World Series: Red Sox vs. Dodgers Live Game 5 Score and Updates
J.D. Martinez hit a solo home run in the seventh inning to extend the Red Sox’ lead to 4-1 over Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers in World Series Game 5.
Mookie Betts broke out of his World Series slump with a solo home run that gave the Red Sox a 3-1 lead in the sixth inning.
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How to watch: Fox has the broadcast at 8 p.m. Eastern, but you can stream the game here.
Bottom 7th: Price Removes Any Doubt
David Price is making sure that no one questions his postseason credentials ever again. He cruised through the seventh and still looks unhittable.
Manny Machado lined out to short, Max Muncy flied out to left and Yasiel Puig hit a soft comebacker to end the inning.
Top 7th: Martinez Tags Kershaw for One More
Clayton Kershaw has battled to keep up with David Price, but he looks done after seven innings. He’d allowed a home run to Mookie Betts in the sixth and he allowed a homer to J.D. Martinez to start the seventh. Even though he escaped without further damage, the long-time ace does not seem to have anything left.
After Martinez homered to center, Xander Bogaerts singled on a liner to left. Brock Holt grounded out to second and then advanced to second when Rafael Devers singled.
Christian Vazquez struck out for the second out of the inning and then David Price grounded out to get Kershaw out of the inning.
Bottom 6th: Price Shuts Down Dodgers Again
David Price is making this look easy.
David Freese finally made an out, grounding out to second. Justin Turner lined out to left and Enrique Hernandez grounded out to second.
With the 1-2-3- inning, Price is through six and has thrown just 76 pitches.
Top 6th: Betts Blasts a Solo Home Run to Extend Red Sox’ Lead
Boston padded its lead with a solo home run from the slumping Mookie Betts and is now up 3-1.
After David Price grounded out, Betts, who had not gotten a hit in his last 13 at-bats, stroked a slider over the wall in left-center for the first postseason home run of his career.
Betts’s blast did not seem to shake Clayton Kershaw, who got a groundout from Andrew Benintendi and a flyout from Steve Pearce to end the inning.
Bottom 5th: Another 1-2-3 Inning for Price
David Price may have gotten a little help from the umpire in a 1-2-3 fifth.
Chris Taylor, who normally takes gigantic hacks, got rung up on a checked swing third strike, with the home plate umpire, Jeff Nelson, making the call without help from his first-base umpire on a call that was borderline at best. Nelson then argued a bit with the Dodgers’ dugout before Price pitched to Austin Barnes.
Barnes proceeded to ground out to second and Clayton Kershaw, who has been cruising as a pitcher, was allowed to bat a second time and ended the inning with a soft comebacker to Price.
Top 5th: Suddenly, It’s a Pitchers’ Duel
Clayton Kershaw looks simply unhittable right now.
Boston’s leadoff batter, Brock Holt, lined out to first base. Rafael Devers struck out on three pitches, keeping his bat on his shoulder as Kershaw’s pitches danced around the strike zone. Then it was simply a matter of getting Christian Vazquez to pop out to left and Kershaw was out of the inning.
Bottom 4th: Price Has Some More Juice Left
David Price kept his pitch-count down and cruised through a perfect fourth.
Manny Machado struck out on five pitches, simply flailing at a vicious changeup. Max Muncy swung at the first pitch he saw, flying out to center, and Yasiel Puig ended the inning by lining out to second.
Price is at 56 pitches and has not shown any fatigue as of yet.
Top 4th: Red Sox Can’t Figure Out Kershaw
Clayton Kershaw continues to keep things quiet.
After Steve Pearce grounded out to third, J.D. Martinez got his first hit of the game to with a single to left. But the mild threat was snuffed out quickly when Xander Bogaerts grounded into an inning-ending 6-4-3 double-play.
Bottom 3rd: Martinez Loses One, but Price Recovers
Boston’s desire to have a big bat in the lineup nearly cost them a run when J.D. Martinez badly blew a play in the outfield, but David Price worked around a runner on third to add another scoreless inning to his collection.
After Clayton Kershaw started the inning by grounding out to third, David Freese hit a ball deep to right. Martinez, typically a designated hitter, clearly lost the ball before it got to him and then once he ran the ball down at the wall he no real chance of throwing out Freese despite Freese having gotten off to a slow start since he assumed the ball would be caught.
With a runner on third and one out, Justin Turner grounded out to short with Freese being forced to hold. Price then escaped the inning when Enrique Hernandez fouled out.
Top 3rd: Kershaw Has Been Dominant Since the First Inning
The scoring came quickly in the first inning, but both pitchers have settled down. It was Clayton Kershaw’s turn to cruise in the top of the third. David Price’s first at-bat of the season was one of the more comical mismatches possible, as the lefty-swinging A.L. pitcher was up against the lefty-dominating Kershaw, but Price managed to draw five pitches before striking out, which was something of a victory.
That brought up the top of Boston’s order, and Mookie Betts continued his recent funk, dropping to 0 for his last 13 when he flied out to center. With two outs, Andrew Benintendi grounded out to first to end the inning.
Bottom 2nd: Price Puts Another Zero on the Board
David Price worked around a single to pitch a scoreless inning.
Max Muncy is in the game for his bat, not his glove, but in his first at-bat against David Price he went down swinging, striking out on a low changeup that had him completely fooled.
Yasiel Puig gave Los Angeles a base runner when he singled on a fly to left-center that Andrew Benintendi could not run down. With one on and one out, Chris Taylor worked a full-count before flying out to center. That left Austin Barnes, who struck out on four pitches. Barnes is now 0-for-10 in the World Series.
Price, who is pitching on short rest, will probably be on a somewhat limited pitch-count, so with him already being up to 38, there is a chance that he may only be able to go three or four innings tonight.
Top 2nd: Kershaw Settles Down
Clayton Kershaw absolutely cruised through Boston’s 6-7-8 hitters.
Brock Holt flied out softly to left and Rafael Devers struck out swinging. That brought up Christian Vazquez, and the Red Sox catcher lined out to center to end the inning.
Bottom 1st: Freese Takes First Pitch Deep
David Freese only needed one pitch to close the gap to 2-1, hitting a 92-m.p.h. fastball from David Price over the wall in right-center. But that was all Los Angeles could muster.
After Freese’s blast, Justin Turner walked on five pitches. He was erased when Enrique Hernandez grounded into a 5-4-3 double-play.
Manny Machado, who has been mostly punchless in this World Series, took the first five pitches he saw, getting to a full-count. After fouling off three pitches, he struck out to end the inning. Nine of Price’s 16 pitches in the inning went to Machado.
Top 1st: Pearce’s Blast Shakes Dodgers
Clayton Kershaw’s postseason struggles continued when he gave up a two-run homer to Steve Pearce that put the Dodgers in a 2-0 hole. in the first inning.
After Mookie Betts dropped to 0 for his last 12 by flying out to left-center on Kershaw’s second pitch, Andrew Benintendi singled on a grounder up the middle. That put on a runner on base for Pearce, and the lefty-killer killed another lefty, lofting a home run over the center field wall.
Kershaw quickly settled down. J.D Martinez grounded out to Max Muncy, the second baseman who thanks to the shift was over where the shortstop would normally be, and Xander Bogaerts struck out to end the inning. But the early deficit in an elimination game could be huge.
Benjamin Hoffman is a senior staff editor and regular contributor to the Keeping Score column in sports. He joined The Times in 2005. @BenHoffmanNYT • Facebook
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