The Los Angeles Dodgers can win their seventh World Series in history—and their sixth in Los Angeles—on Tuesday night when they face the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 6 of the COVID-shortened 2020 season.
Here’s a history of the Dodgers in the World Series:
1916 — Boston Red Sox 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 1 1920 — Cleveland Indians 5, Brooklyn Dodgers 2 1941 — New York Yankees 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 1 1947 — New York Yankees 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 3 1949 — New York Yankees 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 1 1952 — New York Yankees 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 3 1953 — New York Yankees 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 2 1955 — Brooklyn Dodgers 4, New York Yankees 3 1956 — New York Yankees 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 3 1959 — Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Chicago White Sox 2 1963 — Los Angeles Dodgers 4, New York Yankees 0 1965 — Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Minnesota Twins 3 1966 — Baltimore Orioles 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 0 1974 — Oakland Athletics 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 1977 — New York Yankees 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 1978 — New York Yankees 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 1981 — Los Angeles Dodgers 4, New York Yanees 2 1988 — Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Oakland Athletics 1 2017 — Houston Astros 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 3 2018 — Boston Red Sox 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Here’s what you need to know ahead of the World Series Game 6 Sunday night:
Game time—Game 6 of the World Series will begin at 8 p. m. ET/5 p. m. PT on Tuesday, October 27 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. TV channel—FOX. Live stream—FOX’s digital platforms, and fuboTV. It can also be seen on MLB. TV with authentication. Odds—The Dodgers are favored at -130. That means a bet of $1. 30 wins $1. The odds for the Rays are +120, which means a $1 bet would win $1. 20. The Over/Under is 8.
Starting pitchers:
Rays: Blake Snell, LHP Snell had nine strikeouts in 4.2 innings against the Dodgers in Game 2 last Wednesday. Snell needs to get beyond the fifth inning in Game 6 to give his team a chance at making it past tonight, though.
Dodgers: Tony Gonsolin, RHP Gonsolin started Game 2, but was chased away early in his team’s 6-4 loss. He has allowed eight runs in less than eight innings in his three postseason appearances in 2020 so far.
Here is the schedule (and results) for the best-of-7 series (all games on FOX and ET) Game 1: Dodgers 8, Rays 3 Game 2: Rays 6, Dodgers 4 Game 3: Dodgers 6, Rays 2 Game 4: Rays 8, Dodgers 7 Game 5: Dodgers 4, Rays 2 Game 6: (Oct. 27) Rays at Dodgers, 8:08 p.m. *Game 7: (Oct. 28) Rays at Dodgers, 8:09 p.m. *if necessary
