Yankees faithful pray for World Series win in St. Patrick’s Cathedral

They’re calling connected nan biggest pinch hitter of them all.

New York Yankees religious prayed wrong St. Patrick’s Cathedral for divine involution arsenic nan World Series headed to nan Bronx and nan Cathedral of Baseball this week.

Declan Wholey, 20, a self-avowed Yankees “super fan” from Rhode Island, was among galore fans who took a penitent detour astatine nan storied Manhattan location of believe Monday arsenic nan Yankees were group to return connected nan Los Angeles Dodgers aft 2 losses connected nan West Coast.

“I was conscionable successful location giving a speedy dream for nan Yankees — and my family,” he said.

“I’m emotion good. I’m a small nervous. It’s decidedly a make-or-break crippled for us.” 

The World Series games this week are nan first successful nan Bronx successful 15 years — an eternity for a franchise pinch 27 title titles.

On Monday, nan Bronx Bombers were down 0-2 successful nan World Series against nan team’s historical rivals nan Los Angeles Dodgers and fans specified arsenic Wholey group retired to believe astatine St. Patrick’s that nan Yankees’ title hopes didn’t spell to hell.

A triumph Monday aliases Tuesday would unit a Game 5 astatine Yankee Stadium, and if needed nan last 2 installments of nan best-of-seven bid would beryllium played backmost astatine Dodger Stadium.

Brandon Foster, a 28-year-old instrumentality from Puerto Rico, didn’t scheme connected stopping by nan cathedral but felt an entreaty to nan Almighty couldn’t hurt.

“I fundamentally was praying making judge they get nan triumph coming and spot if they tin travel back,” he said.

“It’s still a agelong bid to go, truthful hopefully they tin bounce backmost coming and still person a bully shot.” 

Some devotees successful nan religion moreover sported relics — not of saints, but of Yankee glory.

Lake George superfan Harrison Lindman, 24, proudly showed disconnected his watch made from aged seats from nan aged Yankee Stadium, which closed successful 2008.

“Bring backmost nan ghosts from nan aged stadium,” he said, alluding to nan saints of Yankeedom for illustration Lou Gehrig and Mickey Mantle.

The grim World Series shortage prompted New York Archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan to cheekily show fans to ray a candle for St. Jude, nan patron saint of intolerable causes whose feast time was Monday.

Self-described “die-hard Yankee fan” Patricia Lindman, 55, happily evoked nan saint.

“It’s St. Jude’s Feast Day today,” she said. “It’s besides my mom’s day today. And we’re going to triumph nan Yankees Game tonight.”