Red Sox Extend World Series Lead Over Dodgers to 2–0

The Los Angeles Dodgers are in very deep trouble in the 2018 World Series. They dropped the second game to the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park by a score of 4-2. The series will now shift to Dodger Stadium with Los Angeles desperately needing a win to avoid going down three games to none. David Price came up with his second straight solid start in the playoffs. He had earned a reputation of being a poor postseason starter. However, he came up very big on Wednesday night. Price threw six innings and only allowed a pair of runs on three hits. Both of the runs were earned.

Hyun-Jin Ryu did not pitch nearly as well as Price. The Dodger starter went 4.2 innings and gave up four earned runs on six hits. He has been a huge disappointment in the playoffs. There were no home runs hit by either team in the game. The Dodgers are now in very serious jeopardy of losing the World Series for the second straight year. They also did this back in 1977-78 when they lost the World Series to the New York Yankees in both years. The third game will be huge for Los Angeles. The odds of them rallying from a three games to none deficit in the series against a team as good as Boston are very small.

The Red Sox were very heavily favored heading into this series against the Dodgers. This makes perfect sense when you stop to consider that the Red Sox won a team record 108 games and the Dodgers only won 92. The Dodgers have also had problems scoring runs at many points of the season. Offense is definitely not something the Red Sox have had to worry about in 2018. The speed of Boston has been something that has been tough for Los Angeles to deal with. A ground ball that was beat out for a hit in the first game led to the Red Sox scoring a pair of runs. It is this type of play that can be the difference in a best of seven series.

The Red Sox are now trying to win their fourth World Series since 2004. This would have been hard for any fan in Boston to imagine prior to the Red Sox breaking their curse that lasted the better part of a century. They have assembled a great group of players that should win for a long time.