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Yankees avoid World Series sweep, forcing Game 5 against Dodgers

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You can’t complete the comeback from 3-0 down if you don’t win your first match.

Well, the New York Yankees lived to fight another day, winning Game 4 of the World Series with an 11-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Of course, Freddie Freeman started it all with a two-run homer in the first inning, but the Yanks cut the deficit in half after Alex Verdugo drove in a run on a fielder’s choice. But in the next inning, Anthony Volpe delivered a big blow with a grand slam that gave the Yankees a 5-2 lead, their first since Game 1.

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Anthony Volpe celebrates home runs

New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe (11) reacts after hitting a grand slam against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the third inning during game four of the 2024 MLB World Series at Yankee Stadium. (Robert Deutsch-Imagn images)

Los Angeles scored two more in the fifth on shorthanded play, and the Yankees squandered a golden opportunity after getting their first two guys on base, but not scoring, at the bottom of the frame. However, Austin Wells made up for it with a long solo homer in the sixth.

The Dodgers got the tying run at home in the seventh, but Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freeman all fouled out, and in the eighth the Yanks got plenty of insurance.

Volpe scored on a play at Verdugo’s home plate, then Gleyber Torres hit a three-run homer, his first of October, to make it a 10-4 game. Even Aaron Judge delivered an RBI single for his first run in of the World Series, capping a five-run eighth inning. The Yankees had scored just seven runs combined in the first three games.

Luis Gil lasted four innings, but five Yankee relievers combined for five scoreless innings, allowing only one hit, one walk and seven strikeouts.

Anthony Volpe waves

New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe (11) hits a grand slam against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the third inning during game four of the 2024 MLB World Series at Yankee Stadium. (Robert Deutsch-Imagn images)

Yankees fans try to rip the glove off MOOKIE BETTS’ hand and pry the ball out

Of course, the Yankees are trying to become the second team in MLB history to complete the comeback from being down 3-0, accomplished only by the 2004 Boston Red Sox against the Yankees in that year’s ALCS – perhaps Volpe, a New Jersey native at the 2009 Yankees World Series parade could be this year’s version of Dave Roberts, who manages the Dodgers and sparked the comeback 20 years ago.

Game 5 is back in the Bronx, and the Yankees have some momentum — they’ll have reigning Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole on the mound, while the Dodgers will serve back with Jack Flaherty.

Freddie Freeman waves

Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman (5) hits an RBI fielder’s choice during the fifth inning against the New York Yankees in game four of the 2024 MLB World Series at Yankee Stadium. (Brad Penner-Imagn images)

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A win would mark the first time a Fall Classic has been pushed to a Game 6 after a team took a 3-0 lead – that game would take place Friday night in Los Angeles.

It’s safe to say: the pressure is on.

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