The Dodgers dominate Game 3 of the World Series in the fiery Yankee Stadium, despite the 4-2 final showing signs of balance.
Buehler will be decisive on the hill as will his teammates in the serve and in the saves on the outside, capable of transforming the 5 total hits into points and preventing his rivals from doing so, a clutch attitude that so far is determining a series that is always on the edge.
The Bronx finds a WS home match since the magical 2009 run, in a desperate situation of 0-2, with the terrible statistics of only 15 teams in 92 cases capable of recovering in the best of 7.
Ohtani’s subluxation to steal a base in Game 2 did not preclude him from appearing in the third.
His opposite alter ego Judge instead comes from a terrible postseason, where he stands out: 1 out of 9 with 5 K in this WS and 6/40 total with 19 strikeouts: he will disappoint today too, due to an epic failure of those who in the regular season but he performed the beauty of 58 homers, 1.159 OPS and 144 RBI.
Roberts launches Buehler on the mound, collapsed after the second Tommy John and returning from a bad 1-6 and 5.38 ERA in the regular season, but tough in this scoreboard, in which the 4 scoreless against the Mets stand out. Boone replies with Schmidt, who comes from two no-decisions against the Royals and Guardians and his third postseason start and first in the World Series; his home average is worrying (4.50 ERA in 8 starts) unlike his away games (1.50/8).
Few surprises in the two dream team lineups, with catcher Trevino the only doubt then fielded by Boone as the eighth.
Schmidt immediately started badly, with 4 ball throws on Ohtani, due to which Freeman’s home run on his cutter instantly sent the Californians ahead 2-0. The former Atlanta player thus reaches the fifth consecutive World Series game with homers, which began in game 5 of 2021 with his Braves, who later won.
Another 4 balls in a row in the top four put Edman on base, who then stole second on Ohtani’s out; it was then the usual Betts’ turn to make it 3-0. After less than three innings, 65 pitches and the base on balls granted to Muncy with the bases loaded, Boone starts the relief battery: a move that will be useless!
Buehler in the meantime is a devil, which is why Roberts is spared the hypothetical use of him as an opener for a bullpen game.
The only Yankees jolt and crossroads of the game comes in the fourth frame, but the Dodgers defense performs two miracles, first when Betts eliminates Chisholm on the fly and dives after Stanton’s double, and then with the formidable assist at home plate by Kike Hernandez on single by Volpe, who takes out the former Marlins, anything but a runner!
Hernandez again rounds the Los Angeles lead to 4 in the sixth inning with Cousins on the mound, while New York fails to take advantage of two more hits and will only wake up at the end of the match, with Verdugo’s home run off Kopech which also scores Rizzo for the 4-2 final Dodgers.
The Yankees are now at a desperate crossroads, given that down 0-3 only 1 team has managed to overturn a postseason series (the 2004 Red Sox), while 31 have undergone a sweep, 5 have reached the fifth, 4 have lost in six and 2 to the beauty.
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