The New York Yankees held a 6-4 lead after six innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night in Game 4 of the World Series.
After letting the Dodgers get within one run in the fifth inning, Austin Wells sent a Landon Knack fastball deep into the right field bleachers to give his team a 6-4 lead.
New York trails 3-0 in the World Series and is looking to force a fifth game, which would take place Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium.
The Dodgers went just three batters before opening the scoring, which they have done first in every World Series game thus far.
Mookie Betts set the tone by hitting a double after a strikeout and he didn’t stay long on the bases. From the fourth pitch of his presence, Freddie Freeman hit a home run to right to give Dave Roberts’ men a 2-0 lead.
It was a sixth consecutive World Series game with at least one home run for Freeman, which is a Major League Baseball record. Freeman also became the first player in history to hit a long ball in each of the first four games of the World Series.
The Yankees tried to respond in the bottom of the first inning, putting two runners in scoring position after two outs. Giancarlo Stanton, however, was grounded out to extinguish the threat.
The New Yorkers recovered in the second round. Anthony Volpe drew a walk before stealing the second base. Volpe’s bad run on Wells’ resounding double slowed him down at third base, but he still reduced the gap to 2-1 following Alex Verdugo’s sacrifice.
The Yankee Stadium crowd came alive in the third inning. Aaron Judge was hit and went to third base following a single by Jazz Chisholm Jr. The cushions were all occupied after a walk to Stanton, setting the table for Volpe. The latter catapulted the first shot of his presence against Daniel Hudson over the left field fence to make the score 5-2.
The Dodgers found their senses in the fifth inning and scored two runs to tighten the game.
Leading off the leadoff hitter, Will Smith pounced on a Luis Gil fastball to hit his third homer of the series. After a walk to Tommy Edman and a single from Shohei Ohtani, options from Betts and Freeman produced the visitors’ fourth run.
This is the 12th World Series matchup between the Yankees and Dodgers, but the first since 1981.
The Dodgers are looking to capture their eighth World Series title and second in five years. The Yankees are aiming for a 28th, but they haven’t won the major honors since 2009.
