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5 ways the Dodgers can make this a series again

By Cody Rivera

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 25: Grounds crew prepare the field for World Series game three betweeen the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on October 25, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 25: Grounds crew prepare the field for World Series game three betweeen the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on October 25, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /
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BOSTON, MA – OCTOBER 24: Manny Machado #8 of the Los Angeles Dodgers singles during the fourth inning against the Boston Red Sox in Game Two of the 2018 World Series at Fenway Park on October 24, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA – OCTOBER 24: Manny Machado #8 of the Los Angeles Dodgers singles during the fourth inning against the Boston Red Sox in Game Two of the 2018 World Series at Fenway Park on October 24, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /

2. Get the non-Machado bats going

Manny Machado isn’t overly loved in Boston, and there is no doubt Red Sox fans were greatly looking forward to taking it to him in this World Series. But despite the wishes of Red Sox fans, Machado has been hitting the ball a little better than most of his teammates through two games.

Machado had hits in each of the first two games of this series, and in Game 1 — which was essentially a shootout until Eduardo Nunez blew it wide open with a three-run homer in the seventh — Machado collected three RBIs.

The Dodgers failed to get much going at the plate in Game 2, but Machado did have one of their three total hits in the game. He might be a little more comfortable at Fenway Park than his teammates as he spent years with the Baltimore Orioles and made multiple trips to Boston every season. But nonetheless, if Los Angeles hopes to turn this series around at Dodger Stadium, the other non-Machado bats in the lineup will have to step up as well.

Justin Turner, one of the power bats in the Dodger lineup, came up with three hits in Game 1. But in Game 2, their three-hole hitter was just a measly 0-for-4, or an “o-fer” as we baseball nerds like to call it. Turner has been a postseason hero for the Dodgers in recent years, and now is the time for him to step up and do it again.

Dodger Stadium isn’t exactly known as a hitter’s park, but you never know what could happen in a World Series. Maybe once the Dodgers get back to that familiar warm weather, and maybe get a read on these Red Sox pitchers, they might start getting the bat on the ball and driving it out of the park.

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