Red Sox Wrap: Boston Wins World Series, Beats Dodgers 5-1 In Game 5

The Boston Red Sox are World Series Champions.

The Red Sox claimed the Fall Classic on Sunday, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 in Game 5 at Dodger Stadium. It’s Boston’s first title since 2013 and fourth since 2004.

David Price tossed an absolute gem over seven-plus innings, while the offense scored all of its runs via homers. Steve Pearce had a pair of long balls, hitting a two-run shot in the first inning and a solo home run in the eighth. Mookie Betts and J.D. Martinez launched solo blasts of their own in the sixth and seventh, respectively.

The Red Sox win the series 4-1.

Here’s how it went down:

GAME IN A WORD
Clinch.

The Red Sox (officially) are baseball’s best.

ON THE BUMP
— Price’s postseason demons may be entirely put to bed. The southpaw went seven-plus innings, allowing one run on three hits with two walks and five strikeouts.

Given a two-run lead to start the game, Price immediately gave one back in the bottom of the first. On Price’s first pitch of the game, David Freese smashed a homer into right field to cut Boston’s lead to 2-1.

David vs. David #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/LnGwhoJLlk

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) October 29, 2018

Price walked Justin Turner the next at-bat, but got Kike Hernandez to ground into a double play and Manny Machado to strike out to end the inning.

The southpaw allowed a one-out single to Yasiel Puig in an otherwise clean second. Then in the third, Martinez lost a fly ball from Freese in the lights, allowing it to drop on the warning track with Freese getting to third for a one-out triple. Price showed nice resolve in response, getting Turner to ground out and Hernandez to fly out to end the inning without a run crossing.

After escaping a third-inning jam, Price tossed 1-2-3 innings in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh.

He returned for the eighth and walked Chris Taylor, marking the end of the night. He left the mound to a massive ovation from the many Red Sox fans in attendance.

— Joe Kelly came in and stranded the Taylor, striking out all three batters he faced.

— Chris Sale closed the door in the ninth, striking out the side.

IN THE BATTER’S BOX
— One night after coming up with two big hits, Pearce got things going in a big way Sunday.

Andrew Benintendi hit a one-out single in the first inning, with Pearce stepping in next. On the first offering from Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw, Pearce blasted a 92-mph fastball into the left field seats.

Let us tell you about Steve Pearce.

His last 3 AB?

2 HR, 2B, 6 RBI (‼️)#DoDamage pic.twitter.com/S07ymYsh46

— Red Sox (@RedSox) October 29, 2018

— With the Red Sox leading 2-1, Betts added to the advantage.

In the sixth inning with one out and no one on, Kershaw gave Betts a 2-2 slider. The center fielder pulled it into the left field seats, marking his first career postseason home run and upping the lead to 3-1.

Mookie's first #postseason home run came at a GREAT time. pic.twitter.com/UYlNbZEgfF

— MLB (@MLB) October 29, 2018

— Martinez added some insurance in the seventh.

With Kershaw still in the game, Martinez led off the inning and was served a 2-2 slider over the plate. The slugger crushed it to straightaway center field, extending the lead to 4-1.