2018 MLB PLAYOFFS

Brewers force a game 7... that's cool!

 

Dodgers up, 5-1 on the Brew Crew... 6th inning.

 

Sox will be tough to beat. Sox in 6.

 

Its on tonight... Game 1... Fox has it. 8pm et...

 

battle of 2 of MLB's best pitchers. a heavyweight match up for sure. Dodgers best chance to steal a game and change the tide of the Series.

 

Red Sox in 5....Betts MVP.

 

first WS ever with not 1 but both coaches are of a minority.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/dodger...rst-ever-two-minority-managers-000116739.html

 

And they were teammates on the '04 Dodgers before Roberts was sent to the Red Sox at the trade deadline, and you know the rest of the story from there.

 

I wish the media wouldn't report on these types of things. So one is black and the other blue... we need to move on from that and just see managers, not colors.

 

Will - i think they are stating that it's history and not trying to cause trouble. and Cora is a first year manager too. i know every time a white NFL coach is hired they complain about it not going through protocol and Rooney Law with black coaches being interviewed for the job.

 

Red Sox: The most balanced lineup in MLB takes its act to the World Series with the clear mission of continuing to set the tone. The Sox are 7-0 this postseason when they score first and 0-2 when they don't. It was also a trend in the regular season, when Boston was 74-15 when scoring first. With Kershaw starting for the Dodgers in Game 1, Cora has stacked the deck with right-handed hitters, as he did against other lefties this postseason. This means that Steve Pearce will start at first base instead of Mitch Moreland, though the left-handed-hitting Rafael Devers got the nod at third base over Eduardo Nunez. Though Cora has more or less turned the catching reins over to Christian Vazquez of late, the slumping Sandy Leon caught Sale the majority of the time this season and will do so again in the World Series opener.

Official lineup
1. Mookie Betts, RF
2. Andrew Benintendi, LF
3. Steve Pearce, 1B
4. J.D. Martinez, DH
5. Xander Bogaerts, SS
6. Rafael Devers, 3B
7. Ian Kinsler, 2B
8. Sandy Leon, C
9. Jackie Bradley Jr., CF
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Dodgers: Roberts used a different leadoff hitter in each of the last four games in the NLCS, and Brian Dozier, who has four doubles and three homers in his career against Sale, will bat first in Game 1 as the Dodgers go with an all right-handed-hitting lineup against Sale. Dozier has 50 career plate appearances against Sale, while all other Dodgers have a total of 31 plate appearances against him, with Manny Machado next at 22. Dozier has a .255/.300/532 career line against Sale, while Machado has a .316/.408/.579 mark versus the lefty in an extremely limited sample.

Roberts confirmed on Monday that David Freese will start and Matt Kemp will be the designated hitter. Puig generally doesn't start against left-handed pitching, but he will man right field after his three-hit performance, including a three-run homer, during the NLCS Game 7 clincher. Austin Barnes will catch again after starting the final four games of the NLCS. Whether all of those right-handed hitters can avoid the temptation of trying to pull Sale pitches over the Green Monster is one of the keys for the slug-happy Dodgers.

Official lineup
1. Brian Dozier, 2B
2. Justin Turner, 3B
3. David Freese, 1B
4. Manny Machado, SS
5. Chris Taylor, LF
6. Matt Kemp, DH
7. Enrique Hernandez, CF
8. Yasiel Puig, RF
9. Austin Barnes, C

 

Red Sox Win Game 1...