Jackson Cane
Staff Writer
After a great winning season, starting all the
way back in March, to finishing up now in October, the Boston Red Sox finish up
on top back home at Fenway for the World Series. This was the 114th World
Series, and it was between the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox,
and the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The Red Sox defeated
Houston Astros 4-1 in the AL Championship game to go to the World Series. The
Dodgers defeated the Milwaukee Brewers in a tight 4-3 series to make it there
way to the series. The series went five games with Boston coming up on top. In
the series there was a bunch of eventful games, including the third game. The
third game being played in LA in Dodger Stadium went 18 innings long, a World
Series record. The Dodgers ended up walking off and winning.
The
MVP of the Series was Steve Pearce from Boston. At only 35 years old, Pearce
has played for every team in the American League East. The Pittsburgh Pirates,
Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto
Blue Jays, and now, the Boston Red Sox. Pearce came up as MVP for many reasons.
One being his clutchness in the whole playoffs. After an injury to regular
first baseman Mitch Moreland in Game 2 of the American League Division Series,
Pearce became the everyday first baseman for the Red Sox in the playoffs. After
hitting a go-ahead home run in the AL Championship Series, the Sox ended up
winning making him a key factor in the game and series overall. He also hit a
game-tying solo home run off of the Dodgers closer in the top of the eighth
inning of Game 4. In the next inning, Pearce came up with the bases loaded and
hit a base–clearing double, putting the Red Sox up 8–4 in a game they would go
on to win 9–6. In Game 5, Pearce hit a two-run home run in the first inning off
of former Clayton Kershaw, and added a second home run in the eighth inning off
Pedro Báez to extend the lead to 5–1. He became the first Red Sox player to hit
three home runs in the World Series since in 1967. After his amazing
performance in game 5, he spoke, “Baseball’s a funny game,” he said. “The
longer you stay in the game, great things can happen, and I’m very blessed to
be here right now.”
The
last World Series that Boston won, was in 2013, against the Cardinals. In the
end, the Red Sox had a great season leading to a well deserved victory at home.
This has been something Boston had been fighting for every since they won it 5
years ago, edging closer and closer each year, and finally, hitting home this
year.
