The Red Sox took a commanding 2-0 lead in the World Series last night as the series shifts back to LA for the weekend. The Sox will look to do exactly what they did in 2004 and 2007 with a World Series sweep of the Dodgers. Last night was David Price’s night though as he proved his impressive start in the ALCS was not an anomaly. Lets breakdown the Top 5 Takeaways from Game 2 of the World Series.
David Price Learned How to Putt
David Price right now:#RedSox #Dodgers #Fenway #WorldSeries #DoDamage pic.twitter.com/OiMJaxFAhh
— The 300s (@The300sBoston) October 25, 2018
Similar to Happy Gilmore at the Tour Championship, David Price has seemingly learned how to fix his biggest weakness and now the competition is shook. Admittedly a sentence I wasn’t sure I’d ever type, but numbers don’t lie. Price gave up 2 runs over 6 innings and struck out 5 while looking dominant at times. After going more than a decade without getting a postseason win as a starter, Price now has 2 in less than a week. Incredible.
David Price erasing Red Sox fans’ bad memories of him from their minds pic.twitter.com/8XAFxHBLwb
— Liam Martin (@LiamWBZ) October 25, 2018
The real question is, what did David Price figure out in that ALCS Game 4 bullpen session?
It was while going through his warm-ups that Price discovered a new trick — one he wasn’t divulging — that he believed helped his start Thursday.
“I threw 40 pitches in the bullpen [Wednesday],” Price said. “I figured something out warming up in the bullpen, and it kind of just carried over into the game.”
Who taught David Price how to putt? Who was his Chubbs?
The 2018 Boston Red Sox are Lethal With Two Outs
This is a very good Red Sox team led by statistically the best offense in baseball, but get 2 outs on them? They’re even better. After getting 2 quick outs in the 5th inning it looked like the Dodgers would be able to hold onto a mid-game 2-1 lead. You didn’t think it would be that easy did you? It’s like any horror movie you’ve ever seen. Always make sure the killer is dead because if you’re not sure, if you don’t see his cold dead body then he will come back to haunt you. The Red Sox have become Jason Voorhees this postseason.
So with two outs Christian Vazquez singled, then Mookie Betts singled, then Andrew Benintendi walked, then Steve Pearce walked, then JD Martinez singled to drive in 2 runs and put the Sox up 4-2. Bingo. Bango. Game over.
2018 Red Sox just tied the 2007 Red Sox with 34 RBIs with two outs in the postseason. Still at least 2-1/2 games to play as they chase the record (’04 Sox, 45 RBI).
— Jason Mastrodonato (@JMastrodonato) October 25, 2018
Joe Kelly Has Morphed into 2007 Jonathan Papelbon
For the second night in a row, Joe Kelly was just blowing guys away. It wasn’t just his triple digits fastball either though, Kelly had impeccable control on his breaking balls. He was just dropping pitches in wherever he wanted and the Dodgers couldn’t touch him. Kelly finished the night with 2 K’s in his lone inning pitched.
Andrew Benintendi May Have Been the Smart Bet for World Series MVP
After racking up 4 hits in his first career World Season game, Benintendi came back and flashed the leather in Game 2 to continue building his case against my bankroll.
Andrew Benintendi with the 🔥 grab! pic.twitter.com/3VLU4wlUv4
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 25, 2018
I’m still holding out hope for my guy Nathan Eovaldi who came in at +5000 to win MVP. He looked excellent yet again last night striking out one in a 13 pitch 1-2-3 8th inning, but with the way this series is going I worry he just might not get into enough games. Especially with Rick Porcello getting the nod for Game 3, it looks like Eovaldi has gone from Rover to setup man for Boston.
The Dodgers Are Softer Than Charmin
First we had the Dodgers pitching coach Rick Honeycut complaining that the Boston bullpen is too close to the fans. Dude it literally has not moved in over 50 years. Then last night we saw Ryan Madson come into a 2 outs bases loaded jam and proceed to immediately walk in a run and then give up a 2-run single before recording the 3rd out.
The final blow was this shot of Yasiel Puig:
The #Dodgers: “The weather is not a factor against the #RedSox in the #WorldSeries.”
Also the Dodgers: pic.twitter.com/AkYorwAbXr
— The 300s (@The300sBoston) October 25, 2018
This came after any and every Dodgers player went out of their way to say the chilly New England temperatures don’t make a difference to them. Picture’s worth a thousand words.
PS – The Red Sox bullpen retired 16 straight Dodgers hitters to end the game. Duct tape and bubblegum aside, this bullpen is money right now.
