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New York Yankees' Anthony Volpe celebrates go-ahead grand slam in third inning at Yankee Stadium.
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The New York Yankees’ offense exploded Tuesday night after struggling through the first three games of the World Series, using three home runs to stave off elimination at Yankee Stadium.
The Yankees beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 in Game 4, spoiling a historic night for Los Angeles Dodgers’ first baseman Freddie Freeman. The Bronx Bombers’ 11 runs were more than the team had scored in the prior three contests combined.
Down 2-1 in the third inning, Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe, a New York native playing for his childhood team, hit a go-ahead grand slam off Daniel Hudson that made the score 5-2. It was a lead the Yankees wouldn’t give up.
After the game, Volpe was asked about the grand slam.
“I think I pretty much blacked out as soon as I saw it go over the fence. We just want to keep putting pressure on them and I think everyone had confidence in everyone in the lineup that someone was going to get the big hit,” Volpe said.
“We’ve been having such good at-bats and putting such good swings on the ball, that we just felt like it was only a matter of time.”
Yankees manager Aaron Boone said he was happy for the fans following Volpe’s slam.
“I was just glad because it felt like the fans were so ready to erupt last night, and we just got behind and couldn’t punch things in. It’s like you finally got to see the top blow off Yankee Stadium in a World Series game,” Boone told reporters.
“When Anthony hits that ball, it was like fun to see Yankee Stadium erupt. It’s like they’ve been waiting for 48 hours to do that. Then just the way the game went on and on, it was just the energy, the noise, the excitement. It was Yankee Stadium World Series game.”
The Dodgers now lead the series three games to one. Los Angeles has another opportunity to clinch the franchise’s eighth championship on Wednesday when the two teams play Game 5 in New York.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said the team will be ready.
“I think that they beat us. Volpe took a good swing. They took advantage of a couple free passes. They tacked on later,” Roberts said afterwards. “I think we could have done some things to get in their pen a little bit earlier.
“Again, at the end of the day, we’re still in a pretty good spot, and we feel good. We’ll be ready to go tomorrow.”
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Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman hits a home run in a record six consecutive World Series games in first inning.
The contest started off promisingly for the visitors when Freeman continued his hot World Series run.
The first baseman set a World Series record after homering in his sixth consecutive Fall Classic game. Freeman hit a two-run homer off Yankees starter Luis Gil in the first inning to give the Dodgers an early 2-0 lead. He finished 1-4 with three RBI.
Freeman homered in Games 5 and 6 as a member of the 2021 World Series champion Atlanta Braves against the Houston Astros. On Monday, he tied Astros outfielder George Springer as the only players to hit a homer in five straight games.
The 35-year-old is the first player to homer and have at least 10 RBIs in the first four games of a World Series.
The Dodgers would score two in the fifth to cut the deficit to 5-4, whittling down the lead provided by Volpe’s slam. But in the sixth, Yankees catcher Austin Wells connected on a solo homer to extend New York’s lead to 6-4.
In the bottom of the eighth, Volpe once again provided the heroics – this time with his speed. He turned a single into a double with his wheels before stealing third base. When left fielder Alex Verdugo hit a sharp ground ball to second base, Volpe sprinted for home and his head first slide beat the tag from catcher Will Smith to make the game 7-4.
One batter later, Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres put the exclamation mark on the game with a three-run home run, scoring Wells – who had walked – and Verdugo to make the score 10-4.
But New York wasn’t done yet. Right fielder Juan Soto continued his solid series with a double following Torres’ homer and center fielder Aaron Judge – who has struggled mightily this series – drove him in with a hard base hit to the left field.
The offensive breakout provides hope for Yankees’ fans in one of the most highly anticipated editions of the Fall Classic in recent years between two of the sport’s most legendary franchises.
Wednesday, New York’s top starting pitcher, Gerrit Cole, will take the mound while Jack Flaherty, who pitched a stellar game for the Dodgers in Game 1, is in line to toe the rubber again.
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The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, front left, celebrates with teammates in the locker room after Wednesday's win.
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The Dodgers celebrate with the Commissioner's Trophy after winning Game 5.
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Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman was named World Series MVP. He hit four home runs in the series.
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A sad Yankees fan reacts after the loss.
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Ohtani celebrates after Wednesday's win.
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The Dodgers' Enrique Hernández hugs family members after the win.
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Dejected Yankees watch from the dugout after the final pitch Wednesday.
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The Dodgers run onto the field after the final pitch Wednesday.
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Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler delivers the final strike of the series against Alex Verdugo. Buehler pitched a perfect ninth inning for the save.
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Yankees starting pitcher Gerrit Cole, left, gets a pat on the shoulder from teammate Anthony Rizzo as he leaves the game in the seventh inning Wednesday. All of the five runs scored against Cole were unearned because of New York fielding errors.
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Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts catches a fly ball to end the fifth inning Wednesday.
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Betts and Freeman celebrate after they scored on a double by Teoscar Hernández in the fifth inning. The Dodgers scored five runs in the fifth to tie the game at 5-5.
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The Dodgers' Enrique Hernández is safe at third base after a throwing error by Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe in the fifth inning. The error came right after Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge dropped a fly ball in the previous at-bat.
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Judge drops the fly ball in the fifth inning.
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Dodgers pitcher Jack Flaherty reacts in the dugout after he was relieved in the second inning down 4-0.
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The Yankees celebrate in the dugout after Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a solo home run in the first inning to put the Yankees up 3-0. It came right after Judge hit a two-run blast.
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Chisholm Jr. tosses his bat after hitting his first-inning home run.
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Judge smacks a two-run home run in the first inning to give the Yankees an early 2-0 lead.
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Judge rounds the bases after his home run. The Yankees star had been struggling at the plate, hitting under .200.
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The Yankees' Anthony Volpe hits a grand slam in Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday. The third-inning home run gave the Yankees a 5-2 lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
They would go on to win 11-4 and cut the Dodgers' series lead to 3-1.
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Fans celebrate after the Yankees won Game 4.
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Dodgers pitcher Brent Honeywell screams into his glove after giving up a three-run homer to Gleyber Torres in the eighth inning Tuesday.
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Volpe slides into home plate, scoring a run in the eighth inning.
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Rizzo catches a foul ball during the fourth inning Tuesday.
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Volpe steals second base in the second inning on Tuesday.
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A pair of Yankees fans were ejected from Game 4 after one of them grabbed Betts' glove and the other grabbed his arm when the Dodgers right fielder tried to catch a foul ball in the first inning Tuesday.
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Freeman celebrates his two-run home run in the first inning of Game 4. He homered in the first four games of this World Series.
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The Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton is tagged out at home by Dodgers catcher Will Smith during Game 3 of the World Series on Monday.
The Dodgers defeated the Yankees 4-2 to take a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
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Freeman celebrates in the dugout after hitting a two-run home run in the first inning on Monday.
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Freeman watches his home run in the first inning of Game 3.
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Stanton runs onto the field before Game 3.
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Players line up for the National Anthem before Game 3 at Yankee Stadium.
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Fans are seen outside Yankee Stadium prior to Game 3.
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Smith, left, and Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia celebrate their
4-2 win in Game 2 on Saturday.
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Stanton sits in the dugout during the eighth inning of Game 2.
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Dodgers pitcher Michael Kopech shushes the Yankees dugout during the eighth inning of Game 2.
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Fans cheer as Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto leaves the game during the seventh inning of Game 2. Yamamoto was nothing short of dominant, striking out four batters while only giving up one hit in 6 1/3 innings.
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Freeman celebrates after hitting a solo home run in the third inning of Game 2. The run put the Dodgers up 4-1.
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Yankees outfielder Juan Soto hits a solo home run in the third inning of Game 2.
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Dodgers fans celebrate a home run hit by Tommy Edman in the second inning of Game 2.
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Yamamoto pitches in the first inning of Game 2.
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Rapper Ice Cube performs before Game 2.
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Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón warms up before Game 2.
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Freeman celebrates after hitting a walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning of Game 1 on Friday. The dramatic home run gave the Dodgers a 6-3 win.
It was a moment that echoed one of the most famous swings in baseball history — Kirk Gibson’s walk-off home run to win Game 1 of the 1988 World Series at the same ballpark. The parallels were uncanny: Freeman, like Gibson, is hobbled by a leg injury that has nagged him throughout the playoffs, and the ball landed in the exact same grandstand that Gibson’s home run landed 36 years ago.
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Freeman celebrates with teammates after his walk-off grand slam.
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The Yankees' Nestor Cortes leaves the field after giving up the walk-off grand slam to Freeman.
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Alex Verdugo of the Yankees dives to catch a foul hit by Ohtani in the 10th inning of Game 1.
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Chisholm Jr. steals second base during the 10th inning of Game 1.
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The Yankees take the field during the eighth inning of Game 1.
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Dodgers pitcher Brusdar Graterol reacts after striking out Stanton in the seventh inning of Game 1.
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Ohtani is forced out by during the sixth inning of Game 1.
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Stanton, left, and Solo celebrate Stanton's two-run homer that put the Yankees up 2-1 in the sixth inning of Game 1.
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Enrique Hernández slides safely into home to score the series' first run in the fifth inning of Game 1. He scored on a sacrifice fly by Smith.
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Fans cheer at Dodger Stadium. These two teams last met in the World Series in 1981, which was won by the Dodgers.
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Freeman breaks his bat as he grounds out in the fourth inning of Game 1.
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Flaherty throws a pitch in the second inning of Game 1.
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Judge takes the field ahead of Game 1.
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Fans sing along with a mariachi band that was playing during a tribute to
Fernando Valenzuela before Game 1. Valenzuela, the legendary pitcher whose incredible rise to stardom with Dodgers captivated baseball fans and created the cultural phenomenon known as "Fernandomania,” died October 22 at the age of 63.
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Country artist Brad Paisley sings the National Anthem before Game 1.
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Fireworks are set off during the National Anthem.
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Fans take a photo inside Dodger Stadium ahead of Game 1.
This story has been updated with additional information