A combination of the cold weather and the peculiarities of Fenway Park helped the Red Sox trounce the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-4 in Game 1 of the World Series in Boston on Tuesday night. The temperature, which dropped from 53 degrees to the mid-40s as the game went on, was the coldest the Dodgers have played in all year. Andrew Benintendi had four hits and scored three runs for the Red Sox, J.D. Martinez drove in two runs, and pinch hitter Eduardo Nunez nailed a three-run homer. Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw took the loss. "We won Game 1 last year and lost the Series, so maybe we'll try it out this way," Kershaw quipped.
Game 2, on Wednesday in Boston, is expected to be even colder. The Red Sox and Dodgers have not played each other in the World Series since 1916, when Babe Ruth helped Boston win the series, The Associated Press notes.
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