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“Luke Weaver elegantly offers baseball scribes a chance to help write comeback stories for the Yankees.”

“Luke Weaver elegantly offers baseball scribes a chance to help write comeback stories for the Yankees.”

New York Yankees reliever Luke Weaver couldn't make a bold prediction about his club's chances of completing a historic World Series comeback from a 3-0 deficit after Tuesday's 11-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers .

But Weaver knows what a good story such a comeback — which has never happened before in the World Series — would be. And as he told reporters after Tuesday's win, while he won't be putting pen to paper, he's happy to help provide baseball writers with plenty of “material” for the story.

Weaver was asked if he thinks there will be a comeback from a 3-0 deficit “at some point” in the World Series.

“Well, I’m not the type to predict the future,” Weaver said. “Stories need to be told, I know that's what you do for a living, so I'm willing to give you some material to write one of them.”

Weaver made no predictions, saying the Yankees would take things “day by day.” But there's no doubt that Tuesday's win seemed to loosen up the club a bit, starting with Volpe's grand slam in the third inning.

“Well, I think it took a little bit of the burden off of us, I guess,” Weaver said. “It took a bit of weight. It was great coming from a guy like (Anthony) Volpe, right? He shows so much energy on the field. He plays with his heart.”

“When you heard about him, you just felt that everyone had recovered from it.”

Buoyed by the slam and the Yankees' bullpen, which – along with Weaver – fired five shutout innings, New York secured the victory and stayed alive. Weaver mentioned “a momentum,” “a moment” that can change everything.

One such moment occurred in Game 1 of the World Series when Dodgers slugger Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off grand slam. Could Volpe's grand slam be a similar catalyst for the Yankees?

Only time will tell. Win or lose, Weaver said he wanted to leave it all on the field.

“Today I was prepared to throw three innings if needed,” Weaver said. “I wanted to leave everything on the line. It's the last game before they (the Dodgers) have to make deals we don't want to see. I want to live with myself and put my head on the pillow and be like, 'I gave it my all.'”

Game 5, starting at 8:08 p.m. ET on Wednesday night, will be a battle of the aces, pitting Gerrit Cole for New York against Jack Flaherty for the Dodgers.

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