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Less than 17 hours after Game 3 wrapped up, the Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers take the field for Game 4 of the World Series Saturday night at Dodger Stadium. Coming off a 3-2, 18-inning victory, L.A. can even the series at two games apiece with another win. First pitch is scheduled for 8:09 p.m. Red Sox lefty Eduardo Rodriguez makes his first start since Sept. 20, even though manager Alex Cora said David Price, Chris Sale, and Rick Porcello — who started Game 3 — all asked to take the mound. Even Nathan Eovaldi, who threw 97 pitches in relief during Game 3, said he was “ready to go,” per Cora. For the Dodgers, fellow lefty Rich Hill takes the mound. Here are the latest updates: Second inning: Red Sox 0, Dodgers 0. Top:  Bottom: First inning: Red Sox 0, Dodgers 0. Bottom: After David Freese struck out swinging and Max Muncy grounded out, Eduardo Rodriguez walked Justin Turner on seven pitches to put a runner on first. Manny Machado flied out to … [Read more...] about Boston Red Sox at Los Angeles Dodgers: Live updates and analysis from World Series Game 4

The Los Angeles Dodgers will look to avoid a 3-0 deficit in the World Series against the Red Sox Friday night at Dodger Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 8:09 p.m. Righties Rick Porcello and Walker Buehler will face off on the mound. Here are teams’ lineups: With no designated hitter position at National League ballparks, the Red Sox have benched left fielder Andrew Benintendi for slugger J.D. Martinez. Second baseman Brock Holt will also get his first reps against the Dodgers. With a righty pitching for the Red Sox, the Dodgers have inserted their lefty hitters back into the starting lineup. Cody Bellinger, Joc Pederson, Max Muncy, and Yasmani Grandal all will start after getting benched for Games 1 and 2. Close … [Read more...] about Boston Red Sox at Los Angeles Dodgers: Live updates and analysis from World Series Game 3

The Red Sox can take a 2-0 lead with a win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 of the World Series Wednesday night at Fenway Park. First pitch is scheduled for 8:09 p.m. Here are the latest updates: Fourth inning: Red Sox 1, Dodgers 1. Top: David Freese reached first after Mookie Betts couldn’t come up with the catch on a line drive to right. On Price’s next pitch, Manny Machado lined a base hit to center field to put runners on first and second. Price then walked Chris Taylor on six pitches to load the bases. Matt Kemp hit an RBI sac fly to center, as Freese tagged to tie the score at 1-1. Bottom:  Third inning: Red Sox 1, Dodgers 0. Bottom: Hyun-Jin Ryu struck out Christian Vazquez to open the inning. Betts then singled to left-center field. Benintendi lined out and Pearce popped out to strand Betts and end the inning. Top: Kinsler nabbed a floater by Yasiel Puig for the first out, and Austin Barnes popped out to right field for the second … [Read more...] about Los Angeles Dodgers at Boston Red Sox: Live updates and analysis from World Series Game 2

Unable to stop the Red Sox running on the base paths, or hitting with two outs, the Dodgers fell 8-4 in Game 1 of the World Series. Reactions from Los Angeles credited the strengths in Boston’s lineup, but also focused on a few costly blunders made by the Dodgers. While outfielder Yasiel Puig’s ill-fated attempt to throw home on Mookie Betts’s 1st inning run drew criticism, the main talking point focused on Eduardo Nunez’s pinch-hit three-run home run in the bottom of the 7th inning. From an LA standpoint, manager Dave Roberts’s decision to bring in relief pitcher Alex Wood for Pedro Baez before the at-bat was seen as questionable. “By inserting Wood, Roberts forced Cora to either stick with an unfavorable matchup or burn another player,” wrote Jorge Castillo of The Los Angeles Times. “But Roberts also was taking the ball out of arguably his best reliever’s hand. Baez hadn’t given up a run since Sept. 9, a stretch of 14 1/3 … [Read more...] about ‘Monster Mashed’: What Los Angeles media had to say after the Dodgers’ Game 1 loss