October 27th 2024.
In the second game of the World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers faced off against the New York Yankees. The Dodgers had a 1-0 lead in the series and were looking to extend it to 2-0. The game started off with a bang as the Dodgers hit three early home runs off of Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón. Tommy Edman, Teoscar Hernández, and Freddie Freeman all went deep, giving the Dodgers a 4-0 lead.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the Dodgers' starting pitcher, was dominant on the mound, allowing only one hit over 6 1/3 innings. He was in control of the game, retiring the last 11 batters he faced. "I was really looking forward to this game," he said, "and I'm glad that we had a great ending."
However, there was some concern for the Dodgers when their superstar slugger Shohei Ohtani walked off the field with a partially dislocated left shoulder at the end of the seventh inning. He got hurt on a feetfirst slide when he was caught stealing second base. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, "He had a little left shoulder subluxation. We're going to get some tests at some point tonight or tomorrow, and then we'll know more in the next couple of days."
The Yankees tried to mount a comeback in the ninth inning, closing the gap to 4-2 with a Giancarlo Stanton RBI single. But the Dodgers' bullpen held strong, with Alex Vesia coming in to retire the Yankees' pinch-hitter Jose Trevino on a first-pitch flyout for the save.
Game 3 is set to take place at Yankee Stadium on Monday night. The Yankees have their work cut out for them, as history has shown that teams with a 2-0 lead in the World Series have a strong chance of winning the title. But Yankees manager Aaron Boone is not giving up, saying, "No one said it's going to be easy. It's a long series, and we need to make it a long series now. We won't flinch."
The Yankees' offense struggled in this game, with slugger Aaron Judge going 0 for 4 with three strikeouts. He has been struggling in the postseason, hitting only .150 with six RBIs and 19 strikeouts in 40 at-bats. The only run for the Yankees came from Juan Soto's third-inning homer, which was the only run Yamamoto allowed in his two starts against the Yankees this year.
Yamamoto, who joined the Dodgers last December for a record-breaking $325 million contract, was sidelined for a few months due to an injury but came back strong in this game. He struck out four batters and walked two, using a variety of pitches to keep the Yankees' hitters off balance. "I think everything was working well for me, since the beginning, the first inning," he said. "It worked pretty good today."
The Dodgers' offense was led by Freeman, who homered for the second straight night. He has now homered in four straight World Series games, just one shy of the record held by Astros outfielder George Springer. Freeman credited the six days off between the NLCS and the World Series for helping him heal from a sprained ankle. "Those six days off were huge for me," he said. "I was able to calm my ankle down."
With the win, the Dodgers took a 2-0 lead in the World Series for the first time since 1988. The Yankees, on the other hand, are 0-2 for the first time since 2001. Both teams will have their respective starting pitchers, Clarke Schmidt for the Yankees and Walker Buehler for the Dodgers, taking the mound for Game 3. It will be a crucial game for the Yankees to try and turn the series around.
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