In his last road game, he allowed eight hits and eight earned runs in three innings pitched against the Mets in Game 5, walking four without recording a strikeout. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts quickly emerged from the dugout to remove pitcher Jack Flaherty from the game. Flaherty allowed five hits, two earned runs while striking out six in 5⅓ innings. Jackson went 3-for-3 with three homers, five RBIs and four runs in New York’s decisive 8-4 win in Game 6. Jackson is one of only two players in postseason history to hit three homers in a potential World Series clincher.
Dodgers get their first hit off Gerrit Cole
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- Because his injury dated to a previous round, Friedman said, MLB postseason roster rules would have prevented the Dodgers from replacing him with another player if he was unable to contribute.
- Shohei Ohtani doubled to right with one out, stole third and came home to tie the game on Betts’ RBI single.
- Betts’ second hit of the game — a single to left — brought home Vargas.
- We have the two biggest stars in all of baseball with Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge, both of whom are expected to win MVP Awards in their respective leagues.
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- The rare miscue from the sure-handed utility man did not cost the Dodgers, as the next batter, Jazz Chisholm Jr., grounded out to end the inning, and Edman’s evening got progressively better from there.
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Home, where Jackie Robinson is still stealing home and Sandy Koufax is still throwing shutouts and Kirk Gibson is still pumping that fist. So when the Dodgers lost the first two games of the 1981 World Series in Yankee Stadium, there was no panic, no sense of dread, on the five-hour flight from New York to Los Angeles for Games 3, 4 and 5. When Mookie Betts returned to right field in mid-August, he didn’t complain. dodgers vs yankees The defining moment of the Dodgers’ season went by almost completely unnoticed. Hours before Friday’s Game 1 opening pitch, Major League Baseball announced that the hip-hop pioneers will be taking the stage in front of their respective hometown crowds during the Dodgers-Yankees World Series showdown. Dodgers and New York Yankees, respectively, by performing at the second and third World Series games.
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- Before Saturday’s Game 2, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts announced that Walker Buehler will start Game 3 at Yankee Stadium on Monday night.
- With two outs, the Yankees intentionally walked Mookie Betts to load the bases.
- The first baseman has only seven hits in 32 at-bats this postseason (.219 average) and just drilled a triple down the left-field line.
- The Dodgers announced their seventh sellout of the postseason with 52,394 in attendance tonight for Game 1 against the Yankees.
- Phillips hoped to recover in time to pitch in the World Series, but because his injury dated to a previous round, the Dodgers would not be able to replace him on the World Series roster if he got hurt again.
- Soto was intentionally walked before Judge popped out against Treinen to end the inning.
- LOS ANGELES — Back in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series at Chavez Ravine, Kirk Gibson hit one of the most dramatic homers in baseball history.
Despite going broke and struggling with crime, the Big Apple strode atop the world as the city, an electric place where anything could happen. With the Dodgers set to face the Yankees in the World Series starting Friday, here are the five most iconic moments in Dodgers-Yankees World Series history. He didn’t say anything, he just smiled and tugged me a few feet before I hopped out of the rope and he silently walked to the field.
Dodgers win 4-2
Mookie Betts plated a pair with a homer to left and Will Smith capped the scoring with a grand slam to left off a bewildered Cole to put the Dodgers up 6-2. Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole has allowed two hits and one earned run while striking out four in five innings pitched. In the eighth, Yankees were clinging to that 2-1 lead when Shohei Ohtani hit a double off the right-center-field wall. The Yankees could have survived it, but when Soto threw the ball into the infield, it caromed off second baseman Gleyber Torres’ glove, trickling into the middle of the infield. No one was there to pick it up, and Ohtani alertly scampered to third base. LOS ANGELES — Back in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series at Chavez Ravine, Kirk Gibson hit one of the most dramatic homers in baseball history.
Yanks leave bases loaded to end top of the sixth
But despite home runs from Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra in Game 3, the Dodgers rebounded for a victory. Brooklyn then evened the series with Cookie Lavagetto’s pinch-hit walk-off two-run double in Game 4. With the winner-take-all showdown tied at 2-2 in the sixth inning, Mickey Mantle hit a go-ahead homer that proved to be the difference in a 4-2 victory.
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- The Dodgers loaded the bases in the bottom of the 10th, and Freddie Freeman absolutely smoked the first pitch he saw from Nestor Cortes into the right-field bleachers for a walk-off grand slam.
- Leading off the bottom of the second, Tommy Edman hit a solo home run off Yankees starter Carlos Rodón to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead in Game 2.
- First baseman Anthony Rizzo, who was on the 2016 Chicago Cubs which came back from 3-1 to win the World Series, said winning the first game after going down 3-0 was the hardest one.
- So when the Dodgers lost the first two games of the 1981 World Series in Yankee Stadium, there was no panic, no sense of dread, on the five-hour flight from New York to Los Angeles for Games 3, 4 and 5.
- The viewings will be located at the North Oculus Plaza, and fans can order food and drinks from the nearby Oculus Beer Garden and Westfield World Trade Center shops and restaurants.
- Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole has allowed two hits and one earned run while striking out four in five innings pitched.
- After 14 years, sophomore manager Tommy Lasorda led a young Dodgers team to the 1977 World Series where they faced Billy Martin and the Yankees.
In addition to Jackson and Munson, the Yankees had Bucky Dent and Graig Nettles, Cy Young Award-winning closer Sparky Lyle, young pitcher Ron Guidry, and speedsters Willie Randolph and Mickey Rivers. The Dodgers appeared primed to win the Series, but Reggie Jackson put on his “Mr. October” show as he hit three home runs in Game 6 off three pitches to lead the Yanks to their first World Series championship since 1962. Gleyber Torres hit a double with two outs, which initially appeared to be a go-ahead home run, but umpires ruled that a fan reached over the left-center field fence to grab the ball. Once again, the Dodgers capitalized when Betts hit a sacrifice fly to center field, pumping his fist as the ball landed in center fielder Aaron Judge’s glove, tying the game at 2-apiece.
Dodgers leave two on base to end the seventh
LOS ANGELES – As Freddie Freeman turned Dodger Stadium into Blue Heaven on Friday night, Nestor Cortes made the long, awkward walk toward what’s often been hell for those on the wrong side of history. Freeman followed by depositing a 97-mph pitch a few sections over from Hernandez’s blast, the back-to-back homers giving L.A. $325 million rookie Yoshinobu Yamamoto has given up just one hit – Juan Soto’s solo home run in the third – with two walks and three strikeouts. The only hit surrendered by the rookie right-hander was Juan Soto’s solo home run in the second – the Yankees’ last baserunner against Yamamoto. LOS ANGELES – A raucous Saturday night at Dodger Stadium took on an ominous tone after superstar Shohei Ohtani injured his shoulder while sliding into second base on a failed steal attempt in the seventh inning.
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Red Ruffing, Marius Russo and Tiny Bonham each turned in complete-game gems, allowing just one earned run apiece. Ruffing guided the Yanks to a Game 1 victory, Russo gave them a series lead in Game 3 and Bonham finished it off in Game 5. The Yanks retook the lead in the bottom of the sixth, but the Dodgers pushed across two runs in the top of the eighth to finish off New York for good. The MLB says that on the Yankees side, first baseman Anthony Rizzo is playing with two fractured fingers on his right hand, as fractures won’t heal until the offseason.
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The Yankees, after scoring 11 runs last night, unsurprisingly go with the same batting lineup as the night before. With the Yankees extending the series, it seems fans are eager to see if they can force a Game 6. Cole still hasn’t given up any runs as of now, and struck out three in the first four innings. A bunch of fielding blunders by the Yankees — a drop in centerfield, a drop at third base, and Gerrit Cole failing to cover first base on a grounder — opened the door for the Dodgers.
Two of those came against AL MVP favorite Aaron Judge, who finished the night 0-4 with three strikeouts. Judge has struggled mightily this postseason, entering Saturday’s matchup with a .154 batting average and striking out three times on Friday. The Yankees won 94 games during the regular season, best in the American League. Center fielder Aaron Judge, who hit 58 home runs and drove in 144 runs during the regular season, is expected to win AL MVP. But he struggled in the postseason, hitting only .184 with three homers in 14 games. The Dodgers featured an infield of Steve Garvey at first, Davey Lopes at second, Ron Cey at third, and Bill Russell at shortstop, in addition to slugger Reggie Smith, and pitching duo (Don Sutton and Tommy John).
Yankees down to last 3 outs
The Dodgers and Yankees are meeting for the 12th time in the World Series. The Yankees have won eight of them, but it’s a 2-2 split since the Dodgers moved to L.A. ” Roberts shouted, his hoarse voice booming through the stadium speakers after the Dodgers’ pennant-clinching win over the New York Mets in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series. Standing atop a makeshift stage on the Dodger Stadium infield Sunday night, Dave Roberts grabbed hold of the mic, lifted his right arm toward the sky and asked the Chavez Ravine crowd a simple, resounding question. There’s desperation in the air, as Dodger fans blare car horns in futile attempts to get traffic moving.
Dodgers take 1-0 lead on Will Smith sac fly
Pitcher Nestor Cortes, recovering from a left elbow flexor strain, has faced hitters in practice and is considered in play for the World Series roster. Infielder DJ LeMahieu is still hitting and fielding in case he’s needed after dealing with a right hip impingement. Ohtani, the Los Angeles Dodgers phenom, became the first player to reach the 50/50 milestone in a season in September, widely considered one of the greatest achievements in baseball history. The Yankees got a runner on first thanks to an Alex Verdugo single, but Gleyber Torres grounded out to third to end the inning three pitches later. Considering the firepower on both sides, only one run combined for both teams through five innings is an impressive feat of starting pitching. A single, a walk and a single loaded the bases for Alex Verdugo, but he couldn’t capitalize, and the top of the sixth ends with the Yankees scoring only two runs courtesy of the Giancarlo Stanton homer.
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Those without cable can stream World Series games on platforms that offer FOX, such as Hulu with Live TV, DIRECTV STREAM, Fubo, Sling TV and YouTube TV, as well as on FoxSports.com. Games 1 and 2 of the World Series will be hosted at Dodger Stadium, thanks to the Dodgers having a better regular season than the Yankees. There’s a number of injuries to note on both teams going into the World Series. Both are expected to win the MVP as well, and it is also the second time since 1988 that the (presumptive) MVP winners will square off in the Series. This year, the Fall Classic serves up an epic showdown between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees — a World Series matchup that fans and pundits have dreamed of and dreaded in equal measure for decades.
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Giancarlo Stanton launched a two-run homer for New York in this much-hyped, star-studded matchup between two of baseball’s most storied and successful franchises — the third straight World Series opener to go extra innings. The eight-time All-Star, who homered in the final two games of the Atlanta Braves’ 2021 World Series win over the Houston Astros, is the first player to go yard in six consecutive games in the Fall Classic overall. Gavin Lux walked to give Los Angeles its first baserunner of the night, but Shohei Ohtani flew out one at bat later to end the inning. It started with a single from the suddenly hot Anthony Volpe before Austin Wells got hit by a pitch and Alex Verdugo walked. The Dodgers hit two singles and drew a walk to load the bases and chase Tommy Kahnle.
- A display featuring Freeman’s game-worn jersey and the game’s lineup card can be found on the suite level at Dodger Stadium along with a photo.
- Ohtani had reached third with one out, doubling off the wall and then took an extra base when the ball skipped away in the infield.
- After Alex Verdugo flied out and Gleybor Torres grounded out, Juan Soto just hit a solo bomb to right field to tie the game at 1 in the top of the third.
- With the winner-take-all showdown tied at 2-2 in the sixth inning, Mickey Mantle hit a go-ahead homer that proved to be the difference in a 4-2 victory.
- Yanks will now come up to bat for the first time against Jack Flaherty.
- May had been one of the worst months of the left-hander’s career, when he posted a 5.55 ERA in five short starts (he pitched past the fifth inning only once).
- The Yanks retook the lead in the bottom of the sixth, but the Dodgers pushed across two runs in the top of the eighth to finish off New York for good.
However, the Yankees kept the pressure on and managed to chip away at the lead. Aaron Judge went deep in the sixth to plate three runs and bring the Yankees to within one. Then with the bases loaded in the top of the eighth, Judge singled in two to put New York ahead 9-8. LOS ANGELES – The vast riches beyond his wildest dreams await just weeks from now. His impact in just one season with the most storied franchise in baseball has placed him back on the game’s biggest stage. While Phillips was replaced on the roster by fellow right-hander Brusdar Graterol, who was out one month with a shoulder injury, the loss of Phillips deletes a crucial piece of the Dodgers’ postseason bullpen alignment.