NEW YORK — Rapper Fats Joe sang earlier than Sport 3 of the World Sequence on Monday night time at Yankee Stadium.
The fats girl could possibly be up subsequent.
The Dodgers acquired a two-run residence run from Freddie Freeman within the first inning and by no means seemed again, transferring inside one recreation of their first full-season championship since 1988 with a 4-2 victory over the New York Yankees.
Beginning with Freeman’s Tenth-inning walk-off grand slam in Sport 1, the Dodgers have outscored the Yankees 12-4 whereas taking the primary three video games of this Sequence. They’ll go for the championship – and the primary World Sequence sweep since 2012 (San Francisco Giants over Detroit Tigers) – in Sport 4 on Tuesday night time at Yankee Stadium. It could be solely the second sweep within the 12 World Sequence conferences between these two rivals (the Dodgers additionally did it in 1963).
Shohei Ohtani has changed Freeman because the wounded Dodger heroically taking part in on. Ohtani emerged for pregame introductions carrying a brace or heating pad on his injured left shoulder below his jacket and clutched his left arm near his physique when working the bases. He went 0 for 3 however reached base twice – on a stroll and when he was hit within the foot by a pitch.
Freeman, in the meantime, has clearly recovered from the sprained ankle that hampered him so badly in the course of the first two rounds of the postseason. He turned on an inside cutter from Yankees starter Clarke Schmidt within the first inning Monday night time and lined it into the right-field seats for a two-run residence run.
Freeman additionally homered within the third inning of Sport 2, making him solely the third participant to homer in every of the primary three video games in a World Sequence (Barry Bonds in 2002, Hank Bauer in 1958). Freeman additionally homered for the Atlanta Braves in Video games 5 and 6 of the 2021 World Sequence, giving him residence runs in a record-tying 5 consecutive World Sequence Video games. George Springer additionally did it for the Houston Astros within the 2017 and 2019 World Sequence.
In maybe his remaining recreation in a Dodgers uniform – he will probably be a free agent this winter – Walker Buehler recalled his personal historical past. Pitching just like the Buehler of previous, he held the Yankees scoreless for 5 innings, permitting simply two hits and two walks.
The 5.38 ERA of the common season has been irrelevant within the postseason. Buehler allowed six runs within the second inning of Sport 3 within the Nationwide League Division Sequence in opposition to the San Diego Padres – then gave the Dodgers 12 consecutive scoreless innings via the remainder of his postseason. He has allowed one run in his 18 profession World Sequence innings.
That six-run inning within the NLDS was fueled by poor protection – in order that they owed him one. The one time Buehler bumped into bother in opposition to the Yankees, the protection stepped up round him.
Giancarlo Stanton doubled with one out within the fourth inning (the primary hit off Buehler). Mookie Betts made a diving catch on Jazz Chisholm’s sinking liner for the second out earlier than Anthony Volpe dropped a single into left discipline. Teoscar Hernandez got here up throwing, firing a 93.9 mph bullet (his quickest throw of the season through Statcast) on one hop to catcher Will Smith who tagged Stanton out to maintain the Yankees scoreless.
After the facility burst by Freeman, the Dodgers took extra pedestrian routes to tacking on single runs within the third and sixth.
Within the third, Tommy Edman drew a leadoff stroll, went to second on Ohtani’s floor out and raced residence on Betts’ bloop single to proper discipline. Within the sixth, Gavin Lux was hit by a pitch, stole second and simply beat the throw residence to attain on Kiké Hernandez’s single to middle discipline.
Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts made his bullpen calls with one eye on Tuesday’s pitching plan – and continued to make all the correct selections, as he has all through this postseason run.
However he needed to survive scares within the sixth and seventh innings. Most dangerously, the Yankees put two runners on with two outs within the seventh. With Juan Soto on deck, Anthony Banda struck out Gleyber Torres when residence plate umpire Mark Carlson referred to as a 2-and-2 fastball clearly above the zone strike three.
The Dodgers have been one out away from their fifth shutout of this posteason (which might tie Cleveland’s postseason document from 2016) when Alex Verdugo hit a two-run residence run off Michael Kopech.
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Initially Printed: October 28, 2024 at 9:01 PM PDT
