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TAMPA Bay Rays designated hitter Randy Arozarena (56) scores the winning run against reliever Kenley Jansen (74) of the Los Angeles Dodgers during the ninth inning of game four of the 2020 World Series at Globe Life Field. – REUTERS
BRETT Phillips singled to send home the game-winning runs in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-7 in Game 4 of the World Series on Saturday. night in Arlington, Texas.
Phillips, who came in as a defensive replacement at the top of the inning, hit a Kevin Kiermaier single at home with two outs. Randy Arozarena also scored on an errant shot from the center that missed the receiver, while Tampa Bay completed Kenley Jansen’s (0-1) comeback to tie the series to two wins apiece.
The fifth game will take place today.
Brandon Lowe hit a three-run homer for the Rays, and Arozarena, Hunter Renfroe and Kiermaier each hit solo shots. John Curtiss (1-0) took the victory in relief.
Corey Seager had given the Dodgers a 7-6 lead in the eighth. He finished with a home run and four hits, as did Justin Turner. Los Angeles’ seven runs were scored with two outs.
The Dodgers led 4-2 going into the bottom of the sixth before Lowe hit his third home run of the series against Pedro Baez for a one-run lead by the Rays.
Los Angeles wasted no time battling Seager when Seager singled and Turner doubled to start the seventh. After two strikeouts, Cody Bellinger was intentionally walked to load the bases of pinch-hitter Joc Pederson. Pederson’s two-run single from Lowe’s glove at second gave the Dodgers a 6-5 lead.
Kiermaier scored the score at six with a home run by Baez in the bottom of the inning.
Turner homered in the first inning for the second straight game, the first in World Series history. The home run was his 12th as Dodger in the playoffs, a new franchise record.
Seager hit his eighth blast in the third to temporarily tie for the postseason record, but Arozarena took sole possession of the mark when he hit his ninth of the playoffs to open the fourth.
With three hits, Arozarena also tied Pablo Sandoval in 2014 for the most hits in a postseason at 26.
Max Muncy’s RBI single in the fifth gave Los Angeles a 3-1 lead before Tampa Bay rallied to one on a Renfroe home run in the bottom of the inning. Enrique Hernandez’s double in the sixth inning made the Dodgers go 4-2.
Julio Urias started for Los Angeles, allowing two runs and four hits in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out nine. Ryan Yarbrough allowed two runs and five hits in 3 1/3 innings for Tampa Bay.
AROZARENA SETS HR RECORD
Tampa Bay Rays rookie Randy Arozarena set an MLB record when he hit his ninth home run of the postseason in Game 4 of the World Series on Saturday night.
Arozarena went deep on the first pitch he saw from Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Julio Urias to open the bottom of the fourth inning of the contest played at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Arozarena had tied the record shared by Nelson Cruz (2011), Carlos Beltrán (2004) and Barry Bonds (2002) when he hit home runs in the ninth inning of Game 3.
Arozarena, who singled in his first at-bat, also singled in the sixth to equal Pablo Sandoval’s record for most hits in a single postseason with 26. Sandoval set the record in 2014. Arozarena also holds the record for total bases. in a postseason with 58.
Arozarena, 25, made his season debut with the Rays in late August after overcoming COVID-19. He hit .281 with seven home runs in 23 regular-season games, taking his success to the postseason, where he entered Saturday with .354 with eight home runs and 11 RBIs.
On Saturday night, Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager hit his eighth home run of the playoffs to equal the previous record set by Arozarena, Bonds, Beltran and Cruz. – Reuters
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