Yankees legends Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez rip New York's defensive miscues in World Series

If nan New York Yankees had played cleanable defense successful nan World Series, they apt would person a 3-2 bid lead heading backmost to California.

Instead, nan Los Angeles Dodgers won nan Fall Classic successful 5 games.

The Bronx Bombers lived up to their sanction early successful Game 5 connected Wednesday night, getting retired to a 5-0 lead acknowledgment to location runs by Aaron Judge, Jazz Chisholm and Giancarlo Stanton.

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New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge, #99, makes a fielding correction during nan 5th inning against nan Los Angeles Dodgers successful Game 5 of nan 2024 World Series astatine Yankee Stadium. (Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images)

Gerrit Cole was dominating, but each of a sudden, it each unraveled. Judge, correct aft rewriting his postseason script, dropped a alert ball, putting runners connected first and second. Then, Chisholm could not grip a debased propulsion by Anthony Volpe, which loaded nan bases.

Cole sewage nan adjacent 2 guys retired without allowing a run, and he seemed to get retired of nan inning pinch a anemic grounder to first. However, it corkscrewed connected Anthony Rizzo, and pinch Cole not covering, a tally scored, and everyone was safe.

Then, nan Dodgers pounced, arsenic World Series MVP Freddie Freeman drove successful 2 runs pinch a single, and past Teoscar Hernandez drove successful different brace pinch a double to necktie nan game.

The Yanks would regain nan lead, but a tired bullpen gave it backmost up.

Derek Jeter won 5 titles pinch nan Yanks, truthful he knows precisely what it takes - and he was befuddled.

"I don't cognize if I've ever rather seen an inning for illustration this, particularly successful a World Series aliases postseason game," Jeter said connected FOX's postgame show. "The Yankees made immoderate mistakes. You cannot make mistakes against a squad for illustration nan Dodgers. In that peculiar inning, they gave them six outs. You conscionable cannot make that galore mistakes."

Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts, #50, reaches first guidelines aft New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo, #48, and nan New York Yankees could not make a play connected nan shot successful crippled 4 of nan 2024 World Series astatine Yankee Stadium. (Robert Deutsch-Imagn Images)

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"This is 1 of nan top meltdowns that I've ever seen successful 40 years," added 2009 World Series leader Alex Rodriguez said.

Defense had been a interest for nan Yankees each play long, but they were capable to outslug it from April to September. However, October is simply a different animal.

It affected nan Yankees successful Game 1, arsenic well; triples should person been doubles, possibly moreover singles. However, connected 2 occasions, nan Yanks gave Los Angeles a free 90 feet, putting runners connected 3rd base, and sac flies scored some runs. Without those misplays, runners are apt stranded connected base, and Aaron Boone ne'er makes nan arguable determination to spell pinch Nestor Cortes alternatively of Tim Hill.

Members of nan Los Angeles Dodgers hoist nan Commissioner's Trophy aft winning Game 5 to triumph nan 2024 World Series presented by Capital One betwixt nan Los Angeles Dodgers and nan New York Yankees astatine Yankee Stadium connected Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 successful New York City. (Mike Lawrence/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

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However, arsenic Hernandez said himself successful nan postseason, L.A. took advantage of nan mistakes, and it was nan small things that coiled up giving nan Dodgers their eighth World Series triumph successful franchise history.

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