Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Dodgers vs. Yankees score, live updates: Los Angeles goes for World Series sweep in Game 4 in New York

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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).

  • Time: 8:08 p.m. ET

  • Location: Yankee Stadium | New York

  • TV Channel: Fox

  • Streaming: Fox Sports App, Fubo

Live42 updates

  • Rizzo hits an infield fly and that’s two outs. It will come down to Hudson against Anthony Volpe.

  • Stanton walks, and now Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior is out to talk to Daniel Hudson. He will stay in to face Anthony Rizzo with the bases loaded and one out.

    Landon Knack, a potential innings-eater for the Dodgers this game, is warming up.

  • Hudson throws another up-and-in pitch against Giancarlo Stanton and hits him on the hand, but Stanton swung. Instead of a HBP, it’s a foul ball.

  • Another baserunning blunder for Yankees

    With Anthony Volpe on second, Austin Wells smashed a fastball deep to center field that clanged off the fence, seemingly setting up an easy run scored for Volpe. But Volpe barely went halfway to third base while the ball was in the air and then misread it when it crashed off the wall beyond the outstretched glove of Enrique Hernandez, leaving him stuck between second and third — and not giving himself nearly enough time to score.

    Volpe ended up at third base and scored shortly thereafter on an Alex Verdugo groundout, but it was still an inexcusable baserunning blunder that exemplifies New York’s trouble on the basepaths all season long. The Yankees’ inability to do the little things well has hurt them time and time again in this series.

  • An update on Mookie Betts’ friends in the right-field stands.

  • Jazz Chisholm hits another near-homer to right field, but a perfect play by Mookie Betts prevents Judge from scoring and Chisholm from taking second base. Still, runners on the corners with one out for the Yankees.

  • Daniel Hudson throws up and in and gets Aaron Judge’s hand on a check swing. It’s a free base for the Yankees, but probably more pain than you’d want for an already struggling hitter.

  • Daniel Hudson will come in for Ben Casparius with the 2-3-4 of the Yankees’ order due up. The Dodgers are likely throwing everything they can at the Yankees tonight as long as they have the lead.

  • Freddie Freeman flies out to shallow right to end the top of the third. Freeman making an out is news at this point.

  • Yankees fans are chanting “F*** you Freddie.” They have not appreciated what he’s done to their favorite ball club.

  • Shohei Ohtani hits a fly ball to the warning track. It’s caught by Aaron Judge, but that’s a decent sign that his shoulder isn’t hurting him too badly.

  • Volpe was just doing what the Yankees have done all season.

  • Dodgers 2, Yankees 1

    Volpe scores on an RBI groundout from Alex Verdugo, but that’s all the Yankees will get in the bottom of the second, as Gleyber Torres flies out to end the inning.

  • Dodgers have Daniel Hudson, one of their better arms, warming, likely in case this rally reaches the top of the order.

  • Word is still spreading about Freddie Freeman.

  • Austin Wells crushed a near-homer to center field with Anthony Volpe at second base, and Volpe somehow doesn’t score.

    An awful display of baserunning leaves the Yankees with two runners in scoring position and one out, but that’s going to loom big if they can’t convert here.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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