Thursday 10/18/18
18 October 2018 Sports
Sports from Wayne Mausser
The Los Angeles Dodgers are one win away from back-to-back trips to the World Series for the first time in 40 years.
Clayton Kershaw worked seven masterful innings and the Dodgers grabbed a three-game-to-two lead in the National League Championship Series by downing the Milwaukee Brewers, 5-2. Kershaw had his best performance of this postseason, limiting the Brewers to a run and three hits while striking out nine. The lefty retired his last 13 batters and blanked Milwaukee following Lorenzo Cain’s RBI double in the top of the second.
The Dodgers’ bats didn’t get going until the fifth, one day after they had a grind out a 2-1, 13-inning victory. Austin Barnes tied it with an RBI single, one inning before Max Muncy and Yasiel Puig delivered run-scoring singles.
Justin Turner added an RBI single in the Dodgers’ two-run seventh, a rally that came in handy after the Brewers scored with two out in the ninth.
Kenley Jansen got the final out to earn the save.
Brandon Woodruff lasted longer than any Brewers pitcher, striking out eight over 5 1/3 innings. But he took the loss after yielding two earned runs and five hits over 5 1/3.
Brewers starter Wade Miley faced just one batter before manager Craig Counsell went to his bullpen. Counsell decided to give Miley a short workday in preparation for a longer start Friday in Game 6, which now looms as a possible elimination game for Milwaukee. First pitch is at 7:39 Central.
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In the ALCS, Boston held on for an 8-6 win over the Astros in Houston to take a 3-1 lead in their series. Game 5 is tonight in Houston and a win by the Red Sox sends them to the World Series.
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Dodgers star Manny Machado has been fined by Major League Baseball for kicking Milwaukee first baseman Jesus Aguilar in the NL Championship Series.
MLB fined Machado an undisclosed amount on Wednesday, a day after the baserunning incident caused the benches to clear at Dodger Stadium and prompted Brewers MVP candidate Christian Yelich to call Machado a “dirty player.”
Machado was running to first on a grounder in the 10th inning of Game 4 and Aguilar left his foot partly across the base for a moment after catching the ball. Already out, Machado brought his back foot forward and kicked Aguilar in the back of the leg.
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The Milwaukee Bucks have 25 promotional and theme nights scheduled for the 2018-19 season – the team’s first in the world-class Fiserv Forum. Highlights of the promotional and theme nights schedule for this season include six Fear the Deer nights featuring the Bucks’ alternate court and Statement uniforms, holiday celebrations on six different dates, Pride Night on Feb. 9 and Fan Appreciation Night on April 10.
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In Thursday Night Football, Denver plays at Arizona.
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