Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed just one hit into the seventh inning, Teoscar Hernandez and Freddie Freeman hit back-to-back home runs, and the Los Angeles Dodgers cruised to a 4-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Saturday, taking a 2-0 lead in the World Series.
Tommy Edman also homered, while Yamamoto (2-0) allowed one run and two walks with four strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings, helping the Dodgers come within two wins of their first World Series title. since 2020 and the first after a full regular season since 1988.
Dodgers right-hander Blake Treinen gave up an RBI single in the ninth inning to Giancarlo Stanton and exited with two outs and the bases loaded. Left-hander Alex Vesia came in and got pinch-hitter José Treviño to fly to center field for his first save of the postseason.
The only concern for the Dodgers arose when designated hitter Shohei Ohtani left the field with a trainer in the bottom of the seventh inning with an apparent left arm injury after a failed stolen base attempt at second.
Juan Soto homered for the Yankees, while left-hander Carlos Rodon (1-2) allowed four runs on six hits, including three home runs, in 3 1/3 innings.
The series moves to New York for the next three games, beginning with Game 3 on Monday. Game 4 is on Tuesday and Game 5, if necessary, on Wednesday.
The Dodgers took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when the switch-hitting Edman hit a home run into the left-field corner off Rodon while batting from the left side. It was his second home run of the postseason along with 13 RBIs for the National League Championship Series MVP.
Soto tied it 1-1 in the third with a hit into the right field corner against Yamamoto, his fourth of the postseason.
The Dodgers took a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the third on a two-run homer by Hernández, his third of these playoffs, while Freeman followed with a drive to right field in almost the same place where he hit his grand slam that Game 1 ended.
It was only the 19th time a team has hit consecutive home runs in the World Series, with the Dodgers’ only other occurrence coming in Game 5 in 1981 against the Yankees by Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager.
The Yankees had just one hit going into the ninth when Soto singled off the right field wall and scored on a single that hit third base by Stanton. Jazz Chisholm Jr. singled and Anthony Rizzo was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Treinen struck out Anthony Volpe before Vesia got the final out on his first pitch.
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