The comeback is on! Yankees stay alive in World Series with electric Game 4 win over the Dodgers

Forget what you heard: The New York Yankees are not dead. Not yet, anyway.

With nan World Series connected nan line, and nan Los Angeles Dodgers heading for nan sweep, location runs from Anthony Volpe, Austin Wells and Gleyber Torres put their champagne connected ice, astatine slightest for different 24 hours.

In beforehand of a raucous 49,354-strong crowd successful nan Bronx, nan Yankees are connected nan committee pinch a 11-4 Game 4 win, and nan astir improbable of comebacks is alive. From 3-0 down, they couldn’t… could they?

For truthful agelong successful this one-sided series, it had been nan Freddie Freeman Show. In galore ways it still is - and history has been written by nan Dodgers prima - but Tuesday nighttime was nan Yankees' night, and it each began pinch 1 almighty plaything of Volpe's bat.

It was nan bottommost of nan 2nd inning, nan entirety of Yankee Stadium connected its feet. Two outs, nan bases loaded, and nan World Series resting connected nan shoulders of 1 young man.

Had he struck out, it would person been emblematic of this struggling World Series Yankees roster, who until coming had promised truthful overmuch and delivered truthful little.

Instead, though, nan 23-year-old shortstop produced nan biggest infinitesimal of his fledgling career, swinging difficult and existent for a first-pitch Grand Slam location tally into near halfway field.

From 2-1 down, nan Yankees went 5-2 up, and it sent them connected their measurement to an enthralling triumph successful their large do-or-die nighttime successful New York. The ignominy of nan expanse has been avoided, and allowed nan Bronx Bombers to dream of what mightiness be.

Until Volpe stepped up to nan sheet for his large infinitesimal successful Game 4, nan only show successful municipality was Freeman, who came into this pinch 5 location runs successful 5 consecutive World Series games.

Directly down nan Dodgers dugout earlier nan game, a Yankees instrumentality successful pinstripes lifted up a homemade sign. White background, achromatic and reddish writing, nan connection simple: ‘Freddie, please stop.’

Who knows whether LA superstar Freeman saw it, but he surely had nary volition of adhering.

All it took was 15 pitches – precisely nan aforesaid arsenic past nighttime – for Freeman to plaything hard, sending a two-run location tally into – yes, you guessed it – precisely nan aforesaid spot arsenic past night.

In doing so, he became nan first man successful history to deed location runs successful six consecutive World Series games, and nan Yankees rather simply had nary measurement of stopping him. No matter nan pitcher, nary matter nan plan, Freeman went deep.

At that point, it looked arsenic though it was each falling isolated for nan Yankees. 3-0 down successful nan best-of-seven series, 2-0 down successful nan do-or-die game. Aaron Boone stood connected nan separator of nan dugout successful his acquainted airs possibly for nan last time, arsenic he faced nan imaginable of being fired aft 7 seasons arsenic manager.

Even successful nan stands things started to get ugly, erstwhile 2 Yankees fans sewage progressive successful a ridiculous – and, frankly, vulnerable – business pinch Dodgers right-fielder Mookie Betts successful nan bottommost of nan first inning.

Gleyber Torres flew 1 foul, and pinch Betts backpedaling to make nan drawback against nan wall, he jumped and recovered himself successful a tussle pinch 2 fans.

Betts had nan shot successful his glove, but 1 of nan fans gritted his teeth and tried to wrestle it out. The Dodgers prima was baffled, and nan Yankees fans were booted retired of nan stadium.

From nowhere, though, nan Yankees past recovered thing from heavy successful their reserves. After being battered and bruised for three-and-a-bit games, Volpe decided capable was capable – and his teammates past stepped up to follow.

In nan second, Anthony Rizzo and Volpe mixed for a superb double play, and successful nan 4th Rizzo dived against nan netting successful foul territory to make a near-impossible drawback disconnected nan bat of Teoscar Hernandez.

The tide threatened to move erstwhile again successful nan 5th inning, though, erstwhile Luis Gil was deed for his 2nd location tally of nan night. The young pitcher had managed to dependable himself aft Freeman’s early heroics, but he was caught retired by Will Smith connected an 0-2 pitch.

The 97mph fastball was precocious of nan strike-zone, and Smith took advantage, planting it into nan 2nd statement of nan seats, conscionable complete Soto’s caput for illustration his teammate 4 innings earlier.

From there, nan Yanks were successful a bullpen face-off pinch their rivals – some teams digging heavy into their reserves pinch a bid of alleviation pitchers to get them done nan game.

The Dodgers were already banged up and relying connected their extent to get them through, but connected Wednesday nighttime it was New York’s options that came retired connected top.

The visitors struck retired conscionable erstwhile pinch Gil connected nan mound done nan first 5 innings, but past Clay Holmes, Mark Leiter Jr and nan ever-impressive Luke Weaver forced 7 Ks successful 3 innings to support nan Yankees ticking over.

On nan different broadside of nan baseball, location was still plentifulness of activity to travel from nan hitters too.

In nan bottommost of nan sixth, catcher Austin Wells - preferred erstwhile again to Jose Trevino - justified his action by hitting a superb location tally into nan 2nd platform to adhd 1 more.

In nan eighth, Volpe scored again to make it 7-4, and past Yankee Stadium roseate to its feet again erstwhile Gleyber Torres put nan icing connected nan sweetest of cakes.

With Verdugo connected first and Wells connected third, nan Yankees lead-off hitter sent a flyball heavy to right-center field. 10-4, and this crippled was - almost - done.

Seconds later, Soto doubled, and past Aaron Judge did nan aforesaid to bring him home. 

It is simply nan first measurement connected nan Yankees' agelong roadworthy to redemption successful this World Series, but a ascendant show successful nan Bronx shows what this squad tin beryllium tin of erstwhile they're astatine their best.

It will request to hap 3 much times to alteration nan destiny of their season, but truthful agelong arsenic they support swinging for nan fences, they will judge they've sewage a chance.