Instead of closing in on 28th title, Yankees on verge of getting swept at World Series for 4th time

Instead of closing successful connected title No. 28, nan New York Yankees are connected nan verge of getting swept successful nan World Series for conscionable nan 4th time

NEW YORK -- Instead of closing successful connected title No. 28, nan New York Yankees are connected nan verge of getting swept successful nan World Series for conscionable nan 4th time.

Aaron Judge again looked mislaid astatine nan plate, starting pitching faltered for nan 2nd consecutive crippled and nan Yankees dropped into a 3-0 Series shortage pinch a 4-2 loss to nan Los Angeles Dodgers connected Monday night.

Judge is 1 for 12 (.083) pinch nary RBIs and 7 strikeouts successful nan Series and is hitting .140 pinch 20 strikeouts successful this postseason. He is down to a .196 mean pinch 15 homers, 31 RBIs and 86 strikeouts successful his postseason career.

“Come fresh to spell tomorrow," head Aaron Boone said of Judge's struggles. "He’s Aaron Judge, and conscionable proceed to activity and hopefully get connected clip and link connected some.”

New York has 9 hits successful nan past 2 games, conscionable 3 for other bases, and struck retired 11 times connected Monday — 4 looking.

Its bottommost 4 hitters are a mixed 6 for 43 pinch 3 RBIs, including Alex Verdugo's two-run homer pinch 2 outs successful nan ninth disconnected Michael Kopech. Yankees hitters are 4 for 20 pinch runners successful scoring position.

“When you do get those opportunities, they’re not arsenic predominant arsenic possibly sometimes during nan season, you’ve sewage to return advantage of it,” Boone said.

Even New York's bats are easy catches. When Anthony Volpe struck retired against Daniel Hudson successful nan seventh inning, his lumber went flying complete nan Dodgers dugout. It deed nan netting protecting fans successful nan premier seats, and LA section coordinator Bob Geren snagged nan lumber disconnected nan rebound.

New York resembles nan squad that went 10-23 from mid-June done precocious July, not nan 1 that started 50-22 and rebounded to triumph nan AL East and its 41st pennant.

New York has been swept conscionable 3 times successful nan World Series, by nan 1922 New York Giants (including a necktie game), nan 1963 Dodgers and nan 1976 Reds.

“Hopefully we tin spell beryllium this astonishing communicative and daze nan world,” Boone said. “But correct now it’s astir trying to get a lead, trying to drawback a game, and unit different one, and past connected from there. But we’ve sewage to drawback 1 first.”

Since winning nan first 2 games of nan 1981 Series astatine location against nan Dodgers, nan Yankees person mislaid 7 successful a statement to Los Angeles successful nan Fall Classic.

One retired from winning nan opener 3-2 successful 10 innings, nan Yankees person been outscored 12-4 since successful this Series.

Carlos Rodón and Clarke Schmidt lasted six innings mixed successful Games 2 and 3.

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