Yamamoto shuts down Yankees as Dodgers win 4-2 for 2-0 lead in World Series

LOS ANGELES -- Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed 1 deed complete 6 1/3 innings, Freddie Freeman homered for nan 2nd consecutive nighttime and nan Los Angeles Dodgers deed 3 early longballs disconnected Carlos Rodón to hit nan New York Yankees 4-2 connected Saturday to return a 2-0 World Series lead.

Tommy Edman and Teoscar Hernández besides went heavy for nan Dodgers, who watched prima slugger Shohei Ohtani locomotion disconnected nan section pinch a near limb wounded astatine nan extremity of nan seventh inning.

After nan Yankees closed to 4-2 connected Giancarlo Stanton's RBI azygous successful nan ninth against Blake Treinen, Alex Vesia relieved pinch nan bases loaded and retired pinch-hitter Jose Trevino connected a first-pitch flyout for nan save.

Yamamoto allowed Juan Soto's third-inning homer, past retired his past 11 batters and 15 of his last 16.

Soto besides singled successful nan ninth and scored connected Stanton's one-out deed disconnected nan third-base bag. Jazz Chisholm Jr. singled and Anthony Rizzo was deed by a pitch, loading nan bases. Treinen past struck retired Anthony Volpe earlier Vesia relieved.

Ohtani wounded his near limb connected a feetfirst descent erstwhile he was caught stealing 2nd guidelines to extremity nan seventh.

Game 3 is Monday nighttime astatine Yankee Stadium. Forty-five of 56 teams holding 2-0 World Series leads person gone connected to triumph nan title.

New York’s Aaron Judge went 0 for 4 pinch 3 strikeouts and is hitting .150 pinch six RBIs and 19 strikeouts successful 40 postseason at-bats.

Soto’s tying homer connected an wrong fastball was nan only tally Yamamoto allowed successful 2 starts and 13 1/3 innings against nan Yankees this year. The rookie near to a ample ovation and gave nan very slightest extremity of his headdress to fans erstwhile he walked to nan dugout.

Yamamoto joined nan Dodgers past December for a $325 million, 12-year contract, a grounds for pitchers, teaming pinch Ohtani to create grounds liking successful Major League Baseball backmost successful Japan.

Yamamoto was sidelined from June 15 to Sept. 10 because of a strained rotator cuff and this was his finest commencement since nan injury.

In his longest outing since his commencement successful nan Bronx, Yamamoto struck retired 4 and walked 2 pinch a five-pitch array that included curveballs, splitters, sliders and cutters. He improved to 2-0 successful 4 postseason starts.

He threw his champion regular-season crippled astatine Yankee Stadium successful June erstwhile he allowed 3 hits complete 7 shutout innings. Hernández had 3 homers and 9 RBIs complete that three-game series.

A nighttime aft Freeman deed nan first walk-off expansive slam successful Series history to toggle shape a 3-2 shortage pinch 2 outs successful nan 10th inning into a 6-3 win, Edman put nan Dodgers up pinch a solo changeable successful nan second.

After Soto tied nan score, Mookie Betts singled pinch 2 outs successful nan bottommost half and Hernández, successful a 3-for-27 slide, homered into nan right-center pavilion.

Freeman, who earlier Friday hadn’t gone heavy since since Sept. 16, was greeted pinch immense cheers earlier each sheet appearance. He worked nan count afloat and besides homered to right-center.

Playing connected a sprained correct ankle, Freeman has homered successful 4 consecutive Series games making love to Atlanta’s past 2 games against Houston successful 2021. That is 1 awkward of nan grounds held by nan Astros’ George Springer.

All 3 Dodgers homers came connected fastballs from Rodón, whose 31 longballs allowed during nan regular play tied for second-most successful nan awesome leagues. Los Angeles had back-to-back Series homers for conscionable nan 2nd time, aft Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager connected against Yankees lefty Ron Guidry for a 2-1 triumph successful Game 5 successful 1981.

Rodón allowed 4 runs and six hits successful 3 1/3 innings.

Los Angeles took a 2-0 Series lead for nan first clip since 1988, erstwhile Kirk Gibson’s walk-off homer against Oakland’s Dennis Eckersley won nan opener and Orel Hershiser followed pinch a three-hit shutout. The Yankees are 0-2 for nan first clip since 2001, erstwhile they rebounded to triumph 3 consecutive astatine location and mislaid Games 6 and 7 astatine Arizona.

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Yankees RHP Clarke Schmidt and Dodgers RHP Walker Buehler commencement connected Monday. Schmidt has a 3.86 ERA successful a brace of postseason starts, no-decisions successful Game 3s against Kansas City and Cleveland. Buehler besides has started a brace of Game 3s, allowing six runs complete 5 innings successful a 6-5 nonaccomplishment to San Diego and pitching 4 innings successful an 8-0 triumph astatine nan New York Mets.

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