World Series 2018: Three takeaways from Red Sox's Game 2 win over Dodgers

The Dodgers just burrowed themselves a goliath opening as the Red Sox anchored a 4-2 Game 2 win Wednesday at Fenway Park to take a 2-0 lead in the World Series.

Boston had the second-best street record in baseball and will now make a beeline for Dodger Stadium for Games 3 through 5. The Dodgers surrendered more grand slams, additional fair hits, a superior batting normal, on-base rate and slugging rate at home in 2018. The Red Sox's pitching staff posted relatively indistinguishable numbers out and about as at home.

Los Angeles is in an extremely terrible position heading into Game 3.

David Price got the win for Boston in Game 2 after he let go six innings of two-run ball. This is only the second playoff begin he has won in his profession, however, it is likewise his second in succession.

Three takeaways from World Series Game 2 

Two-out fear 

This is simply absolute irregular now. The Red Sox are hitting ludicrously well with two outs in the postseason and there is in excess of one detail to back that up. Take Game 2 on Wednesday. The Red Sox scored their first keep running of the amusement in the second inning with two outs when Ian Kinsler drove in Xander Bogaerts with a twofold. At that point, in the fifth inning, the Red Sox had five hitters achieve base consecutively and scored three hurries to take a 4-2 lead after Hyun-Jin Ryu resigned the initial two players of the inning.

Boston has now scored 36 of its 68 runs this postseason with two outs. That is 53 percent. As indicated by The Athletic, MLB groups scored 37 percent of their keeps running with two outs this season. The Red Sox are currently batting .410 (16 for 39) with sprinters in scoring position and two outs this postseason. This is getting somewhat crazy.

The most impenetrable of zones

Indeed, the diversion should get harder as opposed to less demanding at the largest amount in baseball, yet this is getting marginal insane. Tim Timmons and Kerwin Danley have been behind the plate in Games 1 and 2 of the World Series and the diversion has slithered as a result of it.

Obviously, pitchers in this arrangement could have strolled fewer players and tossed more strikes, yet there have been such a significant number of marginal calls that have gone for balls and brought about free bases that it's getting irritating. Truly, pitchers could arrive shortly more, however, the zones have been far too tight through two diversions.

Misaligned

While the Dodgers' guarded "botches" may have been somewhat exaggerated in Game 1, they were extremely clear in Game 2 and a large portion of the issues originated from one inning and one player — Yasiel Puig.

Fenway Park is peculiar. The measurements are distinctive everywhere and it's difficult to pass judgment on exactly where to play however Puig totally misinterpreted where he should have been in the fifth inning Wednesday. As indicated by MLB, Puig was playing 319 feet from home plate in right field in the fifth inning. With two outs, Christian Vazquez singled to ideal on a ball that would have been gotten on the off chance that he had been adjusted nearer to the plate. Puig played 292 feet from home overall this season.