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2020 World Series

October 15, 2023

This article is about baseball's World Series. For the sailing World Series, see 2019–20 America's Cup World Series.

The 2020 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's 2020 season. The 116th World Series was a best-of-seven-playoff between the American League (AL) champion Tampa Bay Rays and the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers defeated the Rays to win the series in six games for their first championship since 1988.

2020 World Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Los Angeles Dodgers (4) Dave Roberts 43–17 (.717), GA: 6
Tampa Bay Rays (2) Kevin Cash 40–20 (.667), GA: 7
DatesOctober 20–27
VenueGlobe Life Field
MVPCorey Seager (Los Angeles)
UmpiresBill Miller (crew chief), Jerry Meals, Mark Carlson, Laz Díaz, Chris Guccione, Marvin Hudson, Todd Tichenor[1]
Broadcast
TelevisionFox (United States – English)
Fox Deportes (United States – Spanish)
MLB International (International)
TV announcersJoe Buck, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci (Fox)
Adrian Garcia Marquez, Rolando Nichols, Edgar Gonzalez, Carlos Álvarez and Jaime Motta (Fox Deportes)
Matt Vasgersian and Buck Martinez (MLB International)
RadioESPN (United States – English)
WDAE (TB – English)
WGES (TB – Spanish)
KLAC (LAD – English)
KTNQ (LAD – Spanish)
KMPC (LAD – Korean)
Radio announcersDan Shulman, Chris Singleton, Jessica Mendoza and Buster Olney (ESPN)
Andy Freed and Dave Wills (WDAE)
Ricardo Taveras and Enrique Oliu (WGES)
Charley Steiner and Rick Monday (KLAC)
Jaime Jarrín and Jorge Jarrín (KTNQ)
Richard Choi and Chong Ho Yim (KMPC)
ALCSTampa Bay Rays over Houston Astros (4–3)
NLCSLos Angeles Dodgers over Atlanta Braves (4–3)
World Series program

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the entire series was played at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, from October 20 to October 27 with the ballpark's seating capacity limited to 25 percent (11,500 fans). The pandemic resulted in the regular season being reduced to 60 games, and the postseason being held at neutral sites instead of at teams' home stadiums. Thus, this was the first World Series to be played at a neutral site, as well as the first since 1944 to be held at only one ballpark and the first since 1993 to be played entirely on artificial turf. It was also the first World Series since 1984 to use the designated hitter for all games.[2][3] With 2020 being the inaugural season for Globe Life Field, it became the first ballpark to host the World Series in its first year since Yankee Stadium in 2009.

Despite not playing on their home field, the Dodgers were still designated as having home-field advantage in the series with the better regular season record. Los Angeles and Tampa Bay alternated victories during the first four games of the series before the Dodgers won both Game 5 and 6, becoming the first designated home team to win the World Series since the 2013 edition. Los Angeles shortstop Corey Seager was named the World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) after batting 8-for-20 (.400) with two home runs, five runs batted in, and an on-base percentage of .556.[4]

Background Edit

See also: 2020 MLB Postseason

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic Edit

Main article: 2020 Major League Baseball season § Schedule

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Major League Baseball (MLB) and the MLB Players Association (MLBPA) agreed to shorten the standard 162-game season to 60 games, the shortest since 1878. They also agreed to hold an expanded 16-team playoff tournament for only the 2020 season. In addition to each league's three division winners, each league's three division runners-up qualified, and two additional wild card teams per league qualified based on win–loss record. The first round was the Wild Card Series, a best-of-three playoff hosted by the higher seeded team. After that, the postseason maintained its standard format of a best-of-five League Division Series, best-of-seven League Championship Series, and the best-of-seven World Series.[5][6]

 
Globe Life Field
 
 
Rays manager Kevin Cash (top) and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts

After COVID-19 outbreaks among several teams resulted in the postponement of about 40 regular season games, MLB and the MLBPA agreed to hold the division series, league championships, and World Series in protective "bubble" environments at neutral sites to limit the chances of experiencing another outbreak. MLB chose Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, as the site of the 2020 World Series.[7] The Texas Rangers, who play their home games at Globe Life Field, failed to qualify for the postseason.[8] It was the first time since the 1944 World Series (played between the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns, who shared Sportsman's Park as their home field) that the entire series was held at one ballpark.[9]

While fans were not permitted to attend MLB games during the 2020 season, Commissioner Rob Manfred expressed his hope that fans would be able to attend the World Series in a limited capacity.[10] On September 30, MLB announced that fans would be able to attend the NLCS and World Series at 25% capacity, allowing a maximum of 11,500 people to attend each game at Globe Life Field.[11] Both teams stayed at the Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas as the designated bubble hotel.[12]

Tampa Bay Rays Edit

Main article: 2020 Tampa Bay Rays season

The Tampa Bay Rays of the American League made their second appearance in the World Series in franchise history and their first since 2008. They finished the shortened regular season with a 40–20 (.667) record, the best in the American League. They then swept the Toronto Blue Jays in two games in the Wild Card Series, defeated the New York Yankees in five games in the Division Series, and defeated the Houston Astros in seven games after leading 3–0 in the American League Championship Series (ALCS).[13][14] Randy Arozarena hit seven home runs in 14 postseason games prior to the World Series, becoming the first rookie position player to win the ALCS Most Valuable Player Award. After his performance in the World Series, Arozarena would break records in home runs, hits, and total bases in a single postseason.[15][16]

Los Angeles Dodgers Edit

Main article: 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The Los Angeles Dodgers of the National League made their 21st appearance in the World Series, passing the Giants for most all-time in the National League, and third in four years, having lost in 2017 and 2018.[17] Prior to the 2020 season, the Dodgers traded outfielder Alex Verdugo and minor leaguers Connor Wong and Jeter Downs to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for outfielder Mookie Betts, starting pitcher David Price and cash considerations.[15] The Dodgers finished the shortened regular season with a 43–17 (.717) record, the best in all of MLB.[18] Betts finished the 2020 60 game regular-season hitting .292/.366/.562 with 47 runs (fourth in the NL), 16 home runs (third), 39 RBIs, a .928 OPS, and 10 stolen bases.[19]

The Dodgers swept both the Milwaukee Brewers in the Wild Card Series and the San Diego Padres in the Division Series, before defeating the Atlanta Braves in seven games in the National League Championship Series (NLCS) after trailing 3–1 in that series.[20] In the NLCS, Betts made three straight series saving defensive gems in elimination games for the Dodgers as they were the fourteenth team in MLB history to come back from a 3–1 series deficit.[19]

Series notes Edit

The 2020 season rule change, calling for each extra half-inning to begin with a runner on second base, was not implemented for any postseason round, including the World Series.[21]

This was the fourth time in the Wild Card era when both teams with the best record in each league faced each other in the World Series.[22] This had previously occurred in 1995, 1999, and 2013. Additionally, the Dodgers and Rays combined for a .692 winning percentage in the regular season, the highest combined regular-season winning percentage for a World Series matchup ever, surpassing the 1906 World Series between the Cubs and White Sox (.690).[23]

This was the first World Series to feature two cities that held either the NBA or the NHL title the same year, as the Los Angeles Lakers won the 2020 NBA Finals on October 11 and the Tampa Bay Lightning won the 2020 Stanley Cup Finals on September 28.[24] With the Tampa Bay Buccaneers qualifying and eventually winning Super Bowl LV the following winter, Tampa's NHL, MLB and NFL teams all made the championship round within a six-month span.[25]

This was the first World Series since 1993 to have all games played on artificial turf.[26]

Andrew Friedman, the Dodgers President of Baseball Operations, was the Rays general manager from 2004 to 2014. Under Friedman's tenure as general manager the Rays saw their first run of success as a franchise, which was highlighted by a World Series appearance in 2008 and five 90-win seasons from 2008 to 2013. The 2020 Rays had only five players that were originally acquired by Freidman: Kevin Kiermaier (drafted in 2010) Blake Snell (drafted in 2011), José Alvarado (signed as an International amateur in 2012), Diego Castillo (signed as an International amateur in 2014), and Willy Adames (traded for in 2014). Only Alvarado was not on Tampa's World Series roster. Current Rays GM Erik Neander also received his start in baseball under Friedman in 2007 as an intern.[27] Other connections between the two teams included Brandon Gomes, the current Dodgers Vice President & Assistant General Manager, who was a Rays middle relief pitcher from 2011 to 2015; and Joel Peralta, the current Dodgers Special Assistant, Baseball Operations, who was a popular Rays reliever from 2011 to 2014.[28] Dodgers relievers Adam Kolarek was also a member of the Rays from 2017 to 2019, while Dylan Floro pitched briefly for Tampa Bay in 2016.

Summary Edit

Los Angeles won the series, 4–2.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 20 Tampa Bay Rays – 3, Los Angeles Dodgers – 8 Globe Life Field 3:24 11,388[29] 
2 October 21 Tampa Bay Rays – 6, Los Angeles Dodgers – 4 Globe Life Field 3:40 11,472[30] 
3 October 23 Los Angeles Dodgers – 6, Tampa Bay Rays – 2 Globe Life Field 3:14 11,447[31] 
4 October 24 Los Angeles Dodgers – 7, Tampa Bay Rays – 8 Globe Life Field 4:10 11,441[32] 
5 October 25 Los Angeles Dodgers – 4, Tampa Bay Rays – 2 Globe Life Field 3:30 11,437[33] 
6 October 27 Tampa Bay Rays – 1, Los Angeles Dodgers – 3 Globe Life Field 3:28 11,437[34]

Game summaries Edit

Game 1 Edit

 
Game 1 winning pitcher Clayton Kershaw
October 20, 2020 7:11 pm (CDT) at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, 82 °F (28 °C), partly cloudy
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 6 0
Los Angeles 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 X 8 10 0
WP: Clayton Kershaw (1–0)   LP: Tyler Glasnow (0–1)
Home runs:
TB: Kevin Kiermaier (1)
LAD: Cody Bellinger (1), Mookie Betts (1)
Attendance: 11,388
Boxscore

For the pregame ceremony, Pentatonix performed the national anthem and four first responders threw out ceremonial first pitches.[35]

Cody Bellinger hit a two-run home run off Tyler Glasnow in the fourth inning for the first runs of the series.[36] Kevin Kiermaier reduced the Tampa Bay deficit to one run with a solo home run in the fifth inning. The Dodgers scored four runs in the fifth inning on a run batted in (RBI) fielder's choice by Max Muncy, followed by RBI singles by Will Smith, Chris Taylor, and Kiké Hernández. Glasnow finished with six runs allowed (all earned) in 41⁄3 innings on three hits and six walks, with eight strikeouts. Betts homered off Josh Fleming in the sixth inning. Muncy then doubled home Justin Turner for another run. Clayton Kershaw came out of the game after the sixth inning, having only allowed two hits (one of them the solo homer) and one walk while striking out eight. The Rays scored two runs in the seventh inning, when Mike Brosseau and Kiermaier singled in runs off reliever Victor González. The Dodgers held on to win 8–3.[37]

The Dodgers tied several postseason records in Game 1. Kershaw's 11th postseason start tied Greg Maddux for second-most in MLB history,[38] and he recorded his 200th postseason strikeout in the fifth inning, surpassing John Smoltz for second-most all time.[39] The Dodgers as a team tied the New York Giants (1912) for most stolen bases in a single World Series inning, with three.[40]

Game 2 Edit

 
Brandon Lowe had two hits and three RBIs in Game 2.
October 21, 2020 7:08 pm (CDT) at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, 81 °F (27 °C), partly cloudy
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tampa Bay 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 6 10 0
Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 5 1
WP: Nick Anderson (1–0)   LP: Tony Gonsolin (0–1)   Sv: Diego Castillo (1)
Home runs:
TB: Brandon Lowe 2 (2)
LAD: Chris Taylor (1), Will Smith (1), Corey Seager (1)
Attendance: 11,472
Boxscore

Following Game 1, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts announced that Tony Gonsolin would start Game 2.[41] Blake Snell started for the Rays.[42] Brandon Lowe hit a solo homer off Gonsolin in the first inning to give the Rays their first lead of the series. Gonsolin allowed no other hits or runs and left after 1+1⁄3 innings, the shortest start in the World Series since Jake Peavy in 2014. Joey Wendle doubled in two runs off Dustin May in the fourth inning to extend the Rays' lead to three. The teams traded two-run homers in the fifth inning, with Lowe hitting his second of the night, this time off May, and Chris Taylor, whose home run off Snell was the Dodgers' first hit of the game. Snell pitched 4+2⁄3 innings and allowed two hits and four walks while striking out nine. A sacrifice fly by Wendle off Joe Kelly in the sixth added another run for the Rays and Will Smith homered off Nick Anderson in the bottom of the inning for the Dodgers. Corey Seager hit a home run in the eighth inning off Pete Fairbanks to close the gap to two, and set a new postseason record for most home runs by a shortstop (seven). The Rays held on to even the series with a 6–4 win. The Dodgers struck out 15 times in the game, tying the World Series franchise record set in the 18-inning third game of the 2018 World Series.[43] Ji-man Choi became the first Korean-born player to record a hit in the World Series.[44]

Game 3 Edit

 
Game 3 winning pitcher Walker Buehler
October 23, 2020 7:08 pm (CDT) at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, 74 °F (23 °C), roof closed
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 10 0
Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 0
WP: Walker Buehler (1–0)   LP: Charlie Morton (0–1)
Home runs:
LAD: Justin Turner (1), Austin Barnes (1)
TB: Randy Arozarena (1)
Attendance: 11,447
Boxscore

Walker Buehler started Game 3 for the Dodgers,[45] and the Rays countered with Charlie Morton.[46] Justin Turner hit a solo home run off Morton in the first inning for the first run of the game. In doing so, he tied Duke Snider for the most postseason home runs in Dodgers franchise history with 11.[47] Max Muncy drove in two runs with a single in the third inning and the Dodgers set a new record for the most runs scored with two outs in a single postseason with 48. The Dodgers scored two more runs in the fourth inning on a safety squeeze by Austin Barnes and an RBI single by Mookie Betts. Morton was removed from the game after 4+1⁄3 innings; he allowed five runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out six.[48]

A double by Willy Adames in the fifth inning gave the Rays their first run. Barnes hit a solo home run off John Curtiss in the sixth inning for the Dodgers,[48] becoming the first player since Héctor López in 1961 to have both a squeeze bunt and a homer in the same World Series game.[49] Buehler pitched six innings and allowed one run on three hits and one walk with 10 strikeouts, becoming the third-youngest pitcher with 10 or more strikeouts and three or fewer hits in a World Series game, behind only Ed Walsh in 1906 and Josh Beckett in 2003.[50] Randy Arozarena hit a solo home run for Tampa Bay in the bottom of the ninth inning off Kenley Jansen, to give him a record-tying eight home runs and a record setting 23 hits in the postseason,[51] but the Dodgers held on to win 6–2 to take a 2–1 lead in the series.[48]

Game 4 Edit

 
Brett Phillips (pictured with the Omaha Storm Chasers) recorded the game-winning single for the Rays in Game 4.
October 24, 2020 7:09 pm (CDT) at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, 57 °F (14 °C), cloudy
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 7 15 2
Tampa Bay 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 8 10 0
WP: John Curtiss (1–0)   LP: Kenley Jansen (0–1)
Home runs:
LAD: Justin Turner (2), Corey Seager (2)
TB: Randy Arozarena (2), Hunter Renfroe (1), Brandon Lowe (3), Kevin Kiermaier (2)
Attendance: 11,441
Boxscore

In Game 4, Julio Urías started for Los Angeles[52] and Ryan Yarbrough for Tampa Bay.[53] For the second game in a row, Justin Turner hit a solo home run in the first inning. With that, he passed Duke Snider for most postseason home runs in franchise history[54] and became the first player in MLB history to homer in the first inning of back-to-back World Series games.[55] Corey Seager hit a solo home run in the third, for his eighth of the postseason, tying for the most all-time in a single postseason with Randy Arozarena, Barry Bonds, Carlos Beltrán, and Nelson Cruz.[56] Yarbrough pitched 3+1⁄3 innings with two runs allowed on five hits and one walk. Arozarena hit another home run leading off the bottom of the fourth inning, for his ninth of the postseason and sole possession of the record. Muncy hit an RBI single off Fairbanks to score Seager in the fifth inning. Hunter Renfroe hit a solo homer in the bottom of the inning to return the lead to one run. Urías pitched 4+2⁄3 innings, allowing two runs on four hits and one walk with eight strikeouts. The Dodgers scored again in the sixth inning on an RBI single by Kiké Hernández against Diego Castillo. A three-run home run by Lowe, his third of the series, off Pedro Báez in the bottom of the inning gave the Rays their first lead of the game. Joc Pederson drove in two runs with a pinch hit single in the seventh inning off Nick Anderson to put the Dodgers back ahead. Kevin Kiermaier hit a solo homer in the bottom of the inning off Báez to tie the game. Seager, with his fourth hit of the game, drove in Chris Taylor on a single in the eighth against Anderson to put the Dodgers back up again.[57]

With two outs in the bottom of the ninth and down in the count 1–2, Brett Phillips singled off Kenley Jansen for his first career postseason hit. As Kiermaier scored to tie the game, Taylor misfielded the ball in center field. As Arozarena rounded third base, he fell and began to head back to third base after getting back on his feet. With Muncy cutting off the throw from the outfield, his relay throw to Will Smith went off of Smith's mitt, allowing Arozarena to dive in safely at home to give the Rays an 8–7 win and tie the series at two.[57] It was the first World Series game to end on an error since Game 6 of the 1986 World Series and Jansen was credited with his record fourth blown save in World Series appearances.[58] Phillips also became the first player since Kirk Gibson in the 1988 World Series to get a game-winning hit with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning.

As of 2022, this is the last walk-off in the World Series.

Game 5 Edit

 
Max Muncy was 2-for-3 including a home run in Game 5.
October 25, 2020 7:08 pm (CDT) at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, 74 °F (23 °C), roof closed
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 6 1
Tampa Bay 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0
WP: Clayton Kershaw (2–0)   LP: Tyler Glasnow (0–2)   Sv: Blake Treinen (1)
Home runs:
LAD: Joc Pederson (1), Max Muncy (1)
TB: None
Attendance: 11,437
Boxscore

Game 5 featured a rematch of Game 1 starting pitchers; Clayton Kershaw for the Dodgers and Tyler Glasnow for the Rays.[59] This was Kershaw's sixth World Series start, tying him for second most all-time in Dodgers franchise history behind Sandy Koufax and Carl Erskine.[60] The Dodgers got the early lead again in this game, with Betts doubling to start the game and being driven in by a single by Seager, who advanced to second and third on wild pitches, and then scored on an infield hit by Cody Bellinger. Pederson hit a solo home run in the second to extend the Dodgers' lead to three. An RBI triple by Yandy Díaz drove in the Rays' first run in the third inning. Díaz then scored on a single by Arozarena, who collected his 27th hit, the most in a single postseason.[61] In the bottom of the fourth inning, Manuel Margot walked, stole second, and advanced to third on an error; he attempted to steal home with two outs, but was tagged out at the plate on a throw from Kershaw to catcher Austin Barnes.[62] Charley Steiner, long-time Dodgers' radio announcer, pointed out that with the stands near the field mostly empty, Kershaw could hear his teammates in the dugout with the early warning.[63]

Muncy hit a solo homer in the fifth inning as the Dodgers set a new major league record for different players on the same team hitting a home run in a postseason series, with nine.[64] Glasnow pitched five innings (the first Rays starter to do so in the series), allowing four runs on six hits and three walks with seven strikeouts. Kershaw's strikeout of Kiermaier in the bottom of the fifth inning moved him past Justin Verlander for the record of most career postseason strikeouts. He finished with 5+2⁄3 innings pitched, two runs allowed on five hits, and two walks with six strikeouts. The bullpens held the game scoreless the rest of the way and the Dodgers won 4–2 to regain the series lead.[65]

Game 6 Edit

 
Mookie Betts (pictured with the Red Sox) ran in the go-ahead score and had a home run to clinch the World Series for the Dodgers.
October 27, 2020 7:09 pm (CDT) at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, 74 °F (23 °C), roof closed
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tampa Bay 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 X 3 5 0
WP: Victor Gonzalez (1–0)   LP: Nick Anderson (1–1)   Sv: Julio Urías (1)
Home runs:
TB: Randy Arozarena (3)
LAD: Mookie Betts (2)
Attendance: 11,437
Boxscore

Facing elimination, the Rays started Blake Snell, who had a no decision in Game 2.[66] The Dodgers countered with Tony Gonsolin,[67] who allowed one run as an opener in Game 2 and took the loss. The Rays scored first with a solo home run by Randy Arozarena, his tenth during the postseason and third of the World Series, extending the record he broke back in Game 4. No other player had hit more than eight homers in a single postseason, and Arozarena was also the Rays' career postseason home run leader after just his first year with the team.[68] Gonsolin faced 10 batters in his second start, lasting 1+2⁄3 innings while allowing Arozarena's home run plus two hits and two walks. After Snell allowed a hit to Austin Barnes with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning, Rays manager Kevin Cash controversially decided to remove Snell from the game, who allowed only two hits throwing 73 pitches while striking out nine and walking none in 5+1⁄3 innings. Cash brought in reliever Nick Anderson, who gave up a double to Mookie Betts before throwing a wild pitch with Corey Seager at bat that allowed Barnes to score the tying run. The Dodgers then took the lead on a fielder's choice grounder by Seager that scored Betts. The Dodgers added another run in the eighth inning when Betts hit a home run off Pete Fairbanks. Julio Urías pitched the last 2+1⁄3 innings for the save, closing out the series by striking out Willy Adames looking, as the Dodgers won their seventh World Series championship and their first since 1988.[69] This was the first World Series since 2013, where what was considered the "home team" won in what was considered "home field."

Postgame, Seager was presented with the World Series Most Valuable Player Award. He was the eighth player—and the first since Madison Bumgarner in 2014—to be named MVP of both the World Series and League Championship Series in the same season. He batted .328 in the Dodgers' 18 postseason games.[70] It was also announced that Justin Turner was removed in the eighth inning due to a positive COVID-19 test result. Despite tweeting that he was asymptomatic, Turner nevertheless took part in the celebration after the Dodgers had won the game, violating MLB protocols.[71] He was the first player to test positive for the virus during the postseason bubble.[72][73] The next day, Major League Baseball announced that Turner would be under investigation.[74] On November 6, Turner apologized for the incident and received no punishment from Rob Manfred, who admitted that MLB could have handled the situation better.[75]

The Dodgers were the first team since the 2010 San Francisco Giants to win a World Series with fully homegrown rotation starting every postseason game.

With the World Series win, the only team to beat the Dodgers in a series in 2020 was the Rockies, who won two out of three at Dodger Stadium in early September.[76] With the best record in baseball, the Dodgers were also just the seventh team in the Wild Card Era (since 1995) to have at least a share of the best record in baseball and win the World Series, joining the 2018 Red Sox, '16 Cubs, '13 Red Sox, '09 Yankees, '07 Red Sox and '98 Yankees on that list.[77] Because of an expanded 16-team postseason field, the Dodgers' 13 postseason wins were the most in MLB history.[78]

Series statistics Edit

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tampa Bay Rays 2 0 2 3 5 4 3 0 3 22 42 0
Los Angeles Dodgers 4 1 3 4 8 7 2 3 0 32 51 4
Home runs:
TB: Randy Arozarena (3), Brandon Lowe (3), Kevin Kiermaier (2), Hunter Renfroe (1)
LAD: Mookie Betts (2), Corey Seager (2), Justin Turner (2), Austin Barnes (1), Cody Bellinger (1), Max Muncy (1), Joc Pederson (1), Will Smith (1), Chris Taylor (1)
Total attendance: 68,622   Average attendance: 11,437
Winning player's share: $440,910   Losing player's share: $259,722

Broadcasting Edit

Television Edit

For the 21st straight year, the World Series was televised in the United States by Fox.[79] Joe Buck called the games as play-by-play announcer, along with John Smoltz as color analyst and Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci as field reporters. Kevin Burkhardt hosted the network's pregame and postgame shows, joined by analysts Frank Thomas, Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz, and Dontrelle Willis. Due to the pandemic, Fox's pregame and postgame shows all took place in their Los Angeles studios, as opposed to traveling on the road. Fox Deportes aired the series in Spanish, with Rolando Nichols, Edgar Gonzalez, Adrian Garcia Marquez, Carlos Alvarez, and Jaime Motta.[80]

MLB International fed the series to broadcasters outside the United States, with Matt Vasgersian providing play-by-play and Buck Martinez as color commentator.[80]

Ratings Edit

Further information: World Series television ratings
Game Ratings
(households) 		Share
(households) 		U.S. audience
(in millions) 		Ref
1 5.1 11 9.353 [81]
2 5.0 11 9.184 [82]
3 4.3 10 8.339 [83]
4 4.8 12 9.563 [84]
5 5.3 11 10.288 [85]
6 6.8 15 12.819 [86]

Game 1 was the least-watched World Series game ever, in terms of number of viewers, per Nielsen Media Research records dating back to 1968; it was also the first World Series game to draw less than 10 million viewers since Game 3 in 2008, which underwent a 90-minute rain delay.[87] Games 2 and 3 subsequently established new lows.[88] and the average of 9.785 million viewers per game set a new World Series low.[86]

Radio Edit

ESPN Radio broadcast the series in the United States, with Dan Shulman on play-by-play, Chris Singleton and Jessica Mendoza as color analysts, Buster Olney as reporter, and Marc Kestecher hosting the pregame shows. Mendoza became the first woman to serve as a game analyst on a national World Series broadcast. Shulman, Singleton, and Mendoza called the games from ESPN's studios in Bristol, Connecticut due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[89] The flagship radio stations for each team broadcast the games locally with their own announcers: WDAE (in English) and WGES (in Spanish) for Tampa Bay; and KLAC (in English), KTNQ (in Spanish), and KMPC (in Korean) for Los Angeles.[80]

Aftermath Edit

Dodgers Edit

Minutes after the final out, Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles City Hall, L.A. Live, the Santa Monica Pier and many other Los Angeles landmarks lit up blue to celebrate the Dodgers' World Series championship.[90] Retired Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, the voice of the Dodgers from 1950 to 2016, congratulated his former team on Twitter and it was announced a few days later that Scully would narrate the team's year-end championship documentary.[91][92] The 2020 championship was the final Dodgers' title Scully was able to witness until his death in August 2022.

 
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris with the Los Angeles Dodgers

With the Lakers having won the NBA Finals, Los Angeles repeated its achievement of having NBA and World Series champions in the same year, as both the Lakers and Dodgers had won in 1988.[93] In fact, just 16 days had passed between the Lakers and Dodgers championship wins, which was the shortest timespan for two championships in the same city. 16 months later, the Los Angeles Rams would win Super Bowl LVI over the Cincinnati Bengals, and to follow it up 8 months after that the LAFC went on to win the 2022 MLS Cup in a penalty shootout by defeating the Philadelphia Union, meaning Los Angeles would be the first city to celebrate NBA, MLB, NFL, and MLS championships within a two-year span.[94]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti advised fans not to gather for large celebrations. Nevertheless, many fans took to the streets of Los Angeles, lighting off fireworks and taking over street intersections, in areas such as Pico Boulevard, Broadway and Figueroa Street before being dispersed by police.[95] The day after the World Series, the Dodgers released a statement regarding a public victory parade, stating any celebration would be postponed.[96] In lieu of a rally, the Dodgers set up a drive-through holiday festival event. The event, which was held from November 27 through January 3, featured a light show, LED video displays, fake snow and interactive displays honoring the Dodgers World Championship and celebrating the holidays. When the Dodgers went to go face the Washington Nationals in July 2021, the team visited the White House and President Joe Biden to honor, and celebrate their World Series victory.[97][98]

Rays Edit

Kevin Cash would receive tremendous backlash for his decision to remove Blake Snell after just 73 pitches in the sixth inning of Game 6.[99] Cash defended his decision, stating he did not want Snell going through the Dodgers order a third time, even despite his dominance for 5+1⁄3 innings. Yahoo Sports immediately named it one of the worst decisions in World Series history, while Deadspin called it the third worst in World Series history.[100] FOX Sports post-game analyst and former big leaguer Alex Rodriguez said it was the worst decision he had ever seen in baseball.[101] Upon his removal, opposing manager Dave Roberts said during postgame, "Mookie looked at me with a little smile. We were all just excited that Snell was out of the game."[102] Cash's decision sparked a discussion in whether modern managers were using too much sabermetrics and statistical analysis when making decisions rather than going with their instincts.[103][104][105] Some noted that while the decision was controversial, the Rays offense had only scored one run and the Dodgers, who hit starters remarkably better the third time through the order, had not been shut out all season.[106][107] Cash had also managed his starters with a short leash the whole season. In a similar move, Cash pulled Charlie Morton from Game 7 of the ALCS at 66 pitches, even though Morton only allowed 2 hits and no runs through for 5+2⁄3.[108]

Following their series loss, Tampa Bay placed Blake Snell on the trade block and later sent him to the San Diego Padres for a major-league catcher and three minor-league prospects.[109] Veteran pitcher Charlie Morton signed with the Atlanta Braves as a free agent after his club option was declined.[110] Morton would win a World Series with Atlanta the next season, which was the second of his career.

A film based on Randy Arozarena's life is currently scheduled to be released between 2022 and 2023.[111] Arozarena broke the record for home runs in a single postseason with ten, including three home runs in the World Series.[112] Arozarena confirmed in 2023 the film had fallen through.[113]

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Gonzalez Carlos Alvarez and Jaime Motta Fox Deportes Matt Vasgersian and Buck Martinez MLB International RadioESPN United States English WDAE TB English WGES TB Spanish KLAC LAD English KTNQ LAD Spanish KMPC LAD Korean Radio announcersDan Shulman Chris Singleton Jessica Mendoza and Buster Olney ESPN Andy Freed and Dave Wills WDAE Ricardo Taveras and Enrique Oliu WGES Charley Steiner and Rick Monday KLAC Jaime Jarrin and Jorge Jarrin KTNQ Richard Choi and Chong Ho Yim KMPC ALCSTampa Bay Rays over Houston Astros 4 3 NLCSLos Angeles Dodgers over Atlanta Braves 4 3 World Series program 2019 World Series 2021 Due to the COVID 19 pandemic the entire series was played at Globe Life Field in Arlington Texas from October 20 to October 27 with the ballpark s seating capacity limited to 25 percent 11 500 fans The pandemic resulted in the regular season being reduced to 60 games and the postseason being held at neutral sites instead of at teams home stadiums Thus this was the first World Series to be played at a neutral site as well as the first since 1944 to be held at only one ballpark and the first since 1993 to be played entirely on artificial turf It was also the first World Series since 1984 to use the designated hitter for all games 2 3 With 2020 being the inaugural season for Globe Life Field it became the first ballpark to host the World Series in its first year since Yankee Stadium in 2009 Despite not playing on their home field the Dodgers were still designated as having home field advantage in the series with the better regular season record Los Angeles and Tampa Bay alternated victories during the first four games of the series before the Dodgers won both Game 5 and 6 becoming the first designated home team to win the World Series since the 2013 edition Los Angeles shortstop Corey Seager was named the World Series Most Valuable Player MVP after batting 8 for 20 400 with two home runs five runs batted in and an on base percentage of 556 4 Contents 1 Background 1 1 Impact of the COVID 19 pandemic 1 2 Tampa Bay Rays 1 3 Los Angeles Dodgers 1 4 Series notes 2 Summary 3 Game summaries 3 1 Game 1 3 2 Game 2 3 3 Game 3 3 4 Game 4 3 5 Game 5 3 6 Game 6 3 7 Series statistics 4 Broadcasting 4 1 Television 4 1 1 Ratings 4 2 Radio 5 Aftermath 5 1 Dodgers 5 2 Rays 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External linksBackground EditSee also 2020 MLB Postseason Impact of the COVID 19 pandemic Edit Main article 2020 Major League Baseball season Schedule Due to the COVID 19 pandemic Major League Baseball MLB and the MLB Players Association MLBPA agreed to shorten the standard 162 game season to 60 games the shortest since 1878 They also agreed to hold an expanded 16 team playoff tournament for only the 2020 season In addition to each league s three division winners each league s three division runners up qualified and two additional wild card teams per league qualified based on win loss record The first round was the Wild Card Series a best of three playoff hosted by the higher seeded team After that the postseason maintained its standard format of a best of five League Division Series best of seven League Championship Series and the best of seven World Series 5 6 nbsp Globe Life Field nbsp nbsp Rays manager Kevin Cash top and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts After COVID 19 outbreaks among several teams resulted in the postponement of about 40 regular season games MLB and the MLBPA agreed to hold the division series league championships and World Series in protective bubble environments at neutral sites to limit the chances of experiencing another outbreak MLB chose Globe Life Field in Arlington Texas as the site of the 2020 World Series 7 The Texas Rangers who play their home games at Globe Life Field failed to qualify for the postseason 8 It was the first time since the 1944 World Series played between the St Louis Cardinals and St Louis Browns who shared Sportsman s Park as their home field that the entire series was held at one ballpark 9 While fans were not permitted to attend MLB games during the 2020 season Commissioner Rob Manfred expressed his hope that fans would be able to attend the World Series in a limited capacity 10 On September 30 MLB announced that fans would be able to attend the NLCS and World Series at 25 capacity allowing a maximum of 11 500 people to attend each game at Globe Life Field 11 Both teams stayed at the Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas as the designated bubble hotel 12 Tampa Bay Rays Edit Main article 2020 Tampa Bay Rays season The Tampa Bay Rays of the American League made their second appearance in the World Series in franchise history and their first since 2008 They finished the shortened regular season with a 40 20 667 record the best in the American League They then swept the Toronto Blue Jays in two games in the Wild Card Series defeated the New York Yankees in five games in the Division Series and defeated the Houston Astros in seven games after leading 3 0 in the American League Championship Series ALCS 13 14 Randy Arozarena hit seven home runs in 14 postseason games prior to the World Series becoming the first rookie position player to win the ALCS Most Valuable Player Award After his performance in the World Series Arozarena would break records in home runs hits and total bases in a single postseason 15 16 Los Angeles Dodgers Edit Main article 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers season The Los Angeles Dodgers of the National League made their 21st appearance in the World Series passing the Giants for most all time in the National League and third in four years having lost in 2017 and 2018 17 Prior to the 2020 season the Dodgers traded outfielder Alex Verdugo and minor leaguers Connor Wong and Jeter Downs to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for outfielder Mookie Betts starting pitcher David Price and cash considerations 15 The Dodgers finished the shortened regular season with a 43 17 717 record the best in all of MLB 18 Betts finished the 2020 60 game regular season hitting 292 366 562 with 47 runs fourth in the NL 16 home runs third 39 RBIs a 928 OPS and 10 stolen bases 19 The Dodgers swept both the Milwaukee Brewers in the Wild Card Series and the San Diego Padres in the Division Series before defeating the Atlanta Braves in seven games in the National League Championship Series NLCS after trailing 3 1 in that series 20 In the NLCS Betts made three straight series saving defensive gems in elimination games for the Dodgers as they were the fourteenth team in MLB history to come back from a 3 1 series deficit 19 Series notes Edit The 2020 season rule change calling for each extra half inning to begin with a runner on second base was not implemented for any postseason round including the World Series 21 This was the fourth time in the Wild Card era when both teams with the best record in each league faced each other in the World Series 22 This had previously occurred in 1995 1999 and 2013 Additionally the Dodgers and Rays combined for a 692 winning percentage in the regular season the highest combined regular season winning percentage for a World Series matchup ever surpassing the 1906 World Series between the Cubs and White Sox 690 23 This was the first World Series to feature two cities that held either the NBA or the NHL title the same year as the Los Angeles Lakers won the 2020 NBA Finals on October 11 and the Tampa Bay Lightning won the 2020 Stanley Cup Finals on September 28 24 With the Tampa Bay Buccaneers qualifying and eventually winning Super Bowl LV the following winter Tampa s NHL MLB and NFL teams all made the championship round within a six month span 25 This was the first World Series since 1993 to have all games played on artificial turf 26 Andrew Friedman the Dodgers President of Baseball Operations was the Rays general manager from 2004 to 2014 Under Friedman s tenure as general manager the Rays saw their first run of success as a franchise which was highlighted by a World Series appearance in 2008 and five 90 win seasons from 2008 to 2013 The 2020 Rays had only five players that were originally acquired by Freidman Kevin Kiermaier drafted in 2010 Blake Snell drafted in 2011 Jose Alvarado signed as an International amateur in 2012 Diego Castillo signed as an International amateur in 2014 and Willy Adames traded for in 2014 Only Alvarado was not on Tampa s World Series roster Current Rays GM Erik Neander also received his start in baseball under Friedman in 2007 as an intern 27 Other connections between the two teams included Brandon Gomes the current Dodgers Vice President amp Assistant General Manager who was a Rays middle relief pitcher from 2011 to 2015 and Joel Peralta the current Dodgers Special Assistant Baseball Operations who was a popular Rays reliever from 2011 to 2014 28 Dodgers relievers Adam Kolarek was also a member of the Rays from 2017 to 2019 while Dylan Floro pitched briefly for Tampa Bay in 2016 Summary EditLos Angeles won the series 4 2 Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 20 Tampa Bay Rays 3 Los Angeles Dodgers 8 Globe Life Field 3 24 11 388 29 2 October 21 Tampa Bay Rays 6 Los Angeles Dodgers 4 Globe Life Field 3 40 11 472 30 3 October 23 Los Angeles Dodgers 6 Tampa Bay Rays 2 Globe Life Field 3 14 11 447 31 4 October 24 Los Angeles Dodgers 7 Tampa Bay Rays 8 Globe Life Field 4 10 11 441 32 5 October 25 Los Angeles Dodgers 4 Tampa Bay Rays 2 Globe Life Field 3 30 11 437 33 6 October 27 Tampa Bay Rays 1 Los Angeles Dodgers 3 Globe Life Field 3 28 11 437 34 Game summaries EditGame 1 Edit nbsp Game 1 winning pitcher Clayton KershawOctober 20 2020 7 11 pm CDT at Globe Life Field in Arlington Texas 82 F 28 C partly cloudy Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H ETampa Bay 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 6 0Los Angeles 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 X 8 10 0WP Clayton Kershaw 1 0 LP Tyler Glasnow 0 1 Home runs TB Kevin Kiermaier 1 LAD Cody Bellinger 1 Mookie Betts 1 Attendance 11 388BoxscoreFor the pregame ceremony Pentatonix performed the national anthem and four first responders threw out ceremonial first pitches 35 Cody Bellinger hit a two run home run off Tyler Glasnow in the fourth inning for the first runs of the series 36 Kevin Kiermaier reduced the Tampa Bay deficit to one run with a solo home run in the fifth inning The Dodgers scored four runs in the fifth inning on a run batted in RBI fielder s choice by Max Muncy followed by RBI singles by Will Smith Chris Taylor and Kike Hernandez Glasnow finished with six runs allowed all earned in 41 3 innings on three hits and six walks with eight strikeouts Betts homered off Josh Fleming in the sixth inning Muncy then doubled home Justin Turner for another run Clayton Kershaw came out of the game after the sixth inning having only allowed two hits one of them the solo homer and one walk while striking out eight The Rays scored two runs in the seventh inning when Mike Brosseau and Kiermaier singled in runs off reliever Victor Gonzalez The Dodgers held on to win 8 3 37 The Dodgers tied several postseason records in Game 1 Kershaw s 11th postseason start tied Greg Maddux for second most in MLB history 38 and he recorded his 200th postseason strikeout in the fifth inning surpassing John Smoltz for second most all time 39 The Dodgers as a team tied the New York Giants 1912 for most stolen bases in a single World Series inning with three 40 Game 2 Edit nbsp Brandon Lowe had two hits and three RBIs in Game 2 October 21 2020 7 08 pm CDT at Globe Life Field in Arlington Texas 81 F 27 C partly cloudy Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H ETampa Bay 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 6 10 0Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 5 1WP Nick Anderson 1 0 LP Tony Gonsolin 0 1 Sv Diego Castillo 1 Home runs TB Brandon Lowe 2 2 LAD Chris Taylor 1 Will Smith 1 Corey Seager 1 Attendance 11 472BoxscoreFollowing Game 1 Dodgers manager Dave Roberts announced that Tony Gonsolin would start Game 2 41 Blake Snell started for the Rays 42 Brandon Lowe hit a solo homer off Gonsolin in the first inning to give the Rays their first lead of the series Gonsolin allowed no other hits or runs and left after 1 1 3 innings the shortest start in the World Series since Jake Peavy in 2014 Joey Wendle doubled in two runs off Dustin May in the fourth inning to extend the Rays lead to three The teams traded two run homers in the fifth inning with Lowe hitting his second of the night this time off May and Chris Taylor whose home run off Snell was the Dodgers first hit of the game Snell pitched 4 2 3 innings and allowed two hits and four walks while striking out nine A sacrifice fly by Wendle off Joe Kelly in the sixth added another run for the Rays and Will Smith homered off Nick Anderson in the bottom of the inning for the Dodgers Corey Seager hit a home run in the eighth inning off Pete Fairbanks to close the gap to two and set a new postseason record for most home runs by a shortstop seven The Rays held on to even the series with a 6 4 win The Dodgers struck out 15 times in the game tying the World Series franchise record set in the 18 inning third game of the 2018 World Series 43 Ji man Choi became the first Korean born player to record a hit in the World Series 44 Game 3 Edit nbsp Game 3 winning pitcher Walker BuehlerOctober 23 2020 7 08 pm CDT at Globe Life Field in Arlington Texas 74 F 23 C roof closed Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H ELos Angeles 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 10 0Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 0WP Walker Buehler 1 0 LP Charlie Morton 0 1 Home runs LAD Justin Turner 1 Austin Barnes 1 TB Randy Arozarena 1 Attendance 11 447BoxscoreWalker Buehler started Game 3 for the Dodgers 45 and the Rays countered with Charlie Morton 46 Justin Turner hit a solo home run off Morton in the first inning for the first run of the game In doing so he tied Duke Snider for the most postseason home runs in Dodgers franchise history with 11 47 Max Muncy drove in two runs with a single in the third inning and the Dodgers set a new record for the most runs scored with two outs in a single postseason with 48 The Dodgers scored two more runs in the fourth inning on a safety squeeze by Austin Barnes and an RBI single by Mookie Betts Morton was removed from the game after 4 1 3 innings he allowed five runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out six 48 A double by Willy Adames in the fifth inning gave the Rays their first run Barnes hit a solo home run off John Curtiss in the sixth inning for the Dodgers 48 becoming the first player since Hector Lopez in 1961 to have both a squeeze bunt and a homer in the same World Series game 49 Buehler pitched six innings and allowed one run on three hits and one walk with 10 strikeouts becoming the third youngest pitcher with 10 or more strikeouts and three or fewer hits in a World Series game behind only Ed Walsh in 1906 and Josh Beckett in 2003 50 Randy Arozarena hit a solo home run for Tampa Bay in the bottom of the ninth inning off Kenley Jansen to give him a record tying eight home runs and a record setting 23 hits in the postseason 51 but the Dodgers held on to win 6 2 to take a 2 1 lead in the series 48 Game 4 Edit nbsp Brett Phillips pictured with the Omaha Storm Chasers recorded the game winning single for the Rays in Game 4 October 24 2020 7 09 pm CDT at Globe Life Field in Arlington Texas 57 F 14 C cloudy Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H ELos Angeles 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 7 15 2Tampa Bay 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 8 10 0WP John Curtiss 1 0 LP Kenley Jansen 0 1 Home runs LAD Justin Turner 2 Corey Seager 2 TB Randy Arozarena 2 Hunter Renfroe 1 Brandon Lowe 3 Kevin Kiermaier 2 Attendance 11 441BoxscoreIn Game 4 Julio Urias started for Los Angeles 52 and Ryan Yarbrough for Tampa Bay 53 For the second game in a row Justin Turner hit a solo home run in the first inning With that he passed Duke Snider for most postseason home runs in franchise history 54 and became the first player in MLB history to homer in the first inning of back to back World Series games 55 Corey Seager hit a solo home run in the third for his eighth of the postseason tying for the most all time in a single postseason with Randy Arozarena Barry Bonds Carlos Beltran and Nelson Cruz 56 Yarbrough pitched 3 1 3 innings with two runs allowed on five hits and one walk Arozarena hit another home run leading off the bottom of the fourth inning for his ninth of the postseason and sole possession of the record Muncy hit an RBI single off Fairbanks to score Seager in the fifth inning Hunter Renfroe hit a solo homer in the bottom of the inning to return the lead to one run Urias pitched 4 2 3 innings allowing two runs on four hits and one walk with eight strikeouts The Dodgers scored again in the sixth inning on an RBI single by Kike Hernandez against Diego Castillo A three run home run by Lowe his third of the series off Pedro Baez in the bottom of the inning gave the Rays their first lead of the game Joc Pederson drove in two runs with a pinch hit single in the seventh inning off Nick Anderson to put the Dodgers back ahead Kevin Kiermaier hit a solo homer in the bottom of the inning off Baez to tie the game Seager with his fourth hit of the game drove in Chris Taylor on a single in the eighth against Anderson to put the Dodgers back up again 57 With two outs in the bottom of the ninth and down in the count 1 2 Brett Phillips singled off Kenley Jansen for his first career postseason hit As Kiermaier scored to tie the game Taylor misfielded the ball in center field As Arozarena rounded third base he fell and began to head back to third base after getting back on his feet With Muncy cutting off the throw from the outfield his relay throw to Will Smith went off of Smith s mitt allowing Arozarena to dive in safely at home to give the Rays an 8 7 win and tie the series at two 57 It was the first World Series game to end on an error since Game 6 of the 1986 World Series and Jansen was credited with his record fourth blown save in World Series appearances 58 Phillips also became the first player since Kirk Gibson in the 1988 World Series to get a game winning hit with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning As of 2022 this is the last walk off in the World Series Game 5 Edit nbsp Max Muncy was 2 for 3 including a home run in Game 5 October 25 2020 7 08 pm CDT at Globe Life Field in Arlington Texas 74 F 23 C roof closed Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H ELos Angeles 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 6 1Tampa Bay 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0WP Clayton Kershaw 2 0 LP Tyler Glasnow 0 2 Sv Blake Treinen 1 Home runs LAD Joc Pederson 1 Max Muncy 1 TB NoneAttendance 11 437BoxscoreGame 5 featured a rematch of Game 1 starting pitchers Clayton Kershaw for the Dodgers and Tyler Glasnow for the Rays 59 This was Kershaw s sixth World Series start tying him for second most all time in Dodgers franchise history behind Sandy Koufax and Carl Erskine 60 The Dodgers got the early lead again in this game with Betts doubling to start the game and being driven in by a single by Seager who advanced to second and third on wild pitches and then scored on an infield hit by Cody Bellinger Pederson hit a solo home run in the second to extend the Dodgers lead to three An RBI triple by Yandy Diaz drove in the Rays first run in the third inning Diaz then scored on a single by Arozarena who collected his 27th hit the most in a single postseason 61 In the bottom of the fourth inning Manuel Margot walked stole second and advanced to third on an error he attempted to steal home with two outs but was tagged out at the plate on a throw from Kershaw to catcher Austin Barnes 62 Charley Steiner long time Dodgers radio announcer pointed out that with the stands near the field mostly empty Kershaw could hear his teammates in the dugout with the early warning 63 Muncy hit a solo homer in the fifth inning as the Dodgers set a new major league record for different players on the same team hitting a home run in a postseason series with nine 64 Glasnow pitched five innings the first Rays starter to do so in the series allowing four runs on six hits and three walks with seven strikeouts Kershaw s strikeout of Kiermaier in the bottom of the fifth inning moved him past Justin Verlander for the record of most career postseason strikeouts He finished with 5 2 3 innings pitched two runs allowed on five hits and two walks with six strikeouts The bullpens held the game scoreless the rest of the way and the Dodgers won 4 2 to regain the series lead 65 Game 6 Edit nbsp Mookie Betts pictured with the Red Sox ran in the go ahead score and had a home run to clinch the World Series for the Dodgers October 27 2020 7 09 pm CDT at Globe Life Field in Arlington Texas 74 F 23 C roof closed Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H ETampa Bay 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 X 3 5 0WP Victor Gonzalez 1 0 LP Nick Anderson 1 1 Sv Julio Urias 1 Home runs TB Randy Arozarena 3 LAD Mookie Betts 2 Attendance 11 437BoxscoreFacing elimination the Rays started Blake Snell who had a no decision in Game 2 66 The Dodgers countered with Tony Gonsolin 67 who allowed one run as an opener in Game 2 and took the loss The Rays scored first with a solo home run by Randy Arozarena his tenth during the postseason and third of the World Series extending the record he broke back in Game 4 No other player had hit more than eight homers in a single postseason and Arozarena was also the Rays career postseason home run leader after just his first year with the team 68 Gonsolin faced 10 batters in his second start lasting 1 2 3 innings while allowing Arozarena s home run plus two hits and two walks After Snell allowed a hit to Austin Barnes with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning Rays manager Kevin Cash controversially decided to remove Snell from the game who allowed only two hits throwing 73 pitches while striking out nine and walking none in 5 1 3 innings Cash brought in reliever Nick Anderson who gave up a double to Mookie Betts before throwing a wild pitch with Corey Seager at bat that allowed Barnes to score the tying run The Dodgers then took the lead on a fielder s choice grounder by Seager that scored Betts The Dodgers added another run in the eighth inning when Betts hit a home run off Pete Fairbanks Julio Urias pitched the last 2 1 3 innings for the save closing out the series by striking out Willy Adames looking as the Dodgers won their seventh World Series championship and their first since 1988 69 This was the first World Series since 2013 where what was considered the home team won in what was considered home field Postgame Seager was presented with the World Series Most Valuable Player Award He was the eighth player and the first since Madison Bumgarner in 2014 to be named MVP of both the World Series and League Championship Series in the same season He batted 328 in the Dodgers 18 postseason games 70 It was also announced that Justin Turner was removed in the eighth inning due to a positive COVID 19 test result Despite tweeting that he was asymptomatic Turner nevertheless took part in the celebration after the Dodgers had won the game violating MLB protocols 71 He was the first player to test positive for the virus during the postseason bubble 72 73 The next day Major League Baseball announced that Turner would be under investigation 74 On November 6 Turner apologized for the incident and received no punishment from Rob Manfred who admitted that MLB could have handled the situation better 75 The Dodgers were the first team since the 2010 San Francisco Giants to win a World Series with fully homegrown rotation starting every postseason game With the World Series win the only team to beat the Dodgers in a series in 2020 was the Rockies who won two out of three at Dodger Stadium in early September 76 With the best record in baseball the Dodgers were also just the seventh team in the Wild Card Era since 1995 to have at least a share of the best record in baseball and win the World Series joining the 2018 Red Sox 16 Cubs 13 Red Sox 09 Yankees 07 Red Sox and 98 Yankees on that list 77 Because of an expanded 16 team postseason field the Dodgers 13 postseason wins were the most in MLB history 78 Series statistics Edit Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H ETampa Bay Rays 2 0 2 3 5 4 3 0 3 22 42 0Los Angeles Dodgers 4 1 3 4 8 7 2 3 0 32 51 4Home runs TB Randy Arozarena 3 Brandon Lowe 3 Kevin Kiermaier 2 Hunter Renfroe 1 LAD Mookie Betts 2 Corey Seager 2 Justin Turner 2 Austin Barnes 1 Cody Bellinger 1 Max Muncy 1 Joc Pederson 1 Will Smith 1 Chris Taylor 1 Total attendance 68 622 Average attendance 11 437Winning player s share 440 910 Losing player s share 259 722Broadcasting EditTelevision Edit For the 21st straight year the World Series was televised in the United States by Fox 79 Joe Buck called the games as play by play announcer along with John Smoltz as color analyst and Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci as field reporters Kevin Burkhardt hosted the network s pregame and postgame shows joined by analysts Frank Thomas Alex Rodriguez David Ortiz and Dontrelle Willis Due to the pandemic Fox s pregame and postgame shows all took place in their Los Angeles studios as opposed to traveling on the road Fox Deportes aired the series in Spanish with Rolando Nichols Edgar Gonzalez Adrian Garcia Marquez Carlos Alvarez and Jaime Motta 80 MLB International fed the series to broadcasters outside the United States with Matt Vasgersian providing play by play and Buck Martinez as color commentator 80 Ratings Edit Further information World Series television ratings Game Ratings households Share households U S audience in millions Ref1 5 1 11 9 353 81 2 5 0 11 9 184 82 3 4 3 10 8 339 83 4 4 8 12 9 563 84 5 5 3 11 10 288 85 6 6 8 15 12 819 86 Game 1 was the least watched World Series game ever in terms of number of viewers per Nielsen Media Research records dating back to 1968 it was also the first World Series game to draw less than 10 million viewers since Game 3 in 2008 which underwent a 90 minute rain delay 87 Games 2 and 3 subsequently established new lows 88 and the average of 9 785 million viewers per game set a new World Series low 86 Radio Edit ESPN Radio broadcast the series in the United States with Dan Shulman on play by play Chris Singleton and Jessica Mendoza as color analysts Buster Olney as reporter and Marc Kestecher hosting the pregame shows Mendoza became the first woman to serve as a game analyst on a national World Series broadcast Shulman Singleton and Mendoza called the games from ESPN s studios in Bristol Connecticut due to the COVID 19 pandemic 89 The flagship radio stations for each team broadcast the games locally with their own announcers WDAE in English and WGES in Spanish for Tampa Bay and KLAC in English KTNQ in Spanish and KMPC in Korean for Los Angeles 80 Aftermath EditDodgers Edit Minutes after the final out Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles City Hall L A Live the Santa Monica Pier and many other Los Angeles landmarks lit up blue to celebrate the Dodgers World Series championship 90 Retired Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully the voice of the Dodgers from 1950 to 2016 congratulated his former team on Twitter and it was announced a few days later that Scully would narrate the team s year end championship documentary 91 92 The 2020 championship was the final Dodgers title Scully was able to witness until his death in August 2022 nbsp President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris with the Los Angeles DodgersWith the Lakers having won the NBA Finals Los Angeles repeated its achievement of having NBA and World Series champions in the same year as both the Lakers and Dodgers had won in 1988 93 In fact just 16 days had passed between the Lakers and Dodgers championship wins which was the shortest timespan for two championships in the same city 16 months later the Los Angeles Rams would win Super Bowl LVI over the Cincinnati Bengals and to follow it up 8 months after that the LAFC went on to win the 2022 MLS Cup in a penalty shootout by defeating the Philadelphia Union meaning Los Angeles would be the first city to celebrate NBA MLB NFL and MLS championships within a two year span 94 Due to the COVID 19 pandemic Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti advised fans not to gather for large celebrations Nevertheless many fans took to the streets of Los Angeles lighting off fireworks and taking over street intersections in areas such as Pico Boulevard Broadway and Figueroa Street before being dispersed by police 95 The day after the World Series the Dodgers released a statement regarding a public victory parade stating any celebration would be postponed 96 In lieu of a rally the Dodgers set up a drive through holiday festival event The event which was held from November 27 through January 3 featured a light show LED video displays fake snow and interactive displays honoring the Dodgers World Championship and celebrating the holidays When the Dodgers went to go face the Washington Nationals in July 2021 the team visited the White House and President Joe Biden to honor and celebrate their World Series victory 97 98 Rays Edit Kevin Cash would receive tremendous backlash for his decision to remove Blake Snell after just 73 pitches in the sixth inning of Game 6 99 Cash defended his decision stating he did not want Snell going through the Dodgers order a third time even despite his dominance for 5 1 3 innings Yahoo Sports immediately named it one of the worst decisions in World Series history while Deadspin called it the third worst in World Series history 100 FOX Sports post game analyst and former big leaguer Alex Rodriguez said it was the worst decision he had ever seen in baseball 101 Upon his removal opposing manager Dave Roberts said during postgame Mookie looked at me with a little smile We were all just excited that Snell was out of the game 102 Cash s decision sparked a discussion in whether modern managers were using too much sabermetrics and statistical analysis when making decisions rather than going with their instincts 103 104 105 Some noted that while the decision was controversial the Rays offense had only scored one run and the Dodgers who hit starters remarkably better the third time through the order had not been shut out all season 106 107 Cash had also managed his starters with a short leash the whole season In a similar move Cash pulled Charlie Morton from Game 7 of the ALCS at 66 pitches even though Morton only allowed 2 hits and no runs through for 5 2 3 108 Following their series loss Tampa Bay placed Blake Snell on the trade block and later sent him to the San Diego Padres for a major league catcher and three minor league prospects 109 Veteran pitcher Charlie Morton signed with the Atlanta Braves as a free agent after his club option was declined 110 Morton would win a World Series with Atlanta the next season which was the second of his career A film based on Randy Arozarena s life is currently scheduled to be released between 2022 and 2023 111 Arozarena broke the record for home runs in a single postseason with ten including three home 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August 24 2023 Further reading Edit Experts pick World Series winner MVP MLB com October 19 2020 Retrieved October 20 2020 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2020 World Series 2020 World Series at Baseball Almanac 2020 World Series at Baseball Reference com The 2020 Post Season Games box scores and play by play at Retrosheet Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2020 World Series amp oldid 1179900158, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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