Game one of the 2018 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox provided a number of fireworks to kick off the Fall Classic (do I have to ask who San Diego Padres fans are cheering for?). Surprisingly, those fireworks didn’t come from either Clayton Kershaw or Chris Sale, one of the most dynamic starting pitching matchups to ever start a World Series game. It was Andrew Benintendi‘s four-hit performance and a pinch-hit three-run home run from Eduardo Nunez that stole the show.
As game two gets underway, let’s take a trip down memory lane and look at some of the most impressive statistical performances from 1984 and 1998, the two seasons in which the San Diego Padres represented the National League in the World Series.