Key events
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Postgame
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Dodgers 4-11 Yankees, Final
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RUN! Dodgers 4-11 Yankees, bottom 8th
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HOME RUN! Dodgers 4-10 Yankees, bottom 8th
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RUN! Dodgers 4-7 Yankees, bottom 8th
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HOME RUN! Dodgers 4-6 Yankees, bottom 6th
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RUN! Dodgers 4-5 Yankees, top 5th
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HOME RUN! Dodgers 3-5 Yankees, top 5th
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GRAND SLAM HOME RUN! Dodgers 2-5 Yankees, bottom 3rd
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RUN! Dodgers 2-1 Yankees, bottom 2nd
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HOME RUN! Dodgers 2-0 Yankees, top 1st
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First pitch!
Postgame
So the Yankees do what they need to do, play a good game of baseball, score some runs and get a win. That means no series sweep and a ray of pride has arrived in the Bronx. So have their bats. Even Judge looked a bit better tonight.
Make no mistake though, the goal of LA was to get through a bullpen game without using their big bullpen pieces. They did just that, and now those relievers will all be fresh and ready to go in Game 5 tomorrow night at Yankee Stadium. And yes, New York will have their ace Gerrit Cole on the hill as they try and force a return trip to LA for a Game 6. But the Dodgers will also have a formidable arm going in Yoshinobu Yamamoto, a $300m pitcher on his way to being an MLB ace after several seasons of dominating performances in his home nation of Japan. He more or less shut down New York in Game 2, allowing a single run in 6.1 innings pitched and is more than capable of out dueling Cole.
So there’s a lot to look forward to! We’ll be back for Game 5 on Wednesday! For now, thanks for reading, and wherever you are, good morning, good afternoon and goodnight!
Dodgers 4-11 Yankees, Final
Smith flies out to center! and the ballgame is over! New York are the first team since 1970 to extend a World Series to a fifth game when down three games to none.
Dodgers 4-11 Yankees, top 9th
Taylor pinch-hits and bounces out to short. Two down! Now Will Smith is the last chance to keep this game alive for LA.
Dodgers 4-11 Yankees, top 9th
Hernandez bounces out to short – one down!
Dodgers 4-11 Yankees, top 9th
Tim Mayza comes in to mop up, saving Weaver’s arm for tomorrow if need be.
Dodgers 4-11 Yankees, bottom 8th
Stanton pops to second and the eighth inning finally comes to a close. Finally! Yankees three outs away!
Dodgers 4-11 Yankees, bottom 8th
Hey, we have an out! Chisholm pops out to left. Two down for Stanton, and his appearance means the Yankees have batted around!
RUN! Dodgers 4-11 Yankees, bottom 8th
An RBI hit for Judge! Soto scores! Judge gets closer to turning this things around.
And now he steals second! Yankees running amok in the eighth!
Dodgers 4-10 Yankees, bottom 8th
Soto gets in on the party with a base hit to right. Can Judge put the icing on the cake and finally snap out of it?
Dodgers 4-10 Yankees, bottom 8th
Still only one out and Soto is at the plate.
HOME RUN! Dodgers 4-10 Yankees, bottom 8th
It’s a three-run jack for Torres! and the Dodgers dam has broken! It’s a four-run eighth inning by New York who are surely heading for a Game 5 now!
RUN! Dodgers 4-7 Yankees, bottom 8th
Verdugo hits a ground ball second and Volpe is heading for home on contact! Lux fires home, not in time! That’s a key run and it increases the Yankees cushion to three! And also a tremendous at bat from Verdugo!
Dodgers 4-6 Yankees, bottom 8th
Great at-bat from Verdugo, who has battled through nine pitches.
Dodgers 4-6 Yankees, bottom 8th
Double steal! Volpe and Wells take off and now occupy second and third! Smart!
Dodgers 4-6 Yankees, bottom 8th
Wells’ fantastic night continues as he draws a walk. Two on, one out. Can Verdugo get some insurance?
Dodgers 4-6 Yankees, bottom 8th
Volpe has himself a single to left, and now the Yankees shortstop is making the turn and going for second! He slides head first and is, safe! He’d of been out but Lux cold not hold on! That’s a one out double. Now here’s the basher, Austin Wells, who has had a fantastic night out of absolutely nowhere.
Dodgers 4-6 Yankees, bottom 8th
Brent Honeywell is on in relief of Knack and immediately coaxes a ground ball to first that’s easy for Freeman – he has it, tosses to Honeywell who is covering and that’s the first out.
Volpe is up next.
Dodgers 4-6 Yankees, top 8th
Weaver blows Muncy away with a fastball up in the zone! Side retired! The Yankees are three outs away from extending this series to a fifth game!
Dodgers 4-6 Yankees, top 8th
Hernandez waves at a changeup low and in! That’s two outs for Weaver in the eighth!
Dodgers 4-6 Yankees, top 8th
Luke Weaver is back out and gets Freeman to pop out to center. Yanks five outs away! Now he faces the dangerous Hernandez, getting ahead on the slugger 0-2.
Dodgers 4-6 Yankees, bottom 7th
Stanton hits a scorcher but it’s right at the left fielder Hernandez. That’s the third out.
So four in the books for Knack who does his job and eats innings for LA, which is really what tonight is all about.
Dodgers 4-6 Yankees, bottom 7th
Knack pulls the string and Judge gets under it – it’s a routine fly out. One down.
Then Chisholm swings at the first pitch and skies it harmlessly to left. Two down.
That leaves it for Stanton. Can he tack on with a blast?
Dodgers 4-6 Yankees, bottom 7th
Knack starts his fourth inning and faces Judge, who is still looking for the shot that will bring down the house.
More on these clowns. Read all about it.
Dodgers 4-6 Yankees, top 7th
High cheese blows Betts away! Side retired! The Yankees are six outs away from their first World Series win in 15 years.
Dodgers 4-6 Yankees, top 7th
Swing and a miss by Betts! It’s 1-2!
Now he checks his swing. Did he go? No! It’s 2-2!
Dodgers 4-6 Yankees, top 7th
It’s Weaver v Betts with a runner on second and two outs. A fastball away is fouled off – it’s 1-1.
Dodgers 4-6 Yankees, top 7th
Ohtani chases a splitter away! Strike three! Ohtani is down for the second out!
Leiter is done for the night, but that’s a huge out right there. But there’s trouble ahead – Betts will face new pitcher and Yankees closer Luke Weaver in a critical, two out at bat.
Dodgers 4-6 Yankees, top 7th
Edman takes off on a 1-2 pitch! It’s a ball, and Edman is safe! Runner in scoring position for Ohtani, and the count is now 3-2.
Dodgers 4-6 Yankees, top 7th
Leiter walks Edman, which is ridiculous. You can not do that! And they keep doing that! Now he faces Ohtani and the top of the lineup with a runner on first.
Dodgers 4-6 Yankees, top 7th
Mark Leiter Jr comes in for New York and promptly strikes out Will Smith! One down! Here’s Tommy Edman, who has been on base every game since the divisional series. Not bad!
It wasn’t that long ago that your grandma could have gotten Wells out…
Not anymore.
Dodgers 4-6 Yankees, bottom 6th
Soto strikes out to end the inning, but Wells touches Knack for a key home run as we head to the seventh!
Dodgers 4-6 Yankees, bottom 6th
Verdugo and Torres fly out, so now Soto bats with two outs and nobody on.
HOME RUN! Dodgers 4-6 Yankees, bottom 6th
Austin Wells goes deep to right! That ball is gone! And out of absolutely nowhere, the Yankees catcher is on absolute fire! That’s a big run for New York!
Dodgers 4-5 Yankees, top 6th
Holmes roars into the sixth! Muncy strikes out, then Hernandez whiffs. Two down for Lux, who grounds out to second. Easy 1-2-3 inning for the Yankees!
Dodgers 4-5 Yankees, bottom 5th
Volpe pops to center – that’s a can of corn. Side retired. So New York squanders a chance to score, leaving two in the fifth. Remember that!
Dodgers 4-5 Yankees, bottom 5th
Rizzo pops innocently to center field for the second out. So Knack now has an opportunity to escape this inning, but first, he has to face Volpe, who hit that grand slam last time up.
Dodgers 4-5 Yankees, bottom 5th
Stanton waves at a slider away: strike three! That’s a big out for Knack. Rizzo to the plate now.
Dodgers 4-5 Yankees, bottom 5th
Now Chisholm walks, as the error by Edman sets up New York in their fifth. Stanton up, two on, nobody out.
Dodgers 4-5 Yankees, bottom 5th
Knack is back and so is Judge, who hits a routine ground ball to short that Edman boots! He recovers and throws but it’s not in time so the Yankees have a lead off runner on for Chisholm!
Will New York respond to LA’s two-run fifth?
