The New York Yankees have their backs against the wall on Tuesday in New York, as the Los Angeles Dodgers are looking to complete a World Series sweep — the first since 2012 — and capture a second title under manager Dave Roberts. It has been a dismal series for the Yankees’ biggest bat, with Aaron Judge batting just .083 over the first three games of this series, going 1-for-12 with seven strikeouts. He isn’t the only Yankee struggling; the Bronx Bombers are batting just .186 as a team in the series, though both Giancarlo Stanton and Juan Soto are swinging the bat well.
If you’re a Dodgers fan, Game 4 of the Freddie Freeman Show could be a crowning Los Angeles achievement for the former Atlanta star, who is just the third player to hit home runs in the first three games of a World Series, joining Hank Bauer (1958 Yankees) and Barry Bonds (2002 Giants) — and he added another one in the first inning of Game 4, making him the first player ever to homer in the first four games of a World Series. Freeman has actually homered in his past six World Series games, dating to his 2021 World Series win with the Braves.
Luis Gil (1-0, 4.50 ERA, 4.0 IP, 3 K, 3 BB in 2024 postseason) is on the mound for the Yankees with the season on the line, while the Dodgers are giving the ball to Ben Casparius (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 4.1 IP, 4 K, 2 BB).
How to watch Dodgers vs. Yankees, World Series Game 4 (LAD leads 3-0)
Time: 8:08 p.m. ET
Location: Yankee Stadium | New York
TV Channel: Fox
Streaming: Fox Sports App, Fubo
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There’s a huge break for the Yankees. With Lux still at second, Tommy Edman hit another line drive down the right field line. A different placement would have scored a run, but Anthony Rizzo instead hauls it in and doubles off Lux to end the inning.
Gil is at 38 pitches through two innings.
Yankees already scrambling the jets after a leadoff double by Gavin Lux.
The first team with action in its bullpen tonight is the Yankees. As expected.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. advances the runners with a groundout, but another groundout by Giancarlo Stanton leaves the Yankees scoreless in the first. And with the Dodgers up 2-0, they might be using their top arms tonight.
You know what, the Yankees will take that. Judge falls behind 0-2, then works a walk to put two on with one out against Ben Casparius. Yankees threatening to respond after Freeman’s homer.
Here is the fan, who will be more famous tomorrow than he was yesterday.
“Well, A for effort.”
Fan interference was called on this play where a Yankee fan tried to take the ball out of Mookie Betts’ glove after an out. pic.twitter.com/iZ6taImncd
Aaron Judge receives a nice ovation from Yankee Stadium amid another brutal postseason. A nice moment from a crowd that desperately needs him to hit like something resembling an MVP.
Gleyber Torres leads off with an out via fan interference. He hit a foul ball into right field that Mookie Betts caught next to the stands … and then a Yankees fan yanked the ball out of his glove with both hands.
Luis Gil gets out of the first without further damage, but the Yankees now need yet another comeback.
It wasn’t the longest homer, but it was in Yankee Stadium. Freeman’s hit would’ve been a flyout or a double in 25 parks.
Dodgers 2, Yankees 0
Freddie Freeman will be your World Series MVP if the Dodgers win tonight. He hits a two-run homer to put L.A. up early and is now the first player to hit a homer in the first four games of a World Series, as well as homer in six straight World Series games.
Today’s crowd is loads better than yesterday’s, which was lackadaisical from the start. I salute the type of baseball sicko that spends $1k to potentially watch your team get swept. That’s not sarcasm. Y’all are the real ones.
Shohei Ohtani flies out, but Mookie Betts follows with a double, and the Dodgers have a runner in scoring position with Freddie Freeman up.
Luis Gil fires a 97 mph fastball to Shohei Ohtani, and we’re off in Game 4 of the 2024 World Series. No rapper-induced delays tonight.
Ohtani’s health remains a question in this series, even if he reached base a couple of times in Game 3.
Paul O’Neill’s first pitch was so bad he threw a second one to A.J. Burnett.
The Dodgers could have some interesting decisions to make tonight. They’re starting Ben Casparius and have Landon Knack waiting in the wings, and both pitchers could throw multiple innings.
If the Dodgers take the lead in those innings, they will probably throw everything at the Yankees to end this series tonight. But if they’re down, they might be fine resting their bullpen as much as they can, with favorable matchups approaching in the later games.
Three homers in three World Series games (plus two more in his previous two World Series games) will do that.
Rebecca Hurley is a news writer at Rebel Planet Dispatch, where she covers everything from arts and construction to automotive, travel, real estate, and fashion. She has been writing professionally since 2004 and has worked in a variety of different fields. Her hobbies include cooking, painting, drawing, and playing the saxophone.
