The Dodgers chill in Boston, then fall behind 2-0 against the Red Sox
The Dodgers chill in Boston, then fall behind 2-0 against the Red Sox
The San Gabriel Mountains that sparkle in the distance will be welcome for the Los Angeles Dodgers after two cold and failed nights at Fenway Park.
No team has overcome a 2-0 deficit in the World Series in 22 years, but that is the difficult task facing the Dodgers after collapsing before the 37-foot tall Green Monster.
"It's going to be warmer, and we expect our bats to get warm, too," Cody Bellinger said after Wednesday's 4-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox.
No wonder they were the California Dreamin on the flight home Thursday.
Accustomed to warm breezes at home and generally hospitable. weather in the West of the National League, Los Angeles had not started a game this year at a temperature below 58. Facing a temperature of 53 degrees at the start of the first game, the Dodgers lost 8-4. They were only 46 in the first inning for Game 2, and the Dodgers' bats were cold again, their last 16 batters retired in order.
"This is the first time we played in a climate obviously like this: San Francisco a little, but nothing like this," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said before the game. "So it's an adjustment, and that's part of the home advantage and especially being in the bullpen, where you have a small heater, but you still have to warm up and stay warm, it's more of a challenge."
Ryan Madson was unusually open about how odd the Dodgers were on October nights in the Northeast.
"Last night, in the bullpen, we had a couple of heaters running," he said before Game 2. "It was hot, but to get up and move in. I did not feel as sticky as usual when it's 75, 80 degrees. I'll make that adjustment tonight, I'll move a little bit more, I'll tell the guys that they did not throw the night before, they just move a little more than usual, they move the knee joints, but maybe they're young and they do not feel it. "
Madson's problem was the lack of movement in his pitches, as well as a change he threw for an uncontrolled pitch in Game 1. He was introduced to relieve Hyun-Jin Ryu and protect a 2-1 advantage with loaded bases and Two outs in the Fifth one night later, he walked over Steve Pearce and delivered a two-run single to JD Martinez before launching a single speed toss.
"The ball does not go where I want it, it was pulling to the left last night, and tonight it was to the right," Madson said.
Dodgers pitching coach Rick Honeycutt was upset about the conditions his bullpen experienced in a bullpen right in front of the right field stands.
"Brutal, quite brutal," he told Sports Illustrated. "What I do not understand is why baseball allows it, you have the rubber right there and people are literally on top of you."
Fenway's frantic fans benefit the Red Sox, a senior mark of 57-24 at home during the regular season and 8-1 in the World Series since 2004.
"They live baseball 24 hours a day, seven days a week," said Boston manager Alex Cora, who played for the Dodgers from 1998-04 and the Red Sox from 2005-2008. "They were in every pitch, two punches, they stood up, Madson came in and he was wild, they screamed and shouted, sometimes we took them for granted, honestly."
If Los Angeles is going to recover, it will be in Chavez Ravine. The temperature for the first game of the World Series last year at Dodger Stadium was 103 degrees. A more moderate temperature is forecast for Friday in the mid-1980s, when rookie Walker Buehler starts against Rick Porcello in an attempt to bring about a turnaround. With a right-hander on the mound for Boston, it is likely that most of the Dodgers' four home run hitters are back in the starting lineup: left-handed hitters Max Muncy, Joc Pederson, Yasmani Grandal and Bellinger were included Boston.
"We're going to shuffle it for Game 3, but it's not necessarily because of the performance, it's the type of starting pitcher for those players," Roberts said.
But even if the Dodgers win at least two of three to force the Serie to return to Boston, they would still have to win at least once in the peculiar and noisy Fenway. There is no sign that they can warm up the task.
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