Woeful Yankees staring at World Series sweep as Dodgers' Freddie Freeman homers again to silence the Bronx

It took 14 years, 11 months and 24 days for nan Yankees' chance successful nan World Series to travel backmost around, and conscionable 3 short nights to nonstop them crashing backmost down to earth.

Coming into this blockbuster Fall Classic, each nan hype surrounded Shohei Ohtani, but aft 3 location runs successful 3 consecutive games, Freddie Freeman is nan caller King of LA.

The Dodgers person played three, won 3 successful nan best-of-seven showdown, and are now 1 crippled from glory aft a chastening nighttime for nan Yankees successful beforehand of a sell-out crowd of 49,368 successful nan Bronx.

The cheapest tickets for Monday night’s showdown were going for adjacent to $2,000 each connected resale markets complete nan weekend, but those of a New York disposition whitethorn now beryllium wishing they’d saved their rate for nan Knicks.

It didn’t return agelong for nan aerial to beryllium sucked retired of nan stadium, pinch Clarke Schmidt surrendering an almost-instant location tally conscionable 15 pitches into nan biggest crippled of his career.

A far-from-healthy Ohtani was starring disconnected for nan Dodgers, little than 48 hours aft aesculapian unit had to popular his enarthrosis backmost successful its socket astatine nan extremity of Game 2.

His limb was successful a sling until minutes earlier first transportation connected Monday night, but each Yankees pitcher Schmidt could do to problem him was propulsion 4 balls, each good disconnected nan mark.

If Ohtani was struggling pinch nan symptom successful his precocious body, it needn’t person mattered: each he needed to do was usage his little half to trundle on to first base.

Seconds later, pinch conscionable 1 retired connected nan committee and Ohtani lingering astatine first, up stepped man of nan infinitesimal Freeman.

Schmidt sewage up of nan count early, but connected nan 1-2 transportation Freeman sent 1 355ft into correct field, complete nan caput of Juan Soto and heavy into nan crowd to put nan Dodgers 2-0 up.

The first-baseman now has 5 location runs successful 5 consecutive World Series appearances, and his .0906 mean makes him nan all-time MLB leader. Truly a man for nan large occasion.

The comparison betwixt his capacity and that of Aaron Judge was stark. One wore grey, 1 was successful pinstripes. One deed location runs, 1 couldn’t deed a thing.

When Judge stepped up to nan sheet successful nan bottommost of nan first, chants of ‘MVP’ rang astir nan stadium, but each nan $360million man could do was onslaught retired swinging. It has been a akin communicative passim nan postseason, correct erstwhile they needed him most.

Monday night’s pitcher for nan Dodgers was Walker Buehler, his 6.53 ERA distant from Dodger Stadium this twelvemonth among nan worst successful nan league.

When Yankees head Boone was told by a newsman pregame that ‘lefties person deed Buehler very good this season’, he replied: ‘Righties person deed him beautiful good too.’

In this Yankees batting line-up, it needn’t person mattered. Left, correct aliases ambidextrous, this was Buehler’s large nighttime successful nan Bronx and he near aft 5 innings without surrendering a run.

In nan 3rd inning, Schmidt gave up his 3rd of a short nighttime erstwhile Mookie Betts singled connected a soft alert shot to correct field, bringing location teammate Tommy Edman to score.

Soon after, Schmidt’s nighttime was up, and nan stadium announcer much than earned his money telling fans astir nan Yankees’ aggregate calls to nan bullpen. Mark Leiter Jr made measurement for Nestor Cortes, who was soon replaced by Jake Cousins.

It was nan second who surrendered a 4th tally to put nan crippled beyond reasonable doubt, first sending Will Lux to first guidelines aft hitting him pinch a chaotic pitch. Lux past stole second, and Enrique Hernandez brought him location to put nan Dodgers 4-0 up.

Per ESPN, nan past clip a 0-2 World Series squad came backmost from a multiple-run shortage successful Game 3 was nan 1908 Tigers, and location was nary chance of nan Yankees making history here.

Credit must spell to nan raucous fans successful nan Bronx, who made their voices heard and much than played their part, having dug heavy into their savings for nan privilege.

For this Yankees team, it is now a boom-or-bust Game 4 backmost present connected Tuesday night, arsenic they look to debar nan ignominy of a World Series sweep.

For head Boone it is apt nan extremity of nan road, and each that Yankees fans tin dream is that it won’t beryllium different 15 years until they’re back.