LOS ANGELES – Sport 1 of the World Sequence had all of it, together with a tenth-inning plot twist and a dramatic ending to the primary Yankees-Dodgers Fall Basic sport in 43 years.
With the Yankees an out away from a win, Freddie Freeman’s no-doubt grand slam to proper – off Nestor Cortes – gave the Yanks a 6-3 loss earlier than a delirious sellout crowd at Dodger Stadium.
Yankees ace Gerrit Cole pitched into the seventh inning, and Giancarlo Stanton maintained his modern-day Mr. October standing along with his sixth homer in 10 video games this postseason.
Stanton’s newest was a go-ahead, two-run homer that ended starter Jack Flaherty’s night time within the sixth.
After the Dodgers tied it within the eighth, the Yanks went forward within the 10th – with the assistance of two stolen bases by Jazz Chisholm Jr.
Within the house 10th, a possible game-ending double play ball grounded towards newly-subbed in second baseman Oswaldo Cabrera rolled into proper discipline, setting it up for Ohtani.
In got here Cortes, who hadn’t pitched in a sport since Sept. 18 (flexor pressure), and he’d restricted Ohtani to a .167 common (2-for-12) with zero extra-base hits.
Ohtani went after the primary pitch and left fielder Alex Verdugo made a circus catch of a foul ball, bringing the Dodgers to their final out.
Organising a lefty-lefty matchup, Yanks supervisor Aaron Boone ordered a stroll to Mookie Betts, which gave Freeman an opportunity to win it – and he did.
Here is our operating evaluation of the Yankees’ Sport 1 loss:
After all we needed to see this second
Yanks forward 3-2, tenth inning. Runner at first and second. One out.
And right here comes Nestor Cortes to face Shohei Ohtani.
Cortes hasn’t pitched in a sport since Sept. 18, and he’s restricted Ohtani to a .167 common (2-for-12) with zero extra-base hits…
… and make it 2-for-13, after that unimaginable catch by Alex Verdugo in left.
Ohtani goes after the primary pitch and Verdugo flips over the aspect wall to seize the second out.
Anthony Volpe offers Yankees the lead
On Anthony Volpe’s grounder to brief, the Dodgers get the pressure at second however Jazz (two stolen bases) Chisholm scores from third and it’s 3-2, Yanks.Jake Cousins will enter to attempt to save Sport 1 of the World Sequence for the Yanks, going through the underside of the Dodger order.
Jazz Chisholm steals second… and third
It’s the fourth postseason steal for Jazz Chisholm, after a one-out single within the tenth.
Rizzo now handed to first base and here is Volpe (0-for-3, 2 Ks, intentional stroll)…and now it is Jazz’s fifth steal, as he swipes third with ease. No throw…
…and the Yankees seize the lead.
Yankees and Dodgers go to further innings
Verdugo’s diving catch in left, with none on, ends the ninth.
Extra baseball. Stanton to steer off vs. Treinen. Three of the final 4 Yankee postseason video games have now gone to further frames.
That is fairly tense
Half anticipating Kirk Gibson to stroll out of the Dodger dugout and get an at-bat right here. Tied 2-2, final of the ninth.
Dodgers’ technique works
Treinen will get forward 0-2 as Decide seems to be at two sweepers.
Decide then takes a sweeper for a ball, fouls one other one off and pops a 94-mph fastball sky excessive on the infield, the place Edman grabs it.
We go to the ninth tied. Dodgers will attempt to stroll it off right here with Teoscar, Muncy and Enrique Hernandez vs. Weaver.
And now we’re strolling Juan Soto to face Aaron Decide once more
This Sport 1 has packed loads of stuff right into a 2-2 sport. Extra drama.
With first base open, Dave Roberts orders a free move to Juan Soto. Right here comes Blake Treinen to pitch to Aaron Decide (1-for-4, 3 strikeouts) with first and second and two out.
Wow. Everybody standing right here at Dodger Stadium.
Fan interference
They known as it immediately on the sector, as Gleyber Torres’ two-out drive within the ninth barely missed being a go-ahead solo homer.
As a substitute, it’s a double off Kopech, however they’ll nonetheless assessment it…and the decision stands. However. That. Was. Shut.
And we’re tied
It’s now 2-2 on this extremely entertaining World Sequence sport, as Mookie Betts – down 1-2 within the depend – drives a sac fly to heart, the place Decide makes a pleasant operating seize transferring towards the wall.
It’s an unearned run as Torres will get the error for not corralling Soto’s relay throw. Right here comes Michael Kopech to pitch the ninth for L.A, going through 8-9-1 for the Yanks.
Luke Weaver time
That was an excellent greater first out within the eighth, as Ohtani practically places one by way of the right-center discipline wall – lacking a game-tying homer by a couple of foot off Tommy Kahnle.
Ohtani alertly will get to 3rd when Soto’s throw skips away from Gleyber, and right here’s Luke Weaver with the tying run at third, one out and Mookie Betts up.
An enormous out
Backside of the eighth, defending a one-run lead, and Tommy Kahnle’s Job One is to maintain Ohtani from batting this inning because the go-ahead run.
He does that, with Volpe’s assist, breaking Tommy Edman’s bat on a groundout to brief.
Ohtani lurking
Looking forward to the underside of the eighth, Ohtani bats second. And Tommy Kahnle continues to be in, with a 2-1 lead.
Lurking within the Yankee bullpen is Luke Weaver. It has been a really tense and enjoyable World Sequence sport, and we have much more suspense across the nook.
Escape!
And as soon as extra the Yanks discover a method out of a jam, this time with Tommy Kahnle getting into and retiring Gavin Lux on a grounder to Gleyber Torres – stranding the tying and go-ahead runs in scoring place.
It is 2-1 Yanks getting into the eighth. Here is the lefty Alex Vesia, the third Dodger reliever tonight, to face 5-6-7 within the Yankee order.
The ‘pen relays
It is already time for briefly-a-Dodger Tommy Kahnle to alleviate Clay Holmes right here within the seventh, with two out, runners at second and third, and the Yanks nonetheless main 2-1.
Holmes nailed Max Muncy with a pitch, however after a sac bunt by Enrique Hernandez, Holmes bought Will Smith to pop up with the infield again conceding the tying run.
And that is the place we are actually.
Stirring within the Yankees’ bullpen
There’s some stirring within the Yankee ‘pen as Cole begins the Dodger seventh at 80 pitches, holding a 2-1 Yankee lead.
Cole went seven innings within the clinching ALDS Sport 4 at Kansas Metropolis and was adopted by Clay Holmes and Luke Weaver…
and now Cole’s night time is finished after yielding a leadoff single to Teoscar Hernandez. Here is Holmes. The battle of the bullpens has been engaged.
Gerrit Cole holds serve
Good things from Cole and the infield protection after that leadoff Edman double, preserving the Yanks 2-1 lead into the seventh.
Credit score shortstop Anthony Volpe with a pleasant charging play and fast throw to nail the speedy Ohtani on a comfortable grounder that moved Edman to 3rd with one out.
With the infield in, Mookie Betts’ sizzling shot was picked by Jazz Chisholm at third and Cole bought Freddie Freeman to fly to the precise discipline monitor.
Cole out for the sixth
And he’ll face 9-1-2 within the Dodger order.
Whereas we’re right here, Juan Soto – celebrating his twenty sixth birthday right this moment – singled to start out the sixth and scored on that Stanton homer….
…and now Tommy Edman leads off with a double.
The Dodgers have three hits, none singles. Sitting subsequent to Corridor-of-Famer Jayson Stark, I inquired about how uncommon it was to see a staff open a World Sequence with triples as its first two hits.
Immediately, he offered the reply: The ’53 Yankees.
Aaron Boone ‘wrestled’ with resolution on batting Stanton cleanup
Earlier than the sport, Aaron Boone stated he didn’t resolve on whether or not to insert Giancarlo Stanton into the cleanup spot towards a right-hander till after Thursday’s staff exercise.
“That’s one I wrestled with quite a bit,’’ stated Boone, who had normally inserted a lefty hitter into the cleanup spot vs. righties, with Stanton batting fifth.
However that modified within the Yanks’ clinching ALCS Sport 5 at Cleveland, when Stanton batted cleanup and smashed a game-tying two-run homer within the sixth.
“We’ll see how the collection evolves,’’ Boone stated, however for now Stanton seems to be locked into the No. 4 spot.
I really like L.A.
Giancarlo Stanton’s first World Sequence house run is a titanic, two-run shot, giving the Yanks a 2-1 lead right here within the sixth – and that is all for Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty.
That is Stanton’s sixth homer of this postseason, and his seventeenth house run in 37 profession postseason video games. Statcast had the ball off the bat at 116.6-mph, estimated to have traveled 412 ft.
Appeared additional than that. And it adopted a 3rd straight strikeout by Aaron Decide, nonetheless ready for his large October second.
Dodgers on the board
It’s that more and more uncommon postseason factor – a beginning pitcher’s battle by way of 5 innings.
However the Dodgers simply scored first, on a one-out Enrique Hernandez triple and a Will Smith sac fly to proper, the place Juan Soto made it shut with an excellent throw house.
The place shook as Hernandez slid house simply forward of the tag, making it 1-0 LA. Jack Flaherty is at 74 pitches and Cole is at 66.
Stanton again in SoCal
ALCS MVP Giancarlo Stanton (0-for-2) has some monster common season stats on this ballpark (10 homers in 25 video games) and he grew up in close by Sherman Oaks attending Dodgers video games – typically sitting within the left discipline bleachers.
As a Marlin, Stanton as soon as cleared the left discipline pavilion with a homer. As a Yankee, he homered within the 2022 All-Star Sport right here and was named the sport’s MVP.
Decide famous how “excited’’ Stanton was to reach right here for his first World Sequence and attempt to “do one thing particular.’’
Requested about that degree of pleasure, Decide stated he knew it “the second I noticed his move record,’’ with so many family and mates attending.
Cole buyer
We’re scoreless by way of three, with Gerrit Cole ending with a swinging strikeout of Shohei Ohtani on a 2-2 curve.
For the reason that Freeman triple, Cole – a SoCal raised UCLA alumni – has retired seven straight with three Ks…
…and now he is by way of 4 innings, having retired 10 straight in a scoreless sport.
Jack Flaherty was coveted by the Yankees
Dodgers’ starter Jack Flaherty has simply accomplished one other scoreless body, on this scoreless third inning – aided by a DP grounder by Juan Soto.
On the commerce deadline, Yankees GM Brian Cashman was closely concerned in attempting to lure Flaherty from the Detroit Tigers. As a substitute, the Dodgers landed him in a two-player bundle that despatched Trey Sweeney to Detroit.
Seven months earlier, the Yanks had shipped Sweeney (a former Yankee first spherical choose) to LA in a deal that netted lefty reliever Victor Gonzalez (finally launched by the Yanks) and second baseman Jorbit Vivas.
“I believe Jack Flaherty is an distinctive starter,” Cashman stated on the time, including that he “definitely would have cherished to have him as a alternative for us, in addition to anyone else that may doubtlessly be an improve on our rotation.’’
There was some query about medical reviews on Flaherty’s decrease again, however “on the finish of the day, I might have introduced Jack Flaherty in if I might have matched up.’’
Dodging one within the first
Gerrit Cole dodged out of that first inning, stranding Freddie Freeman after a two-out triple – even whereas operating on that compromised ankle.
In left discipline with two out, Alex Verdugo, the ex-Dodger outfielder, misinterpret the carom on Freeman’s slicing liner and wound up on third base however Cole bought the always-dangerous Teoscar Hernandez to line out to brief.
Earlier than that, the good Shohei Ohtani led off by swinging at Cole’s first pitch and flying out to deep heart. Mookie Betts subsequent flied out to the left discipline monitor.
Nothing within the NYY first
Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty ought to’ve been out of the primary inning one batter sooner, however shortstop Tommy Edman booted Giancarlo Stanton’s grounder.
However Jazz Chisholm Jr. grounded out to finish the inning, with Flaherty working round a Juan Soto stroll. Chisholm Jr. is 3-for-27 (.111) within the playoffs since homering in Sport 2 of the ALDS vs. Kansas Metropolis.
Yankees’ ace is again within the World Sequence
Gerrit Cole was recent off pitching in a World Sequence when he joined the Yankees.
At one level throughout his 2019 introductory Bronx press convention, the membership’s new ace spoke of the “have to win a world championship and ideally multiple’’ over the size of his nine-year contract.
Beginning World Sequence Sport 5 in 2019, Cole had pitched the Houston Astros inside a win of a world championship, however Juan Soto’s Washington Nationals prevailed in seven video games.
Tonight, Cole arrives at his first World Sequence with the Yankees, beginning Sport 1 at Dodger Stadium.
5 years within the making, this project towards the Dodgers comes seven months after Cole’s elbow scare, identified in spring coaching with nerve irritation.
Throughout his rehab, “I discovered myself feeling actually blessed loads of instances to only soak up loads of the good gamers now we have and see the sport’’ in a brand new body, Cole stated.
In these days main as much as his June 19 return, Cole felt “as should you have been taking your child to a baseball sport for the primary time,’’ simply absorbing “the competitiveness of the gamers.
“So, that was a perspective that was good to have, and hopefully I realized some issues from it.’’
Roster sensible, the Yankees have taken versatile infielder Jon Berti off their roster as a consequence of a hip flexor damage suffered in ALCS Sport 4.
Lefty Nestor Cortes was added, following his rehab from a left elbow pressure, although the Yankees have been taking 13 pitchers regardless, in line with supervisor Aaron Boone.
Comply with right here for our updates and evaluation all through Sport 1 of the 2024 World Sequence:
Yankees lineup for World Sequence Sport 1
Dodgers lineup for World Sequence Sport 1
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Date: Friday, Oct. 25
Time: 8:08 p.m.
TV: FOX
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