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Yankees, close to being swept in the World Series for the 4th time

Oct 29, 2024, 01:10 ET

Instead of a 28th title, the New York Yankees are close to being swept in the World Series for the 4th time, which would be the first since 1976

NEW YORKInstead of approach to your 28th titlelos New York Yankees are on the edge of be swept away in the World Series for only the fourth time.

Aaron Judge once again looked lost at the plate, starting pitching faltered for the second straight game and the Yankees fell into a 3-0 slump in the Fall Classic with a 4-2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night. evening.

Anthony Volpe of the New York Yankees strikes out in the seventh inning. AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez

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Judge is 1 for 12 (.083) with no RBIs and seven strikeouts in the series and is hitting .140 with 20 hits in the postseason. He has a .196 average with 15 home runs, 31 RBIs in his postseason career.

“You have to be ready to play tomorrow,” manager Aaron Boone said of Judge’s problems. “He’s Aaron Judge, and he just keeps working and waits for the right time to start hitting a little bit.”

New York has nine hits in the last two games, only three of them extra-base hits, and they suffered 11 strikeouts on Monday, four of them looking.

“It’s just a matter of one swing, one at-bat, one play,” Judge said. “Everything could change for us.”

The bottom of the batting order has combined to hit 6-for-43 with three RBIs, including Mexican Alex Verdugo’s two-run homer with two out in the ninth inning off Michael Kopech. New York hitters have hit 4 for 20 with runners in scoring position.

“When you have those opportunities, they’re not as frequent as sometimes during the season, you have to take advantage of them,” Boone said.

Even when the Yankees hit they are easy to catch. When Anthony Volpe struck out against Daniel Hudson in the seventh inning, his bat flew over the Dodgers’ dugout. It hit the net protecting fans in the main seats, and Los Angeles field coordinator Bob Geren caught the rebounding bat.

New York’s moment is reminiscent of the team that went 10-23 between mid-June and late July, not the one that started 50-22 and rebounded to win the American League East pennant by 41st occasion.

New York has only been swept three times in the World Series, by the 1922 New York Giants (including a tied game), the 1963 Dodgers and the 1976 Cincinnati Reds.

“Hopefully we can be the protagonists of an incredible story and amaze the world, but we have to win one first,” Boone said. “It’s about trying to get a lead, trying to win one game and force another, and then go from there. But first we have to win one.”

Since winning the first two games of the 1981 series at home against the Dodgers, the Yankees have lost seven in a row to Los Angeles in the Fall Classic.

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