The New York Yankees kicked off the 2024 World Collection with the Los Angeles Dodgers in gut-wrenching style — courtesy of Freddie Freeman — and that very string of unhealthy luck continued in Saturday night time’s Sport 2 at Dodger Stadium.
Los Angeles defeated New York, 4-2, taking a 2-0 collection lead within the Fall Traditional, midway from capturing the franchise’s eighth Commissioner’s Trophy. The Yankees threatened the Dodgers by scoring within the ninth inning however stranded the bases loaded earlier than aid pitcher Alex Vesia took the mound to shut out the competition — on one pitch.
Traditionally, groups with a 2-0 lead within the World Collection have gone on to complete the job 84% of the time that means the pinstripes aren’t fully performed for, but it surely’s wanting daunting. Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto held the Yankees to at least one hit throughout 6 1/3 innings on the mound. New York slugger Aaron Decide went 0-for-4, placing out thrice to increase the 2022 American League MVP’s World Collection droop to 1-for-9. However most significantly, the Yankees allowed the Dodgers to depend their home-field benefit to the fullest earlier than the collection heads over to the Bronx.
“In a sport the place we actually received shut down there within the center innings, our compete to the very finish was actually good” Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned postgame, per SNY. “We’ve ourselves an opportunity to get again in it and even win that sport, off a extremely good reliever. I really like the at-bats there in the long run, the compete, the combat. … Nobody mentioned this was gonna be straightforward. It’s a protracted collection and we have to make it a protracted collection now. We gained’t flinch. We simply gotta preserve at it.”
Freeman, who blasted the walk-off grand slam in Sport 1 and is making an early case for World Collection MVP, tagged New York once more, this time with a solo house run within the backside of the third inning to present Los Angeles a 4-1 lead. Teammates Teoscar Hernández and Tommy Edman additionally went deep as effectively whereas New York relied on Giancarlo Stanton, and Juan Soto, who hit a solo house run off Yamamoto within the third inning, (2-for-4) for all of its scoring manufacturing.
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Despite the fact that a commanding 2-0 collection lead is promising, it wasn’t a totally spotless night time for Los Angeles, nevertheless. Star designated hitter Shohei Ohtani suffered a left shoulder harm throughout a stolen base try within the seventh inning earlier than being walked off the sphere alongside Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts and two workforce trainers.
“He had somewhat left shoulder subluxation,” Roberts mentioned postgame, per FOX Sports activities. “So we’re gonna get some exams in some unspecified time in the future tonight/tomorrow after which we’ll know extra within the subsequent couple of days. The power was nice. The vary of movement, good, so we’re inspired. However clearly, I can’t speculate as a result of we don’t get the scans but. So as soon as we get the scans we’ll know extra. However once more, with the power, the vary of movement, good, that’s actually a constructive.”
Los Angeles will both return to the West Coast for a Sport 6 or return as champions following its three-game journey to New York.
