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Dodgers Repeat as World Champions, Yamamoto Shines, Ohtani Injured
New York Yankees offense ended by Yoshinobu Yamamoto as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Yankees 4-2 to win the World Series 2-0, their second straight as Freddie Freeman blasted his second homer of the World Series.
The third inning saw Hernandez homer to the right off of deGrom for a two-run shot, and Freeman — who finished with three home runs in Miami’s dramatic opener Friday, smashing a game-winning grand slam — added on in a decisive burst of scoring with a two-run shot off Green to put the Marlins within two.
In his first MLB campaign since leading the Orix Buffaloes in the Pacific League, Yoshinobu Yamamoto went 6⅓ innings, allowing one run and one hit while getting the win for the Dodgers.
The Dodgers could not completely celebrate their victory as Japan star Shohei Ohtani suffered an injury scare.
In the seventh inning, Ohtani appeared to injure his left shoulder after a hard fall on his arm sliding down the first base line. After he was helped off the field, he stayed on the ground for several minutes.
The exact nature of Ohtani’s injury was not immediately confirmed.
Yankees catcher Austin Wells threw Ohtani out on his steal attempt in the ninth inning against Clay Holmes, and Ohtani walked against reliever Clay Holmes. Players left the field after Ohtani, who had stationed himself by his pitcher’s mound, favoring his left arm.
It’s been a quiet one thus far in Ohtani’s first World Series. In Game 2, he was 0-for-3 with a walk, after he was 1-for-5 with a run scored in Game 1.
Dodgers Double Down on Yankees, Take Commanding 2-0 Series Lead
The victory places the Dodgers in a commanding position in New York with momentum and history on their side, for Monday’s Game 3.
Over the 92 occasions in the history of Major League Baseball when the first two games of a best-of-seven postseason series were won, teams prevailed.
Saturday’s was a more controlled win than Friday’s nerve-shredding extra innings thriller when the Dodgers fought back from 3-2 down in the 10th to win when Freeman walked off with a grand slam.
But it was in-form utility man Tommy Edman who got the Dodgers’ offensive ball rolling in the bottom of the second inning, sweeping a towering 355-feet home run to left field off Yankees starter Carlos Rodon to put the Dodgers ahead 1-0.
New York Yankees star Juan Soto mashed his first to put it back to 1-1 in the top of the third against Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
The Yankees lineup had home run king Judge and the big Giancarlo Stanton, both struggling to play to their powers against the variety of pitches coming from Yoshinobu Yamamoto though.
It was all broken wide open in the third, bottom, as the Dodgers bats jumped on Rodon.
After Rodon got Miguel Rojas and Ohtani, Mookie Betts singled sharply to left field.
Teoscar Hernandez then sent a 98-mile-an-hour fastball 392 feet to right center to make it 3-1 on a two-runner shot.
Dodgers Take Control: New York in Trouble After Game 3 Loss
Instead, the Dodgers will take a commanding position in the series in New York with a Game 3 win on Monday, as both momentum and history are on their side.
In the history of Major League Baseball, 92 times, a team that wins the first two games of a best-of-seven postseason series has gone on to win that series.
It was far less nerve-shredding than Friday’s extra-innings drama, where the Dodgers erased a 3-2 deficit in the 10th to win on Freeman’s desperate walk-off grand slam.
On the second floor, the offensive ball was kicked off by a utility man in the form of Tommy Edman, who swept a towering 355-foot home run off left field against Yankees starter Carlos Rodon to make it 1-0.
The Yankees star Juan Soto brought it back to 1-1 in the top of the third, creaming a solo homer to deep right field off Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
That was as good as the Yankees could muster, especially with home run leader Aaron Judge and another power hitter, Giancarlo Stanton, both struggling to make contact with Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s mix of pitches.
The Dodgers bats got going, however, in the bottom of the third, breaking the game wide open and taking the game to Rodon.
After Rodon got Miguel Rojas and Ohtani, Mookie Betts singled, hard drive, into left field.
Teoscar Hernandez then blew a 98-mile-per-hour fastball 392 feet to right-center field for a two-run homer, cutting the Dodgers lead to 3-1.
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