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The Los Angeles Dodgers left Dodger Stadium with a 2-0 lead over the New York Yankees and enjoyed a stunning start to the World Series.

But it’s a lead that came at a cost as superstar Shohei Ohtani suffered a left shoulder injury while trying to steal second base in the bottom of the second inning in Game 2.

As the Dodgers prepare to travel to Yankee Stadium for at least the next two games, the team will eagerly await news on Ohtani, whose injury silenced the crowd and changed the atmosphere of the game.

Ohtani suffered a left shoulder subluxation, or partial dislocation, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters afterward.

“We’re going to do some testing tonight and tomorrow, and then we’ll know more in the next few days,” Roberts said. “But the power was great. The range of motion, good. So we are encouraged.”

When asked how the Dodgers will handle Ohtani’s possible missing games, Roberts was quick to say he’s “not there yet.”

‘I expect him to be there. I expect him to be in the lineup,” Roberts said.

Even with Ohtani’s injury, the Dodgers are now firmly in the driver’s seat to win the World Series after their last-gasp, historic Game 1 win and also thrilling Game 2 victory. They are just two wins away from their second World Series title in five years, and their first in a full, non-Covid-affected season since 1988.

“You try not to lose in front of your home crowd,” Dodgers first baseman Freddie said Freeman, who became the first player in more than a decade to homer in the first two games of a World Series, according to MLB.com. “You want to get those wins early, and you’re going to be in a tough spot to play.”

In previous best-of-seven postseason series, teams that took a 2-0 lead won 77 out of 92 times (84%), while teams in the current 2-3-2 format won Games 1 and 2. at home they followed the series 45 out of 56 times (80%).

“Nobody said it’s going to be easy,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters after Game 2. “It’s a long run, and we’ve got to make it a long run now. We’re not going to back down. We’ve just got to keep at it.”

But both games had fine margins — one extraordinary hit by Freeman lifted the Dodgers to a victory in Game 1 and the Yankees left the bases loaded in Game 2 — so New York remains optimistic, but clear-eyed, about their chances to seize . this series.

“This series could easily be 2-0 for us,” Stanton told reporters. “That’s what you get for being an extremely good baseball club on the other side. It could go either way.”

The pressure often spreads unevenly across a team, and in the case of the Yankees, that pressure falls on the shoulders of Yankees player Aaron Judge, who has struggled to repeat his extraordinary regular-season performance.

“I definitely have to step up, and I have to do my job,” Judge told reporters after Game 2. “The guys around me are doing their job, getting on base, and I’m failing to support them . . We have to turn it around in Game 3.”

Meanwhile, Clarke Schmidt will make his third career postseason and first World Series start for the Yankees. Walker Buehler will start on the mound for the Dodgers, trying to channel teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s performance in Game 2, as he allowed just one hit in 6 1/3 innings.

How to watch and the full schedule

All games from the best-of-seven series will air on Fox in the US, with each match kicking off at 8:08 PM ET.

The schedule is as follows:

Game 3: Monday, October 28 – Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Yankees from Yankee Stadium, 8:08 PM ET

Game 4: Tuesday, October 29 – Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Yankees from Yankee Stadium, 8:08 PM ET

Game 5*: Wednesday, October 30 – Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Yankees from Yankee Stadium, 8:08 PM ET

Game 6*: Friday, November 1 – New York Yankees at Los Angeles Dodgers from Dodger Stadium, 8:08 PM ET

Game 7*: Saturday, November 2 – New York Yankees at Los Angeles Dodgers from Dodger Stadium, 8:08 PM ET

*if necessary