Yankees face tremendous pressure as World Series turns to the Bronx

The New York Yankees are successful threat of losing their grasp connected a World Series title successful beforehand of their location crowd if nan Los Angeles Dodgers get their measurement this week.

The bid moves to nan Bronx connected Monday night. Game 3 is group for 8:08 p.m. ET astatine Yankee Stadium and tin beryllium seen connected FOX. The Dodgers lead nan bid 2-0.

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New York Yankees' Aaron Judge walks backmost to nan dugout aft striking retired against nan Dodgers during Game 2 of nan World Series, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

New York is nether nan microscope. Players for illustration Aaron Judge, Anthony Rizzo, Alex Verdugo and Austin Wells person acold from helped nan Yankees get connected nan board. Anthony Volpe has an RBI to his sanction but has not recorded a deed either.

Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton person played good but request immoderate help.

"We’ve been done a batch of reliable moments passim nan year. So I deliberation we’ve been there," Soto said. "We cognize really (to take) a mates punches successful nan look and conscionable support battling and support going. We tin spell location and do our thing."

Rizzo said he was looking guardant to World Series shot returning to nan Bronx and hoped to thin connected nan fans to springiness them an other jolt of energy.

"The Bronx is simply a typical place. They backmost us. They pump america up. They put unit connected different teams," Rizzo said. "When that stadium is rocking, we consciousness it. We request to get that power erstwhile we travel successful connected Monday and get it going."

The Dodgers whitethorn beryllium up 2 games but are ailing.

New York Yankees' Juan Soto celebrates successful nan dugout aft scoring against nan Dodgers during nan World Series, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

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Shohei Ohtani is group to beryllium successful nan lineup, but he injured his enarthrosis precocious successful Game 2 trying to bargain 2nd guidelines successful nan seventh inning. He was connected a abstracted formation to New York.

"He’s nan champion subordinate successful nan game, and to spot him connected nan crushed successful pain, it’s not a bully emotion for sure," Dodgers inferior man Tommy Edman said Saturday night. "We're hopeful he recovers quickly."

Freddie Freeman has been nan agleam spot for nan Dodgers. He deed a walk-off expansive slam successful Game 1 and a solo location tally successful Game 2.

Clarke Schmidt will beryllium tasked pinch keeping Los Angeles’ bats astatine bay while Walker Buehler will get nan motion for Los Angeles.

"Obviously, it’s a dream travel existent being capable to transportation nan first crippled astatine location successful a pivotal game," Schmidt said. "I’m evidently very excited to get retired there, but I cognize I person a occupation to do. We’re trying to triumph this World Series. I deliberation for me, I’m conscionable trying to spell retired location and execute and do my job."

Dodgers, from left, Chris Taylor, Tommy Edman and Mookie Betts observe aft winning Game 2 of nan World Series against nan New York Yankees, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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The past 2 times New York fell down 2-0 successful nan World Series, they rallied to triumph 3 consecutive games. In 1996, they came backmost to hit nan Atlanta Braves. In 2001, they mislaid to nan Arizona Diamondbacks successful 7 games.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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