The depth of the Dodgers’ lineup puts them within one win of a championship.

On Tuesday night, the back of the Yankees’ lineup kept the Dodgers one win away from a championship.

Seventh-place hitter Anthony Volpe hit a grand slam in the third inning and ninth-place hitter Alex Verdugo’s 11-pitch at-bat powered a five-run eighth inning as the Yankees avoided a sweep with an 11- 4 win in Game 4.

Eighth place hitter Austin Wells also homered in the sixth, beginning to provide insurance for the Yankees, who took the lead for good on Volpe’s homer but had to navigate six consecutive at-bats with the tying run or the go-ahead runs at the plate after Freddie. Freeman (who else?) brought the Dodgers within 5-4 on his RBI fielder’s choice in the fifth inning.

The trio of Volpe, Wells and Verdugo finished 5-for-10 with seven RBIs, two walks and no strikeouts in 12 at-bats. The Yankees’ 7-8-9 hitters — Volpe, Wells and Verdugo alongside first baseman Anthony Rizzo and backup catcher Jose Trevino — entered Tuesday batting just .118 (4-for-34) with one homer, three RBIs , three walks and 12 strikeouts in the first three World Series games.

“I think there were a lot of big stepping stones,” Verdugo said Tuesday night. “There’s a lot of guys who are starting to feel a little more comfortable, getting a little more rhythm at the plate and their swing. So that’s big for us.”

Perhaps the biggest at bat was Verdugo’s fight against Brent Honeywell Jr. As crucial as Volpe’s homer was, he had spent most of the postseason producing encouraging at-bats. The shortstop entered Tuesday hitting .244 (10-of-41), but with nine walks and 13 strikeouts.

But Verdugo hit .195 (8-of-41) with one homer and five RBIs to go along with five walks and six strikeouts in his first twelve playoff games. His homer was a two-run shot with two outs on Monday in the ninth inning as the Yankees fell 4-2.

On Tuesday, the Yankees led 6-4 with one out and Wells and Volpe on second and third base when Verdugo fell into an 0-2 hole. He committed an error on six pitches and picked up two others before hitting a sharp grounder to second base, where a withdrawn Gavin Lux couldn’t throw Volpe out at the plate.

“I think the biggest thing is just fight and go up there and compete,” Verdugo said. “I just tried to do everything I could to extend that at-bat and make it a productive out. If you want to get guys on third with less than two outs, you have to find a way to get that run in.

“And if we don’t do that (and) we end up losing that game by one point, you’re kind of kicking yourself in the butt.”

Gleyber Torres ended any possibility of a Dodgers rally by hitting a three-run homer three pitches later.

“I feel like that was a good one, coming in,” Verdugo said. “And ‘GT’ at the top, feel free to take a ‘GT’ hack. And he did.”

Almost as important, Juan Soto followed with a double and scored on Aaron Judge’s single. While Torres and Soto have been great this month — they’re hitting a combined .290 with six home runs, 17 RBIs and 21 walks against just 15 strikeouts — the RBI was the first of the World Series for Judge, who is hitting .152 in the play- offs and .198 in 217 career postseason at-bats.

If Judge moves with the bottom of the rankings, the Yankees become a much more dangerous candidate to make a run in mounting the first comeback from a three-game deficit in the World Series.

The hitters occupying the 7-8-9 spots in the order are hitting .255 with eight home runs and 20 RBIs in 149 total at-bats this postseason for the Dodgers, who have scored a total of 88 runs — the ninth-highest in playoff history.

It took the Yankees until they were on the brink of elimination to get comparable production from the bottom of their order. Now this has to be done three more times.

“They’re the guys who are going to set the table for the big boys,” Soto said. “Without them we wouldn’t be where we are today. I think they are a big part of this.

“We need every guy in that lineup.”