Sunday, October 20, 2019

Red Sox Heading to the World Series


Boston beat Chicago 4 games to 1 to advance to the finals for the 2nd time in franchise history and the first since 2002 when they lost to Arizona.  It was such a close series, featuring back to back 13 inning marathons in games 2 and 3.  Chicago had a chance to win every game as Boston only outscored Chicago by 1 run, 25-24.  A summary of the series:

Game 1 in Chicago: Boston won 8-6.  Chicago scored 3 runs in the 9th but Boston survived to win the opener.

Game 2 in Chicago: Boston won 6-5 in 13 innings.  Betances threw a wild pitch to tie the game in the 8th, and then Jose Ramirez hit a solo shot in the 13th and Chapman closed it out for the save.

Game 3 in Boston: Boston won 3-2 in 13 innings.  Chicago tied the game in the 9th off Chapman and then J.D. Martinez won it with a double in the bottom of the 13th.

Game 4 in Boston: Chicago won 8-4.  Manny Machado went 3 for 5 in a breakout game for the White Sox offense.  Sean Manea only went 4 innings, but the White Sox bullpen excelled throwing 5 shutout innings to close out the game.

Game 5 in Boston: Boston won 4-3 to win the series.  Chris Archer struck out 10 in 5 1/3 innings and Chapman got 5 high stress outs, including 2 straight wild pitches that scored 2 runs in the 8th.  

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