True Blue LA - World Series Game 6: Dodgers 3, Astros 1Where The Dodger Dogs Are Always Grilledhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/49563/truebluela_fav.png2017-11-01T00:38:46-07:00http://www.truebluela.com/rss/stream/163442672017-11-01T00:38:46-07:002017-11-01T00:38:46-07:00Joctober!
<figure>
<img alt="World Series - Houston Astros v Los Angeles Dodgers - Game Six" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/-cK5C71IB0w9wZbSb-XrtmUXEgE=/0x0:2612x1741/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/57416717/868802896.0.jpg" />
<figcaption>Photo by Harry How/Getty Images</figcaption>
</figure>
<p id="PP3TtQ">LOS ANGELES — It’s Joctober and we’re all witnesses, even if the final game of the season is in November. <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> outfielder <span>Joc Pederson</span> continued his October resurgence with yet another home run in Tuesday’s 3-1 win over the <a href="https://www.crawfishboxes.com/">Astros</a>, pushing the World Series to a Game 7.</p>
<p id="ZUBY4Z">Pederson gave the Dodgers an insurance run in the seventh inning against <span>Joe Musgrove</span>, his third of the series. The only Dodger to <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/wg8wO">hit more home runs in a single World Series was Duke Snider</a>, who clubbed four home runs in both 1952 and 1955.</p>
<p id="pnzSp1">“He continues to come up with big hits,” manager <span>Dave Roberts</span> said. “That was a huge hit by Joc. And he continues to amaze us and put together good at-bats.”</p>
<div class="c-float-left"><div id="vhsnpi"><div data-anthem-component="table:734488"></div></div></div>
<p id="iZwrxF">While circling the bases, Pederson was celebrating. “A lot of emotions hit me quickly,” he said.</p>
<p id="8PQL5q">“That says it all. It’s what’s so great about sports,” said <span>Rich Hill</span>. “You see that true, raw emotion when that home run was hit, it was incredible.”</p>
<p id="BB9SdX">Pederson has an extra-base hit in each of the last five games, tying the World Series record last done by Amos Otis in 1980. Astros center fielder <span>George Springer</span>, who homered in Game 6, also tied the record on Tuesday.</p>
<p id="8Mld7S">It has been a wonderful turnaround for Pederson, who spent nearly three weeks in Triple-A Oklahoma City in August and September to work on his swing.</p>
<p id="80f9bF">“It was very humbling, and I needed to go learn how to hit, basically,” Pederson said. “I’ve still got a lot of work to do, but it’s encouraging to see some of the process and all the hard work turn into some results in the game.”</p>
<p id="x4IVrF">With three home runs and two doubles in this World Series, Pederson is one shy of Snider’s club record of six extra-base hits, set in 1952.</p>
<p id="qlNseV">Pederson has a hit and a run scored in each of his five games in this Fall Classic, just the second player to do so in each of his first five World Series games. Lee May of the <a href="https://www.camdenchat.com/">Orioles</a> turned the trick in 1970.</p>
<h3 id="CTqhYc">Victory formation</h3>
<p id="TTHds9"><span>Tony Watson</span> got the win in relief on Tuesday. He also won Game 4 in Houston, making this just the <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/ZjyO8">seventh time a Dodgers pitcher has won two games in a single World Series</a>. Watson is the third relief pitcher to do it, joining Hugh Casey (1947) and Larry Sherry (1959). Sherry also saved two games against the <a href="https://www.southsidesox.com/">White Sox</a> and was named series MVP.</p>
<p id="TghgRd">Watson has a 2.57 ERA in his 11 appearances this postseason, and opposing batters are just 5-for-25 (.200) against him.</p>
<div class="c-float-right"><aside id="fWpfam"><div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"Dodgers rally to beat Astros, force a World Series Game 7","url":"https://www.truebluela.com/2017/10/31/16588372/chris-taylor-joc-pederson-dodgers-bullpen-rich-hill-world-series-game-6-tied"},{"title":"Trust in Dodgers bullpen pays off with Game 6 win","url":"https://www.truebluela.com/2017/10/31/16589120/dodgers-bullpen-redemption-world-series-game-6-kenley-jansen-brandon-morrow-kenta-maeda"},{"title":"Dodgers legend Tommy Lasorda to Dave Roberts: ‘You haven’t done s*** til you win tomorrow’","url":"https://www.truebluela.com/2017/10/31/16589140/dodgers-world-series-tommy-lasorda-dave-roberts-game-6-game-7-amazing"}]}'></div></aside></div>
<h3 id="u8J9yh">Ethier sets record</h3>
<p id="ib5gnX"><span>Andre Ethier</span> flew out to left field as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning. It was his 50th career playoff game, surpassing shortstop Bill Russell for the most postseason games in Dodgers franchise history.</p>
<h3 id="GUsBsF">Hill’s gesture</h3>
<p id="Ztn20o">Dodger Stadium was quite loud in Game 6, mostly cheering for the home team, but the 54,128 in attendance turned their ire on Astros first baseman <span>Yuli Gurriel</span>, who was suspended five games of the 2018 season for his racist gesture toward Dodgers pitcher <span>Yu Darvish</span>.</p>
<p id="iplAZD">Both times he faced Gurriel, Hill took extra time getting back on the mound, letting the boos rain down a little bit longer.</p>
<p id="ZHioAC">“That’s a subject that’s disheartening. I think it’s something, unfortunately, I don’t think the punishment fit the action,” Hill <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshuaThornton_/status/925595765128359937">told reporters after the game</a>. “Rightfully so, the fans spoke out and understood what was going on. I gave them their time to voice their opinion.”</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2017/11/1/16589196/joc-pederson-world-series-extra-base-hits-record-tony-watson-rich-hillEric Stephen2017-10-31T23:15:10-07:002017-10-31T23:15:10-07:00Dodgers bullpen finds redemption in Game 6
<figure>
<img alt="MLB: World Series-Houston Astros at Los Angeles Dodgers" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/TOd2Q9suJIEkIFxIXosqCF8loJY=/0x0:2970x1980/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/57416575/usa_today_10384591.0.jpg" />
<figcaption>Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption>
</figure>
<p id="Nf6dkJ">LOS ANGELES — <span>Dave Roberts</span> showed trust in the key components of his bullpen, and it paid off handsomely in closing out Tuesday night’s Game 6 win to even the World Series against the <a href="https://www.crawfishboxes.com/">Astros</a>.</p>
<p id="21Tvis"><a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> relievers retired 14 of their 17 batters faced on Tuesday, including closer <span>Kenley Jansen</span> retiring all six of his batters faced, striking out three.</p>
<p id="bRI9eM">“He’s the best closer in baseball. To see him coming out of the bullpen for the eighth, everybody was really excited,” <span>Rich Hill</span> said. “We knew he wanted to come back and prove himself, go out there and win it for every other guy in this locker room. There’s nobody else we would want on the mound that late in the game, with the game on the line, than Kenley.”</p>
<p id="Qtndae">Jansen allowed a run in each of his previous three appearances, including a blown save in Game 2 and a loss in Game 5. It was the first time he allowed runs in consecutive games — let alone three straight games — in over two years.</p>
<p id="2HfDDG">“It doesn’t matter how many runs they scored on us. That’s all in the past,” Jansen said. “The great thing about this bullpen is that we let that go, and don’t think about it anymore. We believe in ourselves, and we just go out and try to win ballgames.” </p>
<p id="u2qR7h">When Jansen entered the game, it was to face the middle of Houston’s lineup — <span>Carlos Correa</span>, <span>Yuli Gurriel</span>, and <span>Brian McCann</span> — and it wasn’t a given that he would pitch two innings. But after two pop ups and a strikeout took only seven pitches in the eighth inning, the decision to let him finish the ninth was that much easier.</p>
<div class="c-float-right"><aside id="ZaWJxA"><div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"Dodgers rally to beat Astros, force a World Series Game 7","url":"https://www.truebluela.com/2017/10/31/16588372/chris-taylor-joc-pederson-dodgers-bullpen-rich-hill-world-series-game-6-tied"},{"title":"Dodgers legend Tommy Lasorda to Dave Roberts: ‘You haven’t done s*** til you win tomorrow’","url":"https://www.truebluela.com/2017/10/31/16589140/dodgers-world-series-tommy-lasorda-dave-roberts-game-6-game-7-amazing"}]}'></div></aside></div>
<p id="VlMWKz">“When I called on him in the eighth. I wasn’t certain. I just knew that part of the order, I just wanted him to attack those guys,” Roberts said. “If he wasn’t as efficient in the eighth, then I would have been put in a different situation to call on to close that game out.”</p>
<p id="bw9fRr">Jansen threw 19 pitches in total in Game 6.</p>
<div id="K5FsXZ"><div data-anthem-component="table:734473"></div></div>
<p id="f0ZFPY">Another decision Roberts made was sticking with <span>Brandon Morrow</span>, who allowed four runs on six pitches in Game 5, on his third consecutive day of work. Monday’s off day rejuvenated Morrow, who retired <span>Alex Bregman</span> to get out of a bases-loaded situation in the fifth, then recorded two more outs in the sixth.</p>
<p id="jldUC0">“I just felt that that was, with <span>Justin Verlander</span> on the mound, that was going to be the game,” Roberts said. “So a guy that we’ve trusted all year long in that spot, I felt that you have to use that bullet in Brandon Morrow, and I’ve believed in him all year long. And he came through in the biggest spot of the season.”</p>
<p id="xYeq79">Morrow has pitched in 13 of the Dodgers’ 14 postseason games — one shy of Paul Assenmacher’s single-season record — including all six World Series games. Ten of those outings have been scoreless.</p>
<p id="iUPrsv"><span>Kenta Maeda</span> also had a bounce back, though his was after allowing his only run of this postseason. After giving up a game-tying home run to <span>Jose Altuve</span> in the fifth inning on Sunday in Houston, Maeda preserved a 2-1 lead in the seventh by getting Altuve to ground out with runners at the corners and two outs. </p>
<div class="c-float-right"><div id="0sWhKZ"><div style="max-width: 960px;"><div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.2493%;"><iframe src="https://www.mlb.com/video/share/must-c-dodgers-preserve-lead/c-1866211083?tid=11493214" style="border: 0; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;" allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no"></iframe></div></div></div></div>
<p id="dGF6De">“Kenta, talking about redemption, and just to get another opportunity to pitch some big outs right there, and you’ve got an MVP at the plate,” Roberts said. “For Kenta to get those outs, bridge that gap, like he’s done for us in this postseason was huge. And Kenta keeps coming up big.”</p>
<p id="IwJlmQ">That ground out by Altuve was saved by <a href="https://www.mlb.com/video/must-c-dodgers-preserve-lead/c-1866211083?tid=11493214">a tremendous scoop at first base</a> by <span>Cody Bellinger</span>, who was 0-for-4 at the plate for his second golden sombrero of the World Series.</p>
<p id="eCWG8F">“Can't say enough about the pick that Cody made. That was huge,” Roberts said. “When you get a young player that isn’t there with the bat but can still have the presence of mind to still play defense and impact the game, that’s what we get in Cody.”</p>
<h3 id="Hu8BfG">Up next</h3>
<p id="vR3Iil"><span>Yu Darvish</span> and <span>Lance McCullers Jr.</span> will start on the mound on Wednesday in Game 7, but it’s basically going to be all hands on deck for both teams.</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2017/10/31/16589120/dodgers-bullpen-redemption-world-series-game-6-kenley-jansen-brandon-morrow-kenta-maedaEric Stephen2017-10-31T22:50:45-07:002017-10-31T22:50:45-07:00Lasorda to Roberts: ‘You haven’t done s*** til you win tomorrow’
<figure>
<img alt="San Diego Padres v Los Angeles Dodgers" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/QO8rHRumUArIpS1pKKzmS-UjAFU=/0x262:2906x2199/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/57416483/664222786.0.jpg" />
<figcaption>Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images</figcaption>
</figure>
<p id="hyiz1N">Tommy Lasorda has always been one to speak his mind for nearly seven decades with the <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a>. Given his experience in the postseason, Lasorda decided to impart some wisdom to <span>Dave Roberts</span> moments after a big Game 6 win in the World Series.</p>
<div id="APEuhv">
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tommy Lasorda tells Dave Roberts "You haven't done s*** until you win tomorrow" <a href="https://t.co/CeLL9ZOVR8">pic.twitter.com/CeLL9ZOVR8</a></p>— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) <a href="https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/925587331318501376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2017</a>
</blockquote>
<script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
</div>
<p id="MmZuax">Lasorda managed the club to the World Series four times, winning in 1981 and 1988 — the last time the Dodgers won if you hadn’t heard that enough this week.</p>
<p id="Nqatf7">“Thanks for the words of encouragement,” Roberts joked as he stepped away from the brief conversation. “He’s authentic, he’s awesome.”</p>
<p id="gfRUrY">The 90-year-old has been the biggest cheerleader the Dodgers have for winning another title and the dream could finally be realized Wednesday night in a winner-take-all Game 7 at Dodger Stadium.</p>
<p id="yvDfPf">For Tommy. For Vin. For us all.</p>
<p id="UmOoFN"></p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2017/10/31/16589140/dodgers-world-series-tommy-lasorda-dave-roberts-game-6-game-7-amazingRyan Walton2017-10-31T20:43:32-07:002017-10-31T20:43:32-07:00What a relief! Dodgers rally to force Game 7
<figure>
<img alt="World Series - Houston Astros v Los Angeles Dodgers - Game Six" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/S7si3TZ7JyeYo-4LvZOwqEu5VrA=/7x0:3994x2658/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/57415723/868805458.1509508049.jpg" />
<figcaption>Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images</figcaption>
</figure>
<p id="IbQJVc">LOS ANGELES — The <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> stuck with the plan, went to the well one more time, and it bought them one more day in the 2017 baseball season. A rally in the middle innings, another extra-base hit by <span>Joc Pederson</span>, and the final 13 outs of the game pieced together by four oft-used pitchers proved to be enough in the Dodgers’ 3-1 win over the <a href="https://www.crawfishboxes.com/">Astros</a> in Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium.</p>
<p id="vMDgKp">It forced a decisive Game 7, which will be held on Wednesday night. In November.</p>
<p id="dhsvFW"><span>Justin Verlander</span> was awesome, just like he was to start Game 2, and again the Dodgers were able to get to him in the sixth inning. He retired 15 of 16 batters through five innings, with eight strikeouts, but <span>Austin Barnes</span> started things off in the sixth with a single to left field.</p>
<p id="DYwPGs"><span>Chase Utley</span>, who was brought in on a double switch in the previous half inning, Roger Dorn’d his way to a hit by pitch, giving the Dodgers their first real rally of the night.</p>
<p id="qSoVp2"><span>Chris Taylor</span> doubled to right field to bring home the tying run, then <span>Corey Seager</span> hit a sacrifice fly to the wall in right to give the Dodgers the lead. Verlander ended his night with nine strikeouts in six innings.</p>
<p id="sdBu0K">After Verlander was out, Pederson muscled a <span>Joe Musgrove</span> pitch the opposite way over the left field wall for an insurance run to extend the Dodgers lead. It was the fifth consecutive World Series game with an extra-base hit for Pederson.</p>
<p id="Ik07Iw">Pederson ended his regular season with six hits in his final 63 major league at-bats, and that was interrupted with a stint in the minors. This postseason he is 6-for-19 (.316), and all of his hits are for extra bases — three home runs, and three doubles.</p>
<h3 id="c5cDqv">Captain hook</h3>
<p id="K5YnaS">I’ll say this for Roberts: the man sticks to his plan, and will not be swayed. </p>
<p id="tnZ9Sm"><span>Rich Hill</span> was effective again, like he has been in all four of his postseason starts. He allowed one run on four hits, but with two outs and runners on second and third base the Astros were about to face him for a third time through the batting order. Leadoff man <span>George Springer</span> was intentionally walked to load the bases, then Hill was pulled as the Dodger Stadium crowd booed Roberts’ decision.</p>
<p id="VH4FXy">“I want him to go as long as he can go. Go as hard as he can go for as long as he can go. We’ll have guys behind him,” Roberts said before the game. “Rich’s only goal is to go out and execute pitches and I know that’s his only focus.”</p>
<p id="6CQmky">Hill in his four postseason starts faced 18, 19, 18 and 19 batters, and that last 19 was <em>really</em> an 18 with the intentional walk. Just like in Game 2, when he was pulled after just four innings, Hill didn’t take the news well in Game 6.</p>
<div id="SVb0aF">
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rich Hill with no regard for California’s water supply <a href="https://t.co/Kz6BvLa5Tn">pic.twitter.com/Kz6BvLa5Tn</a></p>— Jeff Eisenband (@JeffEisenband) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffEisenband/status/925541492730494977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2017</a>
</blockquote>
<script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
</div>
<h3 id="Wa84oA">Off day worked wonders</h3>
<p id="eQCER7">After Hill was removed, he was replaced by Everyday <span>Brandon Morrow</span>, appearing in his 13th postseason game this season. The Dodgers have only played 14 games.</p>
<p id="G7lNRc">Morrow recorded three outs.</p>
<p id="RSnFgC"><span>Tony Watson</span>, working his 11th postseason game, got one out.</p>
<p id="mnnTqw"><span>Kenta Maeda</span> was in his ninth postseason game, an got three outs.</p>
<p id="tUdxoZ">That left six outs to go, which brings us to Roberts’ pregame comments about <span>Kenley Jansen</span>.</p>
<p id="MnMhiP">“The other day we felt good about him going six outs,” Roberts said. “But I would say today is probably a three-out situation.”</p>
<p id="3iJX9c">Jansen, working his 12th postseason game, did get those final six outs, buoyed this time by a seven-pitch eighth inning.</p>
<h3 id="mY3l5N">Game 6 particulars</h3>
<p id="qlCNNt"><strong>Home runs</strong>: Joc Pederson (3); George Springer (5)</p>
<p id="KdG9Na"><strong>WP - Tony Watson (2-0)</strong>: ⅓ IP, 1 walk</p>
<p id="iaMMN1"><strong>LP - Justin Verlander (4-1)</strong>: 6 IP, 3 hits, 2 runs, 9 strikeouts</p>
<p id="hcmlfm"><strong>Sv - Kenley Jansen (5)</strong>: 2 IP, 3 strikeouts</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2017/10/31/16588372/chris-taylor-joc-pederson-dodgers-bullpen-rich-hill-world-series-game-6-tiedEric Stephen2017-10-31T19:30:02-07:002017-10-31T19:30:02-07:00World Series Game 6 chat
<figure>
<img alt="MLB: World Series-Houston Astros at Los Angeles Dodgers" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/itdJ7em9Ozj6HPepI_9-su1ctx4=/0x0:2687x1791/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/57412823/usa_today_10369603.0.jpg" />
<figcaption>Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption>
</figure>
<p id="w0rKKE">Continue the discussion here.</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2017/10/31/16587974/world-series-game-6-chatEric Stephen2017-10-31T18:15:02-07:002017-10-31T18:15:02-07:00World Series Game 6 chat
<figure>
<img alt="MLB: World Series-Houston Astros at Los Angeles Dodgers" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/X17GWjGjcU7Ao41jPpMTXI7Uwj8=/0x0:2268x1512/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/57412819/usa_today_10368826.0.jpg" />
<figcaption>Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption>
</figure>
<p id="ApiGKd">Continue the discussion here.</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2017/10/31/16587972/world-series-game-6-chatEric Stephen2017-10-31T13:05:49-07:002017-10-31T13:05:49-07:00Forsythe starts at 2B in Game 6
<figure>
<img alt="World Series - Los Angeles Dodgers v Houston Astros - Game Five" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/hM29fLolsEnL7xbHSxs8T73qxgw=/0x0:4134x2756/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/57410635/868006546.0.jpg" />
<figcaption>Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images</figcaption>
</figure>
<p id="wsXnwS">The <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> try to keep their season alive in Game 6 of the World Series, and have just one change in their lineup against <a href="https://www.crawfishboxes.com/">Astros</a> right-hander <span>Justin Verlander</span> on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium.</p>
<div class="c-float-right"><div id="wbglCb"><div data-anthem-component="table:733522"></div></div></div>
<p id="OCVuQA"><span>Logan Forsythe</span> starts at second base for the Dodgers on Tuesday, batting seventh. He replaces <span>Chase Utley</span>, who started Game 2 against Verlander. Forsythe is 4-for-13 with a double and three walks in this World Series, hitting .308/.438/.385 with three runs scored and three RBI. He has a .450 on-base percentage in 40 plate appearances this postseason.</p>
<p id="Qj0STp">Utley is 0-for-5 in the World Series and 0-for-14 with two walks and a hit by pitch this postseason. His last hit in the postseason game in Game 4 of the 2016 NLDS, and Utley is 0-for-29 in the playoffs since, with four walks and a hit by pitch.</p>
<p id="ejSge8"><span>Joc Pederson</span> is in left field, entering Tuesday night with an extra-base hit in four straight games. Among Dodgers, only Ron Fairly <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/G4x8O">has more games with an extra-base hit in a single World Series</a>, with five in 1965 against Minnesota.</p>
<p id="9bLlZ9">He homered against Justin Verlander in Game 2, one of four hits the Dodgers have in two games against the right-hander this season.</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2017/10/31/16586118/logan-forsythe-dodgers-starting-lineup-world-series-game-6Eric Stephen