and retired the last three Milwaukee batters in order to send Los Angeles back to the World Series.
"It doesn't matter how you get there," Kershaw said. "To get to go back from last year, it's unbelievable. It's a testament to these guys.
"We'll celebrate tonight but we've still got more to go. We don't want to lose again." The Red Sox will try to conclude a team-record 108-win season with a championship and capture their fourth title in 15 seasons. Boston's most recent crowns came in 2013, 2007 and 2004, when the Red Sox took their first title since 1918.
The World Series will feature two of the three oldest ballparks in the major leagues, both classic venues. Boston's Fenway Park is the oldest major league stage, having opened in 1912, half a century before Dodger Stadium. The second-oldest venue, Chicago's Wrigley Field, hosted the World Series in 2016 when the Cubs won their first title since 1908.
It was a heartbreaking finish for the Brewers, who fell one game shy of making their second trip to the final. Milwaukee lost the 1982 World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games.
Milwaukee's Christian Yelich smacked a first-inning line drive solo homer to centerfield off right-handed Dodgers starting pitcher Walker Buehler to open the scoring.
But Los Angeles answered in the second inning when Manny Machado singled and Bellinger smashed a homer to right-centerfield for a 2-1 Dodgers lead.
- Taylor makes big grab - Milwaukee's Lorenzo Cain hit a two-out double in the fifth and Yelich followed with a long fly ball to left field but Dodgers' outfielder Chris Taylor made a leaping catch to deny the Brewers the tying run and end the inning.
"I knew it was in the gap," Taylor said. "I was just trying to run hard to get to the spot. I had to change my run a little bit as it tailed off. I'm just glad I caught it." Buehler lasted 4 2/3 innings, striking out seven Brewers batters.
Los Angeles struck again in the sixth with singles by Max Muncy and Justin Turner and a fielder's choice from Bellinger setting up Puig's three-run homer, boosting the Dodgers' lead to 5-1.
From there, it was a host of Dodgers relief pitchers trying to silence Brewers hitters, closer Kenley Jansen entering with two outs in the seventh inning and striking out three in getting Los Angeles into the ninth.
The Dodgers nearly padded their lead in the ninth, loading the bases on a Puig single, a Taylor double and an intentional walk to Matt Kemp before Brandon Woodruff struck out Enrique Hernandez and Muncy to end the threat.
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