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| Dates: | October 23–28 | |||||||||
| MVP: | Steve Pearce (Boston) | |||||||||
| Television: | Fox (United States) MLB International (International) | |||||||||
| TV announcers: | Joe Buck, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal, and Tom Verducci (Fox) Matt Vasgersian and Buck Martinez (MLB International) | |||||||||
| Radio network: | ESPN | |||||||||
| Radio announcers: | Dan Shulman and Chris Singleton | |||||||||
| Umpires: | Ted Barrett (Crew Chief), Fieldin Culbreth (Games 3–5), Kerwin Danley, Chad Fairchild, Jeff Nelson, Jim Reynolds, Tim Timmons (Games 1–2) | |||||||||
| ALCS: | Boston Red Sox over Houston Astros (4-1) | |||||||||
| NLCS: | Los Angeles Dodgers over Milwaukee Brewers (4–3) | |||||||||
World Series
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The 2018 World Series was the 114th championship series of Major League Baseball of the 2018 season. The was played between the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox and the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
Background
Game 1
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Los Angeles | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Boston | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 8 | 11 | 0 |
WP: Matt Barnes (1–0) LP: Clayton Kershaw (0–1)
HRs: SF – Matt Kemp (1) KC – Eduardo Núñez (1)
Game 2
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Boston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 |
WP: David Price (1–0) LP: Hyun-jin Ryu (0–1) SV: Craig Kimbrel
Game 3
Friday, October 26, 2018 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
WP: Alex Wood (1–0) LP: Nathan Eovaldi (0–1)
HRs: BOS – Jackie Bradley Jr. (1) LAD – Joc Pederson (1), Max Muncy (1)
Game 4
Saturday, October 27, 2018 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| Los Angles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
WP: Joe Kelly (1–0) LP: Dylan Floro (0–1)
HRs: BOS – Mitch Morland (1), Steve Pearce (1) LAD – Yasiel Puig (1), Kiké Hernández (1)
Game 5
Sunday, October 28, 2018 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Boston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
WP: David Price (2–0) LP: Clayton Kershaw (0–2)
HRs: BOS – Steve Pearce (3), Mookie Betts (1), J.D. Martinez (1) LAD – David Freese (1)