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10/25 22:41 CDT The Latest: Kershaw beats Rays again, gives LA Series lead
The Latest: Kershaw beats Rays again, gives LA Series lead
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) --- The Latest on Game 5 of the World Series (all times
local):
10:40 p.m.
Clayton Kershaw beat the Tampa Bay Rays for the second time in six days,
escaping a fourth-inning jam with a quick reaction throw to cut down a runner
trying for a rare steal of home plate, and the Los Angeles Dodgers held on for
a 4-2 win Sunday night and a 3-2 World Series lead.
With one more victory, the Dodgers would claim their first title since 1988.
Mookie Betts and Corey Seager sparked a two-run first inning, and Joc Pederson
and Max Muncy homered off long-ball prone Tyler Glasnow, whose 100 mph heat was
no match.
Kershaw was cruising when Dodgers manager Dave Roberts removed the 32-year-old
left-hander in favor of Dustin May with two outs in the sixth inning. The
mostly pro-Dodgers fans in the pandemic-reduced crowd of 11,437 booed when
Roberts walked to the mound, well aware that closer Kenley Jansen wasted a
ninth-inning lead in Saturday's stunning 8-7 loss.
May got five outs and Victor Gonzalez stranded a pair of runners in the eighth
by retiring Randy Arozarena and Brandon Lowe on flyouts.
Blake Treinen pitched the ninth for his first ever postseason save.
The Rays will give the ball to left-hander Blake Snell in Game 6 on Tuesday
night. Los Angeles hasn't announced a starter and may empty the bullpen, with
ace Walker Buehler in play on regular rest for Game 7 if necessary.
Thirty of the previous 46 teams to win Game 5 for a 3-2 lead have won the
title, but just six of the last 14. Teams that wasted 3-2 leads include last
year's Houston Astros.
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10:20 p.m.
Victor Gonzlez worked out of a jam with some effective relief work, and the
Los Angeles Dodgers carried a 4-2 lead over the Tampa Bay Rays into the ninth
inning of Game 5 of the World Series.
With one out and Kevin Kiermaier on first after a leadoff single in the eighth,
manager Dave Roberts pulled hard-throwing right-hander Dustin May and put in
the lefty Gonzlez.
Kiermaier then advanced on a wild pitch and pinch hitter Mike Brosseau walked.
But Gonzlez retired the righty-hitting Randy Arozarena and the lefty-batting
Brandon Lowe on a pair of fly balls to center fielder Cody Bellinger.
Gonzlez yelled in celebration after Bellinger made a fine running catch on
Lowe, ending the inning.
Los Angeles is trying to take a 3-2 lead in the Series in pursuit of its first
championship since 1988.
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9:50 p.m.
Dustin May is keeping the Rays' bats quiet with an impressive relief outing --
and making Dodgers manager Dave Roberts look smart for summoning him to replace
an effective Clayton Kershaw.
The rookie right-hander with the wild shock of bright red hair has retired all
four batters he's faced (two on strikeouts) to protect a 4-2 lead for Los
Angeles through seven innings.
May, who had been struggling in the postseason, is consistently throwing 99-101
mph with major movement. A fired-up May struck out pinch-hitter Austin Meadows
to begin a 1-2-3 seventh that was aided by Joc Pederson's nice running catch in
deep left-center field.
May entered with a 5.00 ERA in six previous appearances covering nine innings
this postseason. He had allowed nine hits and walked six.
Tampa Bay reliever Diego Castillo made quick work of the first three hitters in
the Dodgers' lineup in the top of the seventh.
The best-of-seven Series is tied at two games apiece.
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9:31 p.m.
Two pitches, two outs for Clayton Kershaw in the sixth. And then, just like
that, he got pulled by manager Dave Roberts.
Perhaps that was the plan Sunday night, maybe that's what the book said, yank
him after 21 batters, no matter what.
But the Dodgers lefty was done after 85 pitches. Not that the LA fans at Globe
Life Field liked the decision -- a few thousand of them booed, before cheering
for Kershaw as he walked off.
Struggling reliever Dustin May entered and struck out Manuel Margot with a 101
mph fastball to end the inning with the Dodgers ahead 4-2.
Rays manager Kevin Cash went to his bullpen to begin the sixth, taking out
starter Tyler Glasnow. Relievers Aaron Loup and Diego Castillo combined for a
hitless inning.
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9:15 p.m.
Max Muncy launched a no-doubt homer into the right-field seats, and the Los
Angeles Dodgers lead the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 through five innings.
Muncy turned on a 99 mph fastball from Tyler Glasnow and whipped his bat to the
ground as he admired it from the plate. It was the first homer of the World
Series for Muncy and lifted his batting average to .412. The 30-year-old also
walked earlier in the game and has 20 free passes this postseason, tied for
second most ever behind Barry Bonds' 27 in 2002.
Glasnow has allowed a record nine homers this postseason, including eight on
his fastball. The 6-foot-8 right-hander seemed to have settled after a rocky
start, setting down eight straight before Muncy's shot.
After escaping a thorny fourth inning by thwarting Manual Margot's attempted
steal of home, Clayton Kershaw cruised through the fifth, retiring the side in
order, including two strikeouts.
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8:50 p.m.
Manuel Margot was thrown out attempting to steal home, and the Tampa Bay Rays
trailed the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 in the fifth inning of Game 5 of the World
Series.
Margot opened the fourth with a walk. He stole second and advanced to third on
an error on second baseman Chris Taylor. Hunter Renfroe then walked to put
runners on the corners with none out.
Kershaw bounced back by retiring Joey Wendle on a popup and fanning Willy
Adames for his 205th postseason strikeout, matching Justin Verlander's big
league record. Kershaw then alertly stepped off the rubber when Margot broke
for the plate and threw to catcher Will Smith for the final out of the inning.
Max Muncy then gave Los Angeles a 4-2 lead with a solo homer in the fifth. Joc
Pederson also connected in the second for the Dodgers.
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8:25 p.m.
Yandy Daz hit an RBI triple off Clayton Kershaw and scored on Randy
Arozarena's record-breaking single to cut Tampa Bay's deficit to 3-2 after
three innings.
A scuffling Tyler Glasnow remains on the mound for the Rays, trying to find his
rhythm. The 6-foot-8 right-hander worked around a leadoff single and another
wild pitch in the top of the third, striking out Will Smith and Cody Bellinger
before Chris Taylor grounded out to end the inning.
Kevin Kiermaier beat out an infield single to begin the bottom half on a ball
charged and fielded by Kershaw. Daz then sliced a line-drive triple into the
right-field corner that skipped past Mookie Betts, allowing Kiermaier to score.
It was Daz's first RBI since Aug. 29.
Arozarena singled through the left side on a hanging breaking ball to make it
3-2. A frustrated Kershaw yelled and pounded his glove, and Arozarena signaled
for the souvenir ball to be taken out of play.
With his 27th hit of this postseason, Arozarena set a major league mark. Pablo
Sandoval had 26 hits during the 2014 postseason.
The rookie slugger also matched Tampa Bay's franchise record for postseason
hits held by Melvin Upton Jr.
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8 p.m.
Joc Pederson kept up the Dodgers' attack against Tyler Glasnow, hitting a
leadoff home run in the second inning that made it 3-0. Pederson stood at the
plate for a moment to admire the shot into Tampa Bay's bullpen in left-center
field while Glasnow covered his head with both hands.
Pederson became the eighth different Dodgers player to homer in this Series,
tying the Bash Brothers of the '89 A's for the most ever.
This is not what the Rays hoped for or needed from Glasnow. The 6-foot-8 ace
has walked three so far, the outs against him are loud and he's already thrown
51 pitches. He got a break, too, when Austin Barnes was caught stealing as he
came off second base after beating the throw.
For Glasnow, this comes after he walked six and threw a whopping 112 pitches in
just 4 1/3 innings of Game 1.
Clayton Kershaw also got some help in the bottom half. After Manuel Margot led
off the inning with a smart bunt single and moved up on a grounder, do-it-all
third baseman Justin Turner made a nifty play on Willy Adames' bouncer to end
the inning.
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7:40 p.m.
Corey Seager and Cody Bellinger singled in runs off an overthrowing Tyler
Glasnow in the first inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers took a 2-0 lead over the
Tampa Bay Rays with the World Series tied at two games apiece.
Seager advanced on a pair of wild pitches in the first by Glasnow, who was
throwing at up to 100.6 mph.
Mookie Betts doubled on a 99 mph fastball, driving the ball into left field,
and scored two pitches later when Seager pulled a curveball into right field
for a single and his 19th postseason RBI.
Justin Turner took a called third strike, and Seager advanced on a wild pitch,
a safe call by Laz Diaz that was upheld in a video review.
Max Muncy drew his 20th walk of the postseason, Will Smith struck out and,
after another wild pitch, Cody Bellinger hit a grounder that was stopped by
second baseman Brandon Lowe on the right field grass with no play. Seager
scored on the infield single, the Dodgers' 58th run with two outs this season.
Glasgow got out of the inning by striking out Chris Taylor.
Glasnow needed 34 pitches to get three outs, his most in the first inning this
year, and the Dodgers batted for 19 minutes. The two wild pitches in an inning
tied a Series record.
Yandy Daz singled off Clayton Kershaw and Randy Arozarena, who hit his ninth
postseason homer in Game 4, hooked a slider just foul down the right-field
line. Arozarena grounded into a 6-4-3 double play, and Lowe fouled out to
catcher Austin Barnes.
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7:05 p.m.
The Dodgers have three-time NL Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw starting
the pivotal Game 5 in the World Series.
They could also have Walker Buehler available out of the bullpen against the
Tampa Bay Rays.
Buehler, who won Game 3 on Friday night and would start Game 7 on Wednesday
night if the Series goes that long, didn't throw his usual between-games side
session before Sunday night's game.
The last time Buehler pitched in relief was June 28, 2018, when he was nursing
a rib microfracture and rejoined the team after a planned rehab assignment. His
only other relief appearances came in his eight games as a rookie in 2017.
Big right-hander Tyler Glasnow started for the Rays, a rematch of Game 1 when
Kershaw and the Dodgers won 8-3.
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5:25 p.m.
The roof is closed for Game 5, and might not open again during this World
Series.
Along with the dreary, misty conditions outside Globe Life Field before the
start of Sunday's game, there was an increasing chance of rain into the night
---and beyond.
It is the second time in the World Series that the retractable roof at the new
$1.2 billion stadium is closed for a game. The other was Game 3 on Friday
night, when it was breezy and chilly with a chance of rain.
The forecast calls for a 90 percent chance of rain Monday --- a day off for the
Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers --- with temperatures in the mid-50s.
That drops to a 70 percent chance of rain Tuesday, when Game 6 will be played,
but back up to 90 percent with temperatures staying in the 40s Wednesday, when
a seventh game would be played, if necessary.
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