First baseman Max Muncy and Alexander broke in. Alexander grabbed the ball. Holt scored. Boston led, Nathan Eovaldi was in for the Red Sox. He was supposed to be their Game 3 starter. Then he pitched in relief in Game 1, which pushed him to their Game 4 starter. He pitched in Game 2, too. Then Cora called on him in Game 3 to pitch the 12th, following starter Rick Porcello and seven relievers including David Price, who had started and won Game 2 on Wednesday.
Because when a three-games-to-none lead feels possible, you manage aggressively, and a postseason of spot-on decision making had only emboldened Cora. He brought Eovaldi back for the 13th, which mirrored the top of the inning.
With two outs, Cora elected to pitch to Yasiel Puig instead of walking him and facing the less-dangerous Austin Barnes. Puig hit a groundball to Kinsler. If Nelson Cruz just reaches … out … a little … more.
The reality is that Friday, at p. Muncy scored. It was It was beautiful. It was miserable. Only three previous World Series games had reached the 14th inning. None had gone to the 15th. Or 16th. Or 17th. None had witnessed Clayton Kershaw, the finest pitcher of his generation, still looking for his first World Series ring, pinch hitting, as he did in the 17th.
He flew out. None had seen anything like Eovaldi, either. He was still in the game. Eovaldi locked down the Dodgers by himself. Nathan Eovaldi came out one last time.
Over six innings — the longest World Series relief outing since — Eovaldi had thrown 41 fastballs, 27 cutters, 19 curveballs, five sliders and four splitters.
The fastball sat at 98 mph, even as Muncy stood at the plate. And then Eovaldi, on his 28th cutter, on his 97th pitch of the days, on the st of the game, at a. Especially off that. Everyone was. This game was stupid and brilliant and frustrating and incredible.
It was 7 hours, 20 minutes long. That broke the previous postseason record by 99 minutes. It featured 45 of the 50 players on both rosters, nine pitchers from each team. In at-bats, the teams mustered just 18 hits and struck out 34 times. Mookie Betts went 0 for 7 and played right field, then center field, then right field, then center field, then right field, then center field, then right field, because Cora kept shifting him and moving center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. There is another number that matters along with the final score.
It will be associated with this game forever parenthetically. Two full games of pitching for the Dodgers. Just shy of that for the Red Sox. I feel like I let the team down right there. A number of questions for the Red Sox, who may be forced to start Drew Pomeranz, who last threw in a game Sept. But is the score really all that matters? Not on this miserable, beautiful night that seemed like it would never end.
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But Braves manager Brian Snitker, sensing trouble ahead a third time through the order, yanked Anderson after five innings, disheartening those who enjoy the singular achievement of a solo no-no. But Atlanta was nursing a lead and Anderson, 23, failed to get deeper than five innings in three previous postseason innings, going three and four innings in two ineffective National League Championship Series starts against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Minter was once again up to the task, retiring both Astros lefty sluggers, Michael Brantley and Yordan Alvarez, in the top of the sixth. Luke Jackson took the baton in the seventh and retired the side in order, thanks to a nice backhand play and bouncing throw across the diamond by Austin Riley to get Yuli Gurriel ending the inning.
But Diaz's well-placed ball ruined the bid. Watch: Blooper breaks up Braves' no-hit bid in eighth inning of Game 3 vs. Show Caption. Hide Caption.
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