LOS ANGELES – The comedian Steven Wright is credited with saying “when I die, I’m leaving my body to science fiction.”
The pitcher Steven Wright might want to do the same with his knuckleball.
These Dodgers have seen a knuckleball before, when R.A. Dickey ran afoul of Clayton Kershaw back in May. But that game was played indoors in Toronto. Dickey’s knuckler did not meet the same gusts of wind and twists of fate that Wright enjoyed Friday, when his knuckleball danced its way to victory, and the Dodgers were shut out, 9-0.
Three Boston players hit home runs: Mookie Betts, Travis Shaw, and Sandy Leon.