Sunday, October 20, 2024
Copyrighted by Sarah Morris, 2024
Well, after 43 years, the Los Angeles Dodgers will meet the New York Yankees in the World Series. The Dodgers didn’t have superb pitching, but the Dodger offense kept dominating. Tommy Edman and Will Smith homered. The Dodgers scored the most runs in the postseason ever. On a picturesque Sunday night at Dodger Stadium, the Dodgers smacked the New York Mets 10-to-5.
Freddie Freeman wouldn’t start Game 6 because Dave Roberts felt like Freeman’s injured ankle had compromised his swing. During the postseason, Freeman had no extra-base hit. That is not Freddie Freeman.
Michael Kopech started the game. He opened the game with a walk. He uncorked a wild pitch moving the runner to second. Chris Taylor’s error scored a run. He issued another walk. He got out of the jam scorelessly.
Shohei Ohtani singled to open the first. Teoscar Hernández singled moving Ohtani to third. Tommy Edman doubled in Ohtani and Teoscar Hernández. Kiké Hernández walked.
Ben Casparius relieved Kopech in the second. With two outs, he issued a walk. He allowed a single moving the runner to second. He got out of the jam scorelessly.
Chris Taylor singled with an out in the second. Taylor stole second. The Dodgers stranded him.
Casparius continued pitching in the third. Pete Alfonso had an infield single with an out.
Anthony Banda relieved Casparius in the third with an out. He issued a walk. He plunked a batter to load the bases. He got out of a jam scorelessly.
Teoscar Hernández singled to open the third. Edman blasted a two-run homer. Max Muncy walked. Will Smith hit a two-run homer.
Banda continued pitching in the fourth. He allowed a single.
With two outs in the fourth, Ryan Brasier relieved Banda. He allowed a two-run homer. He didn’t allow any more runs.
With an out in the fourth, Mookie Betts walked and stole second. The Dodgers stranded him.
Brasier continued pitching in the fifth. He allowed a single to open the inning. He didn’t allow anything else.
The Dodgers didn’t do anything offensively in the fifth.
Evan Phillips relieved Brasier in the sixth. He allowed a single to start the inning, and he issued a walk with two outs. Another walk loaded the bases. Phillips stranded the runners.
Smith walked to begin the sixth. Taylor had a bunt single moving Smith to second. Ohtani singled in Smith and moved Taylor to second. Betts hit into a force play erasing Ohtani. Betts stole second. The Dodgers didn’t score any more runs.
Daniel Hudson relieved Phillips in the seventh. He allowed a single with an out. Another single moved the runner to third. A sacrifice fly scored a run. Hudson didn’t allow anything else.
Muncy was plunked to begin the seventh. The Dodgers didn’t score any more runs.
Blake Treinen relieved Hudson in the eighth. He struck out the side.
Taylor singled to open the eighth, and Ohtani walked. Betts doubled in Taylor and moved Ohtani to third. Teoscar Hernández’s sac fly scored Ohtani. Muncy walked. Kiké Hernández singled in Edman and moved Muncy to third.
Treinen continued pitching in the ninth. With two outs, he allowed two singles and a run. Treinen closed out the pennant
