Lance McCullers Jr. threw 6 2/3 shutout innings and the Houston Astros withstood the raucous, heckling fans at Dodger Stadium to blank Los Angeles 3-0.
Tommy Lasorda, the fiery Hall of Fame manager who guided the Los Angeles Dodgers to two World Series titles and later became an baseball ambassador, has died. He was 93.
In one of the more clever and successful corporate promotions tying in with professional sports, the Taco Bell restaurant chain again rolled out their "Steal a Base, Steal a Taco" campaign to run throughout the 2020 World Series. It didn't take long for all of America to score a free taco, thanks to Mookie Betts!
The pandemic World Series drew a crowd of 11,388 for game 1 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays, the lowest count in a Fall Classic since Game 6 in 1909.
It been 32 years since the Los Angeles Dodgers won their last World Series. Cody Bellinger and Mookie Betts homered to support Clayton Kershaw as the Dodgers routed the Rays, 8-3.