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    World Series 2024: Freddie Freeman and Walker Buehler lead Dodgers past Yankees for a 3-0 lead

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    Freddie Freeman mashed. Walker Bühler acted. And the Los Angeles Dodgers are on the cusp of the franchise’s eighth World Series championship.

    After winning Games 1 and 2 at home, the Dodgers entered Yankee Stadium on Monday and posted a 4-2 victory to take a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series and put the Yankees on the brink of switching off.

    At this point, only a historic Yankees rally could prevent a Dodgers championship. The Boston Red Sox remain the only MLB team to recover from a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven series when they stunned the Yankees in the 2004 ALCS. No team has come back from a 3- 0 in the World Series.

    Because he has played all the series, Freeman was the hero on Monday, thanks to a two-run home run off Yankees starter Clarke Schmidt in the top of the first inning. The explosion in the right-field stands scored Shohei Ohtani and sucked the air out of the Yankee Stadium crowd that was hyped by a pregame performance from Fat Joe and a first pitch from franchise icon Derek Jeter.

    The home run was Freeman’s third in three games in this World Series, including his walk-off grand slam that secured the Dodgers’ Game 1 victory in extra innings. Dating back to Freeman’s World Series title with the Atlanta Braves in 2021, he hit a home run in five consecutive World Series games, tying George Springer for the longest streak in World Series history.

    Freeman will try to claim the record as his own in Game 4 on Tuesday. He also looks like a shoo-in for the World Series MVP trophy.

    Buehler also performed for the Dodgers on Monday, turning in five nearly flawless innings that yielded two Yankees hits, two walks, zero runs and five strikeouts. Buehler repeatedly confused the loaded Yankees lineup, not allowing a single until the fourth inning.

    The Yankees had a great chance to score after recording the only two hits they would get from Buehler in the fourth. But on Anthony Volpe’s single, Teoscar Hernández threw Giancarlo Stanton home to end the inning.

    Buehler returned to throw a 1-2-3 fifth and appeared ready for the sixth after throwing just 76 pitches. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts opted to go to his bullpen rather than pressure his oft-injured All-Star. The move has paid off.

    Six Dodgers relievers delivered the final four innings to secure the victory. Mookie Betts (1-for-4) and Kiké Hernández (2-for-4) provided an insurance RBI on Freeman’s home run in the second inning. Ohtani went 0-for-3 with a walk and a run scored while playing with a left shoulder injury suffered in Game 2.

    For the Yankees, Aaron Judge continued to struggle. The presumptive AL MVP struck out six in nine at-bats in Games 1 and 2. He finished Monday 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout. Soto also finished without a hit on an 0-for-3 effort.

    Stanton was New York’s most productive offensive player, going 2-for-4, but the Yankees couldn’t capitalize on any of their scoring opportunities until Alex Verdugo hit a two-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. That was all New York would score when the late rally fell short.

    Game 4 is scheduled for Tuesday at 8:08 PM ET. The Yankees will try to avoid a sweep in front of their home crowd.

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    • Anthony Banda has Gleyber Torres look at a questionable call

      The Yankees had their best chance to score since Giancarlo Stanton was thrown out at home in the fourth. But Anthony Banda got the job done with some help from a questionable third strike.

      The Dodgers reliever took the mound with a runner on first base and two outs in the bottom of the seventh. He walked Alex Verdugo in the nine holes and gave leadoff hitter Gleyber Torres a chance with two men on and two out.

      Torres scored 2-2, before being called out on a third strike, which looked clearly above the zone. The Dodgers take a break and take a 4-0 lead in the eighth.

    • Yankees coming out of 7th inning jam

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      Alex Vesia got the job done, forcing a grounder from Jazz Chisholm Jr., stranding two baserunners and keeping the Yankees off the scoreboard. The Dodgers maintain a 4-0 lead heading into the seventh inning.

    • Graterol leaves with 2 on and 2 out in the 6th

      Brusdar Graterol did not last long. He got two outs, but walked Juan Soto and allowed a single to Giancarlo Stanton, putting men on first and second base. Alex Vesia will take the mound to face Jazz Chisholm Jr. with two on and two off.

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    • Yankees on the brink

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      The passed balls, poor baserunning and defensive errors are piling up, and New York is looking like a lifeless team in danger of being swept.

    • Kiké Hernández delivers again to increase the Dodgers lead to 4-0

      Postseason Kiké Hernández is a thing. The Dodgers outfielder sent a one-out single to center field, scoring Gavin Lux from second in the sixth inning. Lux had reached base on a hit-by-pitcher and stole second base to get into scoring position.

      Hernández was caught stealing to end the inning, but not before extending the Dodgers’ lead to 4–0 with some more timely hitting.

    • Walker Buehler continues to trade

      After allowing the first Yankees hits in the fourth, Walker Buehler pitched a 1-2-3 fifth inning to keep New York off the scoreboard. Through five innings, he has allowed two hits and walked two with five strikeouts to keep the Yankees off the board.

      The Dodgers led 3-0 heading into the sixth.

    • Cortes throws scoreless 5th

      Freddie Freeman reached on an error to lead off the top of the fifth inning, but Nestor Cortes lined a double play to end the inning without damage. The Dodgers maintain a 3-0 lead in the middle of the fifth.

    • Teoscar Hernandez throws out Giancarlo Stanton at home and finishes fourth

      The Yankees fell short on their best chance yet to get on the scoreboard, thanks to some great defensive play from Teoscar Hernandez. Giancarlo Stanton reached base with a one-out double for the first Yankees hit of the evening, then looked to drive home a run on a two-out single by Anthony Volpe into shallow left field.

      But Hernandez mowed down a very slow Stanton with a perfect throw to the plate to end the inning.

    • Cortes gets redemption

      Big redemption for Nestor Cortes Jr. after his ill-fated two-pitch performance in Game 1 ended with Freddie Freeman’s walk-off grand slam.

      The left-hander came in and struck out Shohei Ohtani, causing Mookie Betts to fly out, stranding two Dodgers runners and maybe gain some momentum for the Yankees heading into the bottom of the fourth.

    • Dodgers come up empty at 4th

      The Dodgers had runners on first and third base with no outs in the fourth, but did not score. The failed pressure on the borderline call at home resulted in the first out. Yankees reliever Nestor Cortes then took over on the mound, striking out Shohei Ohtani and inducing a Mookie Betts lineout to end the inning.

    • Lux looked safe

      Here’s the repeat look. Lux looks safe:

    • Dodgers squeeze play fails on a borderline call at home

      The Dodgers gambled with a no-out squeeze in the fourth inning and lost. Gavin Lux raced home from third on a bunt from Tommy Edman. The home plate umpire called him home as he slid head first. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts challenged the play.

      Replay showed Lux ​​hitting home plate just before Yankees catcher Jose Trevino made the tag. But the replay officials didn’t agree — or didn’t see enough to overturn the call on the field. Lux is out and the Dodgers have runners on first and second base with one out.

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