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The best team in a truncated regular season was also the best team in an extended postseason, as the Los Angeles Dodgers ended a 32-year championship drought with a 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday. in Arlington, Texas.
The Dodgers were also the best home run team in a regular season that was cut to 60 games as a concession to the COVID-19 pandemic, but they got inventive on offense to earn their decisive victory.
In his 16th Back-to-back game at the Texas Rangers’ new Globe Life Field, the Dodgers converted a wild pitch and fielder’s pick to gold to score runs in the fifth inning. The runs gave Los Angeles a 2-1 lead. The Dodgers also used seven pitchers, including starter Tony Gonsolin, who was retired after 1 2/3 innings.
Left-hander Julio Urias was the last of those arms, striking out Willy Adames looking to finish him off as he pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings to win the save. Left-hander Víctor González (1-0) pitched 1 1/3 shutout innings with three strikeouts for the win.
Rays starter Blake Snell was in the middle of the most impressive start of his career, when you factor in the moment. He struck out nine and allowed just two harmless singles the first two times on the orders of the Dodgers.
However, with one out in the sixth inning following a single by Dodgers No. 9 hitter Austin Barnes, Rays manager Kevin Cash went to his bullpen to protect a 1-0 lead, putting right-hander Nick. Anderson (1-1) in the game. After striking out twice against Snell, Mookie Betts doubled to put runners on second and third.
Barnes scored on Anderson’s wild pitch to tie the game, with Betts moving to third. Corey Seager, who also fanned twice against Snell, then hit a groundout to first with Betts scoring on a dive just before the shot home for a 2-1 lead.
“I’m not exactly sure why, I’m not asking any questions, but I was pitching a great game,” Betts said of the Rays’ decision to lift Snell. “(Barnes) opened with a hit, I think, right there. We had a chance to do something, but they did a pitching change and it seemed like that was all we needed. “
The exclamation point came in the eighth when Betts, the high-profile addition to the Dodgers roster this offseason after a trade with the Boston Red Sox, homered for a 3-1 lead. It was his second home run of the series.
AROZARENA
There would be more heroics on the part of Rays rookie Randy Arozarena, who gave Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead with a first-inning home run against Gonsolin.
Arozarena became the second rookie to hit three home runs in a single World Series, while extending his record for a postseason to 10 home runs. He also became the first rookie with RBIs in four consecutive World Series games.
Mvp
Seager, who finished all six games at 8 of 20 with two home runs and five RBIs, was named World Series MVP.
Additionally, Major League Baseball (MLB) announced after the game that Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner tested positive for COVID-19. He was removed from the game when the Dodgers took to the field for the top of the eighth.
It was the seventh Dodgers World Series championship in franchise history, with six of them after moving to Los Angeles in 1958. The title also came on their eighth consecutive trip to the postseason and their third World Series in four. years.
The Dodgers’ most recent title came in 1988, when Kirk Gibson homered to beat the Oakland Athletics in Game 1. Los Angeles won the series in five games. – Reuters
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