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[djp73]

I have faith in you

[redsox907]

That Dodgers lineup is unreal. Good luck.

yeah, when I was filling out the lineup I was like - we're not that far off...then you keep going down the lineup and as I trickle down to mid 70s they have no skips lmao. Max Muncy is the only dude below an 80

I have faith in you

that makes one of us

[redsox907]

Kirby, Not Crochet, Set To Start Game One For Boston

Los Angeles, CA. - The 2025 World Series opens later this afternoon, but the fatigue divide between the two finalists is already stark. While the Boston Red Sox needed every ounce of resolve, and seven games, to survive Seattle, the Los Angeles Dodgers coasted through a gentleman’s sweep of the Cubs. The result? L.A. enters the Fall Classic with a full week of rest, every arm refreshed and every option available.

Boston looks nothing like that. The Red Sox are running on fumes, especially atop their rotation. Garrett Crochet, the AL MVP and Cy Young winner, pitched twice on short rest against the Mariners, including five scoreless innings in a heroic Game 7. With only two days between that effort and tonight’s opener, manager Alex Cora was blunt about the temptation to ride his ace again.

“There’s gutsy, and then there’s stupid,” Cora said. “That would be stupid.”

Instead, Boston will turn to George Kirby, fully rested after starting Game 5 of the ALCS. Brayan Bello and Crochet will follow in order.

“This way, all of our guys get their first World Series start on full rest,” Cora said. “And it lines Garrett up for a potential Game 7.”

The question is whether Boston can survive long enough to get there. If fatigue keeps creeping in, this series may never make it back to Los Angeles for its later games. And against one of baseball’s most explosive offenses, every inning, every out, becomes a stress test.

The Dodgers have scored fewer than four runs only twice this postseason and averaged five per game in the NLDS. Boston, meanwhile, has topped four runs just twice in the same span, one of those coming in the wild 10–9 loss to Seattle.

“Slugfests aren’t their lane right now,” said MLB Network analyst Pedro Martínez. “They’ve got to smother the Dodgers’ offense and get just enough timely hitting. If games turn into track meets, I don’t think this lineup can outslug L.A.”

With Game 1 set for tonight, all eyes turn to Kirby. If he stumbles out of the gate, the final chapter of Boston’s storybook season might start writing itself early.

[redsox907]

Boston Steals Game 1 With Steals, Timely Hitting, & Devers Go-Ahead Single
2025 World Series - Game 1
Boston Red Sox (0-0) @ Los Angeles Dodgers (0-0)


Jarren Duran kicked off the Fall Classic with a single, two stolen bases, then finally scored on a wild pitch during a record setting day for the outfielder.

Game_1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	8	0
Los Angeles	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	5	0

Scoring Summary

Team	Inning	Play	BOS	LAD
	1st	Duran scored on wild pitch	1	0
	3rd	Bregman grounded into DP, Rafaela scores	2	0
	3rd	Devers doubled, Anthony scores	3	0
	7th	Anthony hits a sac fly, Duran scores	4	0
	7th	Smith homered 409 ft, Betts scores	4	2
	8th	Freeman homered 414 ft, Muncy scores	4	4
	9th	Devers singled, Duran scores	5	4

Boston_Red_Sox

Name	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
Jarren Duran, LF	3	3	3	0	2	0	.444
Alex Bregman, 3B	4	0	1	0	1	0	.227
Roman Anthony, RF	2	1	0	1	2	0	.256
Rafael Devers, DH	3	0	2	2	1	1	.310
Carlos Narvaez, C	5	0	0	0	0	3	.415
Trevor Story, SS	4	0	0	0	0	3	.146
Kristian Campbell, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.333
David Hamilton, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.094
Ceddanne Rafaela, CF	4	1	1	0	0	1	.059
Total	33	5	8	3	6	10

Batting
2B: Rafael Devers (5)
RBI: Rafael Devers 2 (4), Roman Anthony (7)
HBP: Rafael Devers
SF: Roman Anthony
GIDP: Alex Bregman

Base Running
SB: Jarren Duran 5 (10), Roman Anthony (1), Ceddanne Rafaela (1)

Pitching
George Kirby | 6 IP, H, BB, 8 K
Garrett Whitlock (H, 2) | 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 K
Justin Slaten (W, 1-0) | 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 K
Aroldis Chapman (S, 6) | 1 IP, 2 K

Los_AngelesDod_gers

Name	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
Freddie Freeman, 1B	4	1	1	2	0	1	.356
Andy Pages, CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.313
Shohei Ohtani, DH	4	0	0	0	0	4	.200
Mookie Betts, SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	.268
Will Smith, C	4	1	1	2	0	1	.158
Teoscar Hernandez, RF	4	0	0	0	0	3	.167
Tommy Edman, 2B	2	0	0	0	1	1	.297
James Outman, LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.162
Max Muncy, 3B	3	1	2	0	0	1	.243
Total	32	4	5	3	1	15

Batting
2B: Mookie Betts (2)
HR: Freddie Freeman (3), Will Smith (3)
RBI: Freddie Freeman 2 (6), Will Smith 2 (7)

Pitching
Shohei Ohtani | 4.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
Jack Dreyer | 1.2 IP, H, BB, 4 K
Anthony Banda | 1 IP, R, ER, 2 BB
Brusdar Graterol (L, 0-2) | 2 IP, 3 H, R, ER, K


Los Angeles, CA. - The Boston Red Sox didn’t just steal Game 1 of the World Series, they stole it literally. Powered by a World Series record five steals from Jarren Duran, a team total of seven swipes, and six scoreless innings from George Kirby, Boston edged the Dodgers 5–4 at Dodger Stadium to take a surprising 1–0 series lead.

And even with all that, the Red Sox still needed a ninth inning go-ahead single from Rafael Devers to give Aroldis Chapman the chance to slam the door.

“This is a great win for the Red Sox,” John Smoltz said on the FOX broadcast. “But you needed everything to go right, seven steals, Kirby perfect through five, Devers delivering late; just to win by one after the Dodgers hit a pair of homers. You’re not going to get that many steals again. Great win, but it’s concerning how close L.A. came anyway.”

Boston’s bullpen issues, a problem that surfaced throughout the ALCS, followed them into the Fall Classic. After Kirby blanked the Dodgers through six, working around a walk and single in the sixth after retiring the first 15 he faced, the relief corps cracked again. Garrett Whitlock surrendered a two run homer in the seventh, then Justin Slaten followed suit in the eighth as LA tied the game.

But Duran sparked the ninth with yet another single and another steal, setting up Devers for the decisive RBI knock.

“I wasn’t even keeping track,” Duran laughed afterward. “Just get on base, take the next bag, and try to score. That’s it.”

Shohei Ohtani, meanwhile, looked unexpectedly mortal in his first World Series pitching appearance since exclusively DH’ing during the Dodgers’ 2024 title run. Boston tagged him for four hits and three runs, and ran almost freely on Ohtani and typically reliable catcher Will Smith. At the plate, Ohtani struck out four times, including a big whiff in the eighth after Freddie Freeman had already taken Slaten deep.

Game 2 is set for Saturday night with Brayan Bello facing Yoshinobu Yamamoto as Boston looks to head home with a 2–0 lead.

Devers came up clutch with a missle to right field to score Duran as Boston pulled ahead in the 9th.


Freddie Freeman did his best Kirk Gibson impression with a 2 run blast to right field to pull the Dodgers even with Boston in the 8th.


Chapman was fired up after striking out Teoscar Hernandez to end Game 1.

[ShireNiner]

What a way to start the series. Win game two and it’s over

[djp73]

Game 1 on the road is a big one

[James]

Bullpen held, Chapman came in, game over.

[Soapy]

nice win

[redsox907]

What a way to start the series. Win game two and it’s over

Game 1 on the road is a big one

Duran was on demon time. I couldn't believe how easily he was running on Will Smith

Bullpen held, Chapman came in, game over.

held is a stretch lmao. Gave up 4 runs in two innings

nice win

seems sus

[redsox907]

Dodgers Out Slug Sox In Narrow Game 2 Win
2025 World Series - Game 2
Boston Red Sox (1-0) @ Los Angeles Dodgers (0-1)


LA once again leaned on the home run to take the lead as Muncy's 2 run shot in the 4th was part of the crucial 4 run 4th inning.

Game_2

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	7	0
Los Angeles	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	X	5	11	0

Scoring Summary

Team	Inning	Play	BOS	LAD
	1st	Anthony doubled, Duran scores	1	0
	3rd	Duran singled, Rafaela scores	2	0
	4th	Outman singled, Edman scores	2	1
	4th	Muncy homered 401 ft, Outman scores	2	3
	4th	Ohtani singled, Freman scores	2	4
	5th	Edman doubled, Hernandez scores	2	5
	6th	Anthony homered 402 ft	3	5
	8th	Anthony singled, Duran scores	4	5

Boston_Red_Sox

Name	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
Jarren Duran, LF	4	2	3	1	0	1	.469
Alex Bregman, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	3	.213
Roman Anthony, RF	4	1	3	3	0	1	.298
Rafael Devers, DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	.283
Carlos Narvaez, C	4	0	0	0	0	1	.378
Trevor Story, SS	3	0	0	0	1	3	.136
Kristian Campbell, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.304
David Hamilton, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.086
Ceddanne Rafaela, CF	2	1	1	0	1	0	.083
Total	32	4	7	4	2	14

Batting
2B: Roman Anthony (4)
3B: Ceddanne Rafaela (1)
HR: Roman Anthony (1)
RBI: Jarren Duran (5), Roman Anthony 3 (10)
GIDP: Rafael Devers

Base Running
SB: Jarren Duran 3 (13)
CS: Trevor Story (1)

Pitching
Brayan Bello (L, 1-1) | 4 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 4 ER, BB, 5 K
Hunter Dobbins | 2 IP, 2 H, R, ER, 2 K
Josh WInckowski | 1 IP, K
Tanner Houck | 1 IP, 2 K

Los_AngelesDod_gers

Name	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
Freddie Freeman, 1B	5	1	1	0	0	0	.340
Andy Pages, CF	4	0	3	0	0	1	.346
Shohei Ohtani,DH	4	0	1	1	0	1	.204
Mookie Betts, SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Will Smith, C	4	0	0	0	0	3	.143
Teoscar Hernandez, RF	4	1	1	0	0	2	.174
Tommy Edman, 2B	3	1	1	1	1	0	.300
James Outman, LF	4	1	2	1	0	1	.195
Max Muncy, 3B	4	1	2	2	0	2	.268
Total	35	5	11	5	1	10

Batting
2B: Tommy Edman (1), Andy Pages (4)
HR: Max Muncy (2)
RBI: Shohei Ohtani (7), Tommy Edman (9), Max Muncy 2 (4), James Outman (6)
HBP: Mookie Betts

Base Running
SB: Tommy Edman (1)

Pitching
Yoshinobu Yamamoto (W, 4-0) | 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 9 K
Jack Dreyer (H, 4) | 1 IP, 2 K
Kirby Yates (H, 5) | 1 IP
Brusdar Graterol (H, 7) | 0.1, 2 H, R, ER, K
Anthony Banda (H, 1) | 0.2 IP
Blake Treinen (S, 1) | 1 IP, 2 K


Los Angeles, CA. - Los Angeles answered Boston’s Game 1 punch with a counter of its own, riding a four-run fourth inning to a 5–4 win in Game 2 of the World Series, just enough to hold off another gritty Red Sox rally.

Jarren Duran kept his blistering postseason run alive, singling and stealing a base before rookie Roman Anthony doubled him home to open the scoring. In the third, Duran added an RBI single, cashing in a rare Ceddanne Rafaela triple, as Boston briefly looked poised to scrap its way to another upset win.

But the Dodgers’ lineup finally flexed.

Tommy Edman sparked the fourth by drawing a walk off Brayan Bello, then swiping second in a near carbon copy of Duran’s Game 1 disruption. James Outman followed with a ground ball single up the middle to score Edman, and one pitch later Max Muncy launched a high fastball into the right field seats to put L.A. ahead. Shohei Ohtani, hitless in the series until then, added an RBI single to cap the four run frame.

Edman struck again in the fifth, doubling home another run off Hunter Dobbins, a key insurance tally that ultimately proved the difference.

Anthony continued his breakout on the sport’s biggest stage, smashing a solo homer in the sixth and later adding his third hit of the night with an eighth inning single to bring Boston within one. But with the tying run on and momentum finally tilting, Rafael Devers bounced into a 3–6–3 double play that ended the threat.

Blake Treinen handled the ninth with ease, striking out two before inducing a soft popup to even the series at 1–1.

With the World Series shifting to Boston, the Red Sox will hand the ball to AL MVP and Cy Young winner Garrett Crochet for Game 3. The Dodgers counter with left-hander Blake Snell as both teams look to seize control of the series.

Roman Anthony continues to shine under the bright lights with 3 RBIs.


Yamamoto struck out 9 Sox batters over 5 innings to give the Dodgers enough length to reach the bullpen and Blake Treinen.


Duran continues to be a sparkplug at the top of the Sox lineup with 3 more steals, breaking Lou Brock's record of 7 in just two games.