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World Series 2024: Freddie Freeman and Walker Buehler lead the Dodgers past the Yankees 3-0

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World Series 2024: Freddie Freeman and Walker Buehler lead the Dodgers past the Yankees 3-0

Freddie Freeman stomps. Walker Buehler acted. And the Los Angeles Dodgers are on the verge of the franchise's eighth World Series championship.

After winning Games 1 and 2 at home, the Dodgers went to Yankee Stadium on Monday and secured a 4-2 victory, taking a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series and bringing the Yankees on the brink of elimination.

At this point, only a historic Yankees rally would prevent a Dodgers championship. The Boston Red Sox remain the only MLB team to recover from a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven series when they stunned the Yankees in the 2004 ALCS. No team has come back from 0-3 in the World Series.

As in all series, Freddie Freeman was the hero on Monday, thanks to a two-run home run off Yankees starter Clarke Schmidt early in the first inning. The shot into the right bleachers hit Shohei Ohtani and sucked the air out of a Yankee Stadium crowd thrilled by a pregame performance from Fat Joe and a first pitch from franchise icon Derek Jeter.

The home run was Freeman's third in three games in that World Series, including his walk-off grand slam that secured the Dodgers' Game 1 victory in extra innings. Dating back to Freeman's World Series title with the Atlanta Braves in 2021, he has hit a home run in five consecutive World Series games, tying George Springer for the longest such streak in World Series history entered.

Freeman will look to make the record his own in Game 4 on Tuesday. He also appears to be a contender for the World Series MVP trophy.

Walker Buehler also delivered for the Dodgers on Monday, pitching five nearly flawless innings that produced two Yankees hits, two walks, zero runs and five strikeouts. Buehler continually confused the crowded Yankees lineup and didn't allow a base hit until the fourth inning.

The Yankees had a great chance to score after getting the only two hits they could get from Buehler in the fourth. But on Anthony Volpe's single, Teoscar Hernández struck out Stanton at home to end the inning.

Buehler returned with a 1-2-3 fifth pitch and appeared ready for the sixth pitch after just 76 pitches. But Dodgers manager Dave Roberts opted to go to his bullpen rather than load his oft-injured All-Star. The move was worth it.

Six Dodgers relievers pitched the final four innings for the win. Mookie Betts (1-4) and Kiké Hernández (2-4) provided a sure-fire RBI after Freeman's home run in the second inning. Ohtani was 0-for-3 with a walk and a run scored while playing with a left shoulder injury suffered in Game 2.

Aaron Judge continued to struggle for the Yankees. The presumptive AL MVP struck out six times in nine at-bats in Games 1 and 2. He finished Monday 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout. Soto also failed to score in a 0-3 win.

Stanton was New York's most productive offensive player, going 2-for-4, but the Yankees were unable to capitalize on any of their scoring opportunities until Alex Verdugo hit a two-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. That was all New York would achieve as the last rally failed.

Game 4 is scheduled for Tuesday at 8:08 p.m. ET. The Yankees will try to avoid a sweep in front of their home crowd.

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  • Can the Yankees pull off a miracle?

    It's unlikely.

  • The Dodgers win 4-2 and take a 3-0 lead in the World Series

    Michael Kopech allowed two runs on an Alex Verdugo home run in the ninth, but the Dodgers held on for a 4-2 victory and a 3-0 lead in the World Series over the New York Yankees.

    The Dodgers have a chance to secure a World Series win against New York on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium.

  • The Yankees have reached the last 3 outs

    The Dodgers couldn't protect themselves and are up 4-0 in the top of the ninth.

    The Yankees need a miracle recovery to avoid a 3-0 deficit in the World Series.

  • Ryan Brasier is retiring from the Yankees heart

    Ryan Brasier, the Dodgers' reliever, delivered the Yankees' decisive attack in the eighth. He induced a lineout by Juan Soto and walked Aaron Judge before striking out Giancarlo Stanton and Jazz Chisholm Jr. to end the inning.

    The Yankees have trailed 4-0 in their last three outs.

  • Thomas Kahnle crowns 1-2-3 eighth

    Yankees reliever Thomas Kahnle got the last two outs of a 1-2-3 inning started by Clay Holmes in the eighth. It's now up to the Yankees hitters to make a game out of it. They only have the last six outs left.

  • Anthony Banda brings Gleyber Torres into a questionable conversation

    The Yankees had their best chance to score since Giancarlo Stanton was ejected at home in the fourth. But Anthony Banda got it done with some help from a questionable third goal.

    The Dodgers reliever took the mound with a runner on first and two outs in the bottom of the seventh. He walked Alex Verdugo on the ninth hole to give leadoff hitter Gleyber Torres a chance with two out and two out.

    Torres earned a 2-2 count, but was then taken out of the game on a third goal that appeared to be well above the zone. The Dodgers take a break and take a 4-0 lead.

  • The Yankees get out of the jam in the 7th inning

    The Dodgers put runners on the corners with two outs to start the seventh, but were unable to increase their lead. They maintained a 4-0 lead through the seventh inning.

  • The Yankees are still scoreless

    Alex Vesia got the job done, inducing a groundout from Jazz Chisholm Jr. that stranded two baserunners and kept the Yankees off the scoreboard. The Dodgers hold a 4-0 lead heading into the seventh inning.

  • Graterol goes 2 on and 2 out in the 6th.

    Brusdar Graterol didn't last long. He got two outs but walked Juan Soto and allowed a single to Giancarlo Stanton to put the men on first and second. Alex Vesia will take the mound to face Jazz Chisholm Jr. with two ons and two outs.

    Will Dave Roberts regret his decision to cut Walker Buehler after 76 pitches?

  • Walker Buehler is finished after five scoreless innings and 76 pitches

    Walker Buehler's evening is over after 76 pitches. The Dodgers starter allowed two hits and two walks in five scoreless games but won't see the sixth.

    Reliever Brusdar Graterol leads the way for the Yankees.

  • Yankees on the brink

    The Yankees have played sloppy baseball all postseason, and they once again lack the ability to play cleanly on the biggest stage.

    Passed balls, poor baserunning and defensive errors are piling up, and New York looks like an all-around lifeless team in danger of being overwhelmed.

  • Kiké Hernández delivers again and extends the Dodgers' lead to 4-0

    Offseason Kiké Hernández is one thing. The Dodgers outfielder sent a one-out basehit to center field, scoring Gavin Lux from second in the sixth inning. Lux had reached on a hit-by-pitch and secured second to get into scoring position.

    Hernández was caught stealing to end the inning, but not before extending the Dodgers' lead to 4-0 with a few more timely hits.

  • Walker Buehler continues to trade

    After allowing the Yankees' first hit in the fourth inning, Walker Buehler pitched a 1-2-3 fifth inning to keep New York off the scoreboard. In five innings, he allowed two hits and walked two with five strikeouts to keep the Yankees off the field.

    The Dodgers are 3-0 heading into the sixth round.

  • Cortes throws the scoreless 5th

    Freddie Freeman managed to lead off on an error to start the fifth inning, but Nestor Cortes induced a lineout and a double play to end the inning without any damage. The Dodgers maintain a 3-0 lead midway through the fifth.

  • Teoscar Hernandez knocks out Giancarlo Stanton at home and finishes fourth

    Thanks to a great defensive play from Teoscar Hernandez, the Yankees missed their best chance yet to get on the scoreboard. Giancarlo Stanton got the Yankees' first hit of the night with a one-out double and then tried to score a run with a two-out single by Anthony Volpe into shallow left field.

    But Hernandez beat a very slow Stanton with a perfect throw to the plate to end the inning.

  • Cortes receives salvation

    Big comeuppance for Nestor Cortes Jr. after his unfortunate two-pitch outing in Game 1 ended with Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam.

    The left-hander came in and struck out Shohei Ohtani and got Mookie Betts to fly out to strand two Dodgers baserunners and perhaps Gain some momentum for the Yankees heading into the end of the fourth quarter.

  • The Dodgers come away empty-handed in fourth place

    The Dodgers had runners on first and third, no outs in the fourth, but did not score. The failed squeeze on the borderline call at home secured the first out. Then Yankees reliever Nestor Cortes took control of the mound, striking out Shohei Ohtani and inducing a lineout from Mookie Betts to end the inning.

  • Lux looked safe

    Here is the replay look. Lux looks safe:

  • The Dodgers' squeeze play fails due to a borderline decision at home

    The Dodgers played a no-out squeeze in the fourth inning and lost. Gavin Lux skated home from third on a Tommy Edman bunt. The home plate umpire called him home when he slipped headfirst. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts challenged the play.

    The replay appeared to show Lux touched home plate just before Yankees catcher Jose Trevino pitched the tag. But the replay commissioners disagreed – or didn't see enough to overturn the decision on the field. Lux is out and the Dodgers have runners on first and second with one out.

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