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BOSTON (AP) — Maybe this World Series just isn’t in the cards for the Los Angeles Dodgers.Trying to play the matchup game Manny Ramirez Jersey , manager Dave Roberts’ team instead looked overmatched at Fenway Park. They staggered home after a 4-2 loss Wednesday night, down 2-0 to the do-everything-right Boston Red Sox.“We’ve got to do a better job of responding,” catcher Austin Barnes said.Not even a bit of new-age strategy — and a curious sight — could save them.The Dodgers led 2-1 in the fifth inning when right-hander Ryan Madson was summoned to replace lefty starter Hyun-Jin Ryu with the bases loaded and two outs.As Madson warmed up, a Dodgers bat boy trotted onto the diamond, where outfielders Chris Taylor, Cody Bellinger and Yasiel Puig were waiting. The bat boy gave each of them laminated cards, presumably with new alignments for defensive positioning for Madson on the mound.They didn’t help when Madson walked Steve Pearce, forcing home the tying run and bringing cleanup man J.D. Martinez to the plate.Martinez led the majors with 130 RBIs this season, and drove in two more runs in Game 1. A dangerous hitter, no doubt.So Puig moved back in right field. Way back, in fact.And when Martinez sent a soft liner the opposite way to right, Puig was nowhere close. He couldn’t even begin to make a move to catch it, and the ball dropped for a go-ahead, two-run single. The hit traveled 236 feet, Statcast said.“Obviously Danny Salazar Jersey , you have to respect the power of J.D., so you just play back a bit. But, yeah, you know, that’s baseball,” Barnes said. “Bloopers happen.”As the fans went wild, Puig could do little except look at all the grass around him.“Even if he was in, it’s going to drop in. It’s two out, they’re running on contact. And you’ve got to still respect J.D.’s power,” Roberts said.Before the game, Madson said about facing Martinez: “You know you’re in a pit with a rattlesnake, and one bad move, and you’ll get bit if you’re not paying attention.”The Dodgers certainly have been paying attention. They rely heavily on analytics for matchups, positioning and other decisions, and are among the most advanced in baseball in that department.But even moves Roberts is making that seem to be right on the money aren’t working out.“Every mistake we made http://www.indiansfanproshop.com/authentic-trevor-bauer-jersey , they capitalized and scored that inning, so it’s hard to come back from that,” Bellinger said.Pulling Ryu seemed to surely be the right move with the bases jammed and three right-handed hitters coming up. But for the second straight night, Madson — a bullpen veteran who was part of championship teams in Kansas City and Philadelphia — let him down.In the opener against lefty Chris Sale, the Dodgers became the first team to start nine right-handed hitters in a Series game, none switch-hitters. Roberts did it again against lefty David Price.Perhaps the numbers showed that was the right move. But to stack the lineup that way, Roberts left 109 home runs on the bench: Max Muncy, Bellinger, Joc Pederson and Yasmani Grandal, the team’s top four homer hitters.They all got into both games, eventually, as Roberts emptied his bench. But against a Boston bullpen that’s been dominant, they did no damage.When the Series resumes Friday at Dodger Stadium, right-hander Rick Porcello is likely to pitch for the Red Sox.“We’re going to shuffle it up for Game 3, but it’s not because of necessarily performance Edwin Encarnacion Jersey ,” Roberts said. “It’s kind of who the starting pitcher for those guys is. But these are the guys that got us here, and we’re going to ride them out.” MIAMI — Tuesday’s game — a 2-1 New York Yankees victory over the Miami Marlins in 12 innings — marked the return of Giancarlo Stanton to Marlins Park.Stanton and the Yankees will try to win their fifth straight game when they conclude the two-game set in Miami on Wednesday.Stanton, who was the 2017 National League MVP while playing for the Marlins, was traded to the Yankees over the winter in a cost-cutting move.Article continues below ...“I don’t think there were any hard feelings,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said when asked about Stanton and the trade Tuesday. “There weren’t any bad parts.”Stanton agreed.“We know what the (financial) situation is over there,” Stanton said. “We understand what they have been through. I’m just happy to be here. I always miss Miami. I miss the city.“It’s cool to be back. It was cool flying in and driving over the bridge. I miss everything about the city.”Miami feels the same about Stanton. The fans — attendance at Marlins Park was much bigger than usual with an announced crowd of 26,275 — gave Stanton a standing ovation when he came to bat in Tuesday’s first inning.Stanton went 2-for-6 with a double and three strikeouts, and the Marlins honored him with a video tribute in the second inning.The Yankees (79-46) are in second place in the American League East and have won four straight games to move within eight games of the first-place Red Sox. They have also won 11 of their past 15 games since being swept in a four-game series at Boston.Miami (50-77) is in last place in the National League East and had its modest two-game win streak snapped Tuesday.On Wednesday, Stanton will face a Marlins pitcher who is not a former teammate. Rookie right-hander Trevor Richards (3-7, 4.28 ERA) has below-average speed on his fastball (90.9 mph).But Richards, armed with an effective changeup, has been better at home (2-3, 3.27 ERA) than on the road, and that could give him a boost Wednesday.However, after posting a 1-0 record and a 2.30 ERA in five July starts Andrew Miller Jersey , Richards has lost his way. In three August starts, he is 0-2 with a 5.40 ERA.Richards will face veteran right-hander Lance Lynn (8-8, 4.68 ERA), who was acquired by the Yankees from the Minnesota Twins on July 30.In four games with the Yankees — including three starts — Lynn is 1-0 with a 2.61 ERA.Lynn is also 4-1 with a 3.75 ERA in eight career games (six starts) against the Marlins.However, the Yankees will likely be without closer Aroldis Chapman, who was trying for his 32nd save of the season Tuesday when he exited the game in the 12th inning after six pitches because of an apparent arm injury.Tommy Kahnle got the last three outs for his fourth career save and his first since 2016 in his 200th career game.The feel-good story for Miami on Tuesday revolved around rookie left fielder Austin Dean, who jumped on the first pitch of the bottom of the fifth inning for a leadoff homer to left-center.Dean, who crushed an 87-mph splitter, got his first major league hit last week — a home run. This homer was his first base hit at Marlins Park, and perhaps more heroics are in store for him Wednesday.