Yankees fall into 2-0 World Series hole to Dodgers as last-gasp rally falls short in painful loss

LOS ANGELES — If nan Yankees absorbed a gut-punch connected Freddie Freeman’s walk-off expansive slam successful Game 1, this Dodgers correct hook was aimed further north.

There were not galore Aaron Boone decisions to dissect. Unlike a nighttime prior, location was small dream intact until nan ninth inning, and frankincense conscionable a small was ripped distant erstwhile a first and last rally fell short.

This was thing much nonstop and much flattening, a rustle to nan caput that will lead to questions whether nan Yankees tin emergence backmost to their feet successful The Bronx.

They return location successful a two-game World Series spread aft bombing successful Hollywood, wherever nan Dodgers mostly manhandled nan Yankees, 4-2, successful a Game 2 that was not overmuch of a crippled until nan past frame.

On Saturday, Carlos Rodon could not travel successful Gerrit Cole’s Friday footsteps and could not past moreover nan 4th inning. He tallied arsenic galore strikeouts (three) arsenic location runs surrendered, putting nan Yankees successful a ditch that felt deeper than nan last people reflected.

The only existent Yankees rally arrived against Blake Treinen successful nan ninth, erstwhile Juan Soto singled — his 2nd deed and nan club’s 2nd deed — took 2nd connected a chaotic transportation and scored connected a Giancarlo Stanton single. Jazz Chisholm Jr. singled to put nan tying tally connected first base, and Anthony Rizzo was drilled to load nan bases.

With 1 retired and nan tying tally connected second, Anthony Volpe struck out.

The Dodgers turned to lefty Alex Vesia, truthful Boone countered pinch righty-hitting Jose Trevino alternatively than Austin Wells.

Trevino, successful conscionable his 3rd sheet quality of nan postseason, flied retired to halfway connected nan first transportation he saw.

The Dodgers’ bigger scare successful nan last innings arguably came from their ain side.

Shohei Ohtani was gunned down trying to bargain 2nd to extremity nan seventh and remained connected nan ungraded successful evident pain. He walked disconnected nan section holding his near limb gingerly, and location was nary contiguous update from nan Dodgers.

The Yankees’ only trace of a beat for 8 innings came successful nan third, erstwhile Soto authored different 1 of those impossibly awesome at-bats — fighting disconnected a 2-2 slider truthful he could yet spot a fastball, which he sent to nan skies for a location tally into nan right-field seats to necktie crippled astatine 1-1 — earlier they flatlined.

After Soto’s blast, Yoshinobu Yamamoto retired nan adjacent 11 batters earlier being pulled erstwhile Yankees hitters were a mixed 1-for-20 against him.

The only pitcher to person a bigger statement than Cole sounded for illustration he was worthy each spot of his $325 million.

The Yankees looked overmatched for astir of nan night.

Aaron Judge went 0-for-4 pinch 3 strikeouts to descend to 6-for-40 (.150) this postseason.

Wells went 0-for-3 pinch a strikeout and a mates harmless crushed outs and is now 4-for-41 (.096) successful October.

On this night, nan Yankees would person needed a near-perfect Rodon yet received nan aforesaid Rodon that showed up excessively often this play — nan 1 prone to location runs.

First it was NLCS MVP Tommy Edman, who mightiness beryllium much a New York slayer than a Mets slayer and who turned connected a 2-0 four-seamer connected nan soul portion of nan plate.

Edman crushed a towering thrust down nan left-field line, 355 feet away, for nan early Dodgers lead successful nan 2nd inning.

After Soto’s dinger, nan Dodgers gained nan lead and separation successful nan third, each pinch 2 outs.

Mookie Betts smacked a azygous to near earlier Rodon near a 98-mph fastball successful nan mediate of nan sheet to Teoscar Hernandez. The outfielder demolished it into nan right-field seats and admired his handiwork from nan batter’s container arsenic he gave his nine a two-run edge.

The sold-out Dodger Stadium was still buzzing six pitches later erstwhile Freeman — Friday’s leader — drilled a no-doubter heavy into nan right-field stands to spell back-to-back, Rodon lifted aft conscionable 3 ¹/₃ innings.

Strong bullpen activity from Jake Cousins, Tim Hill, Clay Holmes and Mark Leiter Jr. kept nan crippled wrong reach, but nan discourtesy could not get nan large deed successful nan ninth.

The Yankees’ play rests successful nan hands of Clarke Schmidt successful Game 3 and Luis Gil successful Game 4, looking to move a Hollywood calamity into a comeback story.