World Series 2020: Rays vs. Dodgers Game 2 TV Schedule, Prediction

Everything went right for Clayton Kershaw to start off in his third World Series in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 8-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.

The 32-year old lefty shook off his past Fall Classic demons to deliver six near-perfect innings to move to 3-1.

With 19 swings and misses, 11 on the slider, Kershaw was dominant on the mound.

Before he was pulled by manager Dave Roberts, he only gave up two hits and passed John Smoltz to move up to second on the all-time postseason strikeouts list with 201.

Not to be outdone, Mookie Betts became the first player with two steals, two runs and a home run in a single World Series game.

It was a rough night for Tampa Bay, except at the top of the seventh inning where they seemed to be building momentum.

But with two runners on base, reliever Victor Gonzales caught a bullet ball line drive off catcher Mike Zunino's bat and started the inning-ending double-play to hold the Dodgers' five-run lead, which they never relinquished.

World Series Game 2 Information

Start Time: 8:08 p.m. ET

TV: Fox

Live Stream: FoxSports.com or Fox Sports app

Prediction

Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Tampa Bay 4

Tyler Glasnow really struggled in Game 1 for the Rays.

He was only on the mound for 4.1 innings, but he allowed three hits and six walks that put six runs on the board for L.A.

And with only three swings and misses on his signature curveball, it was a night that he'll likely want to forget.

Tampa Bay has Blake Snell starting Game 2, and if they want to have a better chance of stalling the Dodgers, they will need for him to pitch at least six strong innings.

While the 2018 Cy Young Award winner seems capable, he has yet to throw for more than 5 2/3 innings this season.

As for L.A., they'll be starting Tony Gonsolin, who is only on two days rest since the Game 7 clincher against the Atlanta Braves.

Gonsolin was a bit off in the NLCS, but if he can get back to form, he'll be the right call for Roberts.

Cody Bellinger, who separated his shoulder in the closeout game against the Braves, went yard in Game 1 to open up the scoreboard and is cautiously optimistic about the Dodgers being just three wins away from its first World Series title since 1988.

"We understand how important Game 1 is and we want to go out and treat tomorrow like it's Game 1 and make sure we don't get too carried away with ourselves," Bellinger told Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports.

If both Bellinger and Betts have repeat performances of Game 1, Game 2 is another notch in the win column for L.A.

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Statistics obtained from Baseball Reference and MLB.com