Tampa Bay Rays (40-20, 11-8) vs. LOS ANGELES DODGERS (43-17, 12-5)
LHP Blake Snell (2-2, 3.33) vs. RHP Tony Gonsolin (0-2, 9.39)
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 | 7:08 p.m. ET |
World Series – Game 6
TV: FOX | Radio: AM 570 (Eng.); 1020 AM (Span.), ESPN Radio, AM 1540 (Kor.)
The Dodgers look to close out the 2020 season after they took a 3-2 series lead in a Game 5 win, 4-2 over the Rays.
Max Muncy and Joc Pederson each homered in the Dodgers win, while Clayton Kershaw tossed 5 2/3 innings of two-run ball.
Rays’ starter Tyler Glasnow continued his postseason struggles allowing four runs in five innings. Emerging start outfielder Randy Arozarena set the postseason record with his 27th hit, an RBI single in third inning.
Rays Lineup
- Ji-Man Choi – 1B
- Randy Arozarena – LF
- Austin Meadows = DH
- Brandon Lowe – 2B
- Manuel Margot – RF
- Joey Wendle – 3B
- Willy Adames – SS
- Kevin Kiermaier – CF
- Mike Zunino – C
Dodgers Lineup
- Mookie Betts – RF
- Corey Seager – SS
- Justin Turner – 3B
- Max Muncy – 1B
- Will Smith – DH
- Cody Bellinger – CF
- Chris Taylor – 2B
- AJ Pollock – LF
- Austin Barnes – C
Game Notes
This marks the 68th time that the World Series has stood at 3-2. Of the previous 67 times, the team with the 3-2 lead has gone on to win the series 44 times (65.7%).
On Sunday night, Max Muncy became the ninth different Dodgers player to homer in the 2020 Fall Classic. The Dodgers are the first team in World Series history to have nine different players homer in a single series, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The previous record of eight was set by the 1989 Athletics.
