Luis Gil started for the Yankees and Ben Casparius got the start as the opener in a bullpen game. In the first inning Ohtani popped out to SS. Betts doubled to right, and Freeman hit a HR into the right field stands. Hernandez singled and Muncy struck out. Kike then popped out to first. The Yankees first, Torres hit a fly ball down the right field line, Betts trying to make the catch, was interfered with and Torres was ruled out. Soto walked and then Judge walked. Chisholm grounded out to SS. Stanton grounded out to Lux.
The Dodger second was quick. Lux doubled to right, Smith popped out to second, and Edman lined into a double play, Rizzo to Volpe. In the Yankees second, Casparius struck out Rizzo. Volpe then walked and stole second. Wells doubled off of the CF wall, Kike made a strong throw keeping Volpe from scoring. Verdugo grounded out to Freeman scoring Volpe. 2-1 LA. Torres flied out to Betts.
Dodgers went quick again in the third. Ohtani flied out to center. Betts grounded out. Freeman popped flied out to left. In the Yankees third, Hudson took over for the Dodgers. Soto struck out. Judge was hit by a pitch. Chisholm singled off of the RF wall, and Judge went to third. Chisholm stole second and Stanton walked. Rizzo popped out to Edman. Volpe hit a grand slam homer to left. 5-2 NY. Wells flied out to left.
Dodgers fourth Teo popped out to first. Muncy walked. Kike hit a groundball that Volpe fielded getting Muncy at second, and Kike was called out initially. LA challenged and the call was overturned. Lux then grounded out. In the Yankee fourth, Knack in to pitch. Verdugo singled to right. Torres hit into a double play, Lux to Edman to Freeman. Soto grounded out.
Dodger fifth started with a Will Smit HR to right center. 5-3 NY. Edman walked and Hill replaced Gil. Ohtani singled to center. Betts grounded into a force play. Edman to third. Freeman hit into what looked like a double play, Dodgers challenged, and the call was overturned. Edman scored 5-4 NY. Holmes replaces Hill. Teo flied out to left. Yankee fifth, Knack still pitching. Judge leading off gets on with an error to Edman. Chisholm walked. Stanton struck out. Rizzo flied out to Kike. Volpe flied out to Kike.
Dodger sixth Muncy leading off struck out. Kike struck out. Lux grounded out to second. Wells led off the Yankee sixth and homered to right field. 6-4 NY. Verdugo flied out to left. Torres flied out to center. Soto struck out.
Dodger seventh, Leiter Jr. takes over for Holmes. Smith leads off and he struck out. Edman walked. Ohtani up and Edman stole second. Ohtani struck out. Weaver in to pitch for the Yankees. Betts struck out. Yankees seventh, Knack still pitching. Judge flied out to center. Chisholm flied out to center. Stanton flied out to left.
Dodger eighth, Weaver still pitching. Freeman flied out to center. Teo struck out. Muncy struck out, his third of the game. Honeywell replaces Knack. Rizzo leading off for the Yankees grounded to Freeman, out at first, Honeywell covering. Volpe doubled to center. Wells walked. Verdugo at bat, both runners steal. Verdugo grounds to Lux who throws home, and Volpe beats the throw, 7-4 NY. Torres homers to left, 10-4 NY. Soto doubled to right. Judge singled to left, Soto scores, 11-4 NY. Judge steals second. Chisholm flies out to left. Stanton popped out to Lux. Roberts, not wanting to burn his best bullpen pieces leaves Honeywell in to wear it.
Dodger ninth, Mayza replaces Weaver for NY. Kike leading off the ninth, grounded out to SS. Taylor PH for Lux. Taylor grounded out to second. Smith lined out to center, game over. NY wins 11-4.
Game Summary
As in many of their losses, a big inning, in this case two big innings, cost them a loss. LA scored first on a 2-run shot by Freeman, who else? Casparius did a decent job for 2 innings allowing only 1 run. But in the third, veteran reliever Daniel Hudson imploded. The big blow was a grand slam by Volpe. The Dodgers cut the lead to one by scoring 2 in the top of the fifth. After that, the Yankees bullpen shut them down completely. Dodgers had 2 homers, but the Yankees hit 3, including a granny and a 3-run shot by Torres. Flaherty goes against Cole tomorrow.
Better to lose by a score like this than by 1 run. Put it in your rearview and go get them tomorrow. Max Muncy needs to find his mojo. Ohtani needs to quit swinging at pitches he could never hit. But it is just one loss. One more win and it is over.
Always quiet after a loss.
I was at an event and had to watch without sound, can someone explain why that third strike to Volpe wasn’t valid?
are there any comments from Lux on his throw home?
everyone complaining about Muncy have forgotten how good he was in the NLCS, and his on-base streak. I think he’s going to have a big game in game 5.
One more win, please close this out tomorrow Dodgers.
That was ugly. Hopefully this did not awake the Yanks bats.
Hudson and Honeywell looked awful both. Could an injury be coming for those two arms ? Is Phillipps healed ?Henriquez?
As Bear said, just one loss. But facing Cole now today and it could be 3-2 easily.
I am a little nervous.
Please put this series to bed today. Somehow.
Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is Shohei more injured than the Dodgers are letting out ?
His at bats looke terrible.
Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I never expected to win this game although the 2-0 lead gave a bit of hope. The Dodger B list Bullpen is just that, B list. If we were serious about this game, we would have seen a serious pitching rotation. We gave our A listers another day to rest and get mentally ready for tomorrow’s match. More importantly, Shohei looks done and dusted. Can we put this away without him? Freddie certainly thinks so and so does Edman.
2 out of my 3 favorite teams won. Warriors without Steph, and the Sharks beat L.A. for their 2nd straight win.
A couple of small but I feel significant things:
Volpe was out on that tag at second. As soon as he was tagged with ball secure in glove, he’s out. A secondary move after that was his head hitting the glove knocking the ball out. Nobody on the broadcast said a word about it.
Apparently that strike 3 was called a foul tip. I didn’t see it.
There was more, none of which really had an effect on the outcome. Dodgers pitching got clobbered, Dodger offense didn’t keep up.
Muncy looks lost, Ohtani still insists on chasing. Hudson and Honeywell do not belong on the roster. But on the roster they are. Hopefully we won’t see either of them again.
The home plate ump, who was supposed to be best of this unimpressive bunch, missed some crucial calls. This will continue to happen no matter who is behind the plate.
Betts is OPS’n .667, Ohtani .478, Muncy .200, Smith .562, Kiké .571, Lux .614. How the hell is this team up 3-1? Freeman, Edman and Teo are leading the way.
The Yankees were given life last night. I sure hope it’s snuffed out tonight.
Alanna will shave her head if the Dodgers lose this WS.
At about 16.30 minutes.
Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Need a hero for one more win.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=holding+out+for+a+hero+lyrics
Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where’s the streetwise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
Isn’t there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night, I toss and I turn
And I dream of what I need
I need a hero
I’m holding out for a hero ’til the end of the night
He’s gotta be strong, and he’s gotta be fast
And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I’m holding out for a hero ’til the morning light
He’s gotta be sure, and it’s gotta be soon
And he’s gotta be larger than life
Larger than life
Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Changed my mind. Dave Robert’s can be manager forever.
good people rule
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Well, that turned out about the way I expected. Some good along with a couple of bad pitches lead to a lopsided result.
Casparius threw a couple of decent innings. His control wasn’t the best. He has some impressive stuff. I look forward for him to improve in the offseason and be a nice addition to the 2025 bullpen. He could, hopefully, replace Daniel Hudson who should retire. Hudson was ineffective, as he was most of the season. Hudson had no control with the placement of his pitches. I guess he got frustrated and thought, fuck it, let’s get this over with and threw a center cut FB to Volpe for a grand slam HR.
Landon Knack, also, had a good outing. He ate up four innings and kept the game close. That was spoiled by Honeywell’s disaster of an inning. It probably didn’t make any difference as the Dodgers were down by two with three outs left.
Max continues his pattern of either hot as hell or absolutely nothing with his offense. He has a record breaking series against the Padres. Now, that he’s not hitting he goes into trying to, unsuccessfully, draw a walk. He watches down the middle pitches goes by, then gets into 0-2, 1-2 counts and chases to strikeout. He’s like when a team scores double digits and then the next game nothing. Some competitive at bats would be helpful.
It’s a tough call with Ohtani and his injury badly affecting his offense. Fans are wanting to see him hit, but at what expense to the detriment to the team? He is not comfortable at the plate and is swinging at uncompetitive pitches. And this is in the leadoff spot. He is not helping the team right now. But, with only one victory needed to win the World Series I guess they stay the course.
I look for tonight’s game to be low scoring. I expect Cole will have a strong outing so that could limit the Dodger offense. How much? Well, other than Freddie’s given two run HR (lol) and quite a few slumping Dodger hitters maybe 2-3 runs.
Because the Yankees scored 11 runs in game 4 look for their offense to be somewhat quiet. Especially with Flaherty starting and the top relievers all available.
Let’s hope they can close it out tonight. I’m too damn old to have this series continue back to LA. Make it parade time!
Carry on.
Well Doc stuck to his game plan as long as we were behind in the game and burned NO A-list bullpen pieces.
I’m good with that.
Had Mookie done something big in the 7th with a man on and 2 runs down, perhaps it would have changed the plan
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I wonder where Chad Fairchild keeps his German Shepard and his White Cane when he’s umpiring at 1st? Thanks to replay overturning consecutive missed calls at first. Come-on-man.
So, we get Fairchild tonight behind the dish. I hope he’s better there than at first. My book on Chad Fairchild – “low ball ump. Can expand the plate in both rivers. (ie expands east and west) Misses strikes north”.
I have never seen, in all my years, a fan actually pluck the ball out of a fielder’s glove. It was Steve Bartman 5.0. I hope he and his partner in crime found a nice local bar to watch the game after the 2nd inning.
Cole and Flaherty. I would not be surprised to see Yamamoto win the Series in LA, later in the week.
Will Venable will be the new White Sox skipper. Played with LA for a short time in 2016. Son of Max Venable, who was drafted by the Dodgers in the third round in 1976. He was then picked by the Giants in the 78 Rule 5 draft. Only Marlins job remains to be filled.
The two fans who tried to steal Betts glove will be allowed to attend game 5. Now that’s just wrong. Fans who pull shit like that should be banned for the rest of the season. No excuse for that kind of behavior. But what can you expect from those clowns.
Instead of turning to one of the top options, Dave Roberts brought Daniel Hudson into the game. The same Hudson who threw 22 pitches the night before. The same Hudson who was allowing batters to reach base at a .353 clip over his previous four games in October.
In that moment, the Dodgers should have turned to one of their reliable arms. Whether it be Michael Kopech, Ryan Brasier, Brusdar Graterol or Anthony Banda. Whoever it may be, one of those guys should have been in the game. Not Hudson.
Dodgers are in better shape these next 2 games with Flaherty tonight, Yoshi next game (if needed), and a rested A-List BP available the next 2 games. But the offense is now worrisome, because the Yankees pitchers have the ability to shut down Muncy, Lux, and an injured Ohtani. So to win this series in 5 or 6 games, the best Dodgers pitchers must out-duel the best Yankees pitchers in low-scoring affairs. The one (hopefully) significant edge we have tonight is a more rested A-List pen compared to the Yankees best pen arms, who have been used judiciously these last 2 games.
Lineup posted. Ohtani, Betts, Freeman, Teo, Muncy, Kike, Edman, Smith, Lux, Flaherty.
Cole made 7 pitches and got 3 outs. Flaherty made 26, only 13 were in the zone. Not going to win many games pitching like that.
This is what I was talking about in the last series. When you’re able to go for the kill you go for the kill. Yesterday Doc could’ve went for the kill with the high leverage relievers after the first 2 innings, but he gave up on the game when the Dodgers were ahead by using the weak relievers.
Im not giving up on this game, but yesterday Doc allowed the Yankees offense to wake up.
I’ll try to stay positive, but it’s not looking so good. Cole is dealing, has a low pitch count through 2 IP and is throwing strikes.
There was a point in time when I thought the Dodgers should entertain the idea of signing Flaherty this winter. Now, I would rather see them bring Buehler back.
According to the pitch tracker on gameday, every pitch Banda threw was a slider. None faster than 87.
Hard to win when you are in a 4-0 then 5-0 hole by the fourth inning, and the other teams ace is dealing.
Well at least Max hit the ball, can’t get a hit if ya don’t hit it. No-hit through 4.
I’m just waiting for comments on: body language, lineup order, fiery eyes, and #firefriedman.
So sick and tired of Smoltz. He nearly sounds illiterate and makes up shit that makes no sense.
The entire Fox post season broadcast team is the need of some new blood. Can’t understand Big Papi, ARod is garbage but Jeter is good. He looks disgusted having to listen to ARod and Papi.
Finally, someone keeps the Yanks from scoring. NY despite leading 5-0, just 1-5 with RISP.
And that’s why you go with your best relievers, because anything can happen. Doc’s going with his best relievers today and that’s why I’m not on Doc’s case about today’s game. I’m not a Doc hater because I give him credit when credit is due, but I will get on his case when he screws up like he did yesterday. I shouldn’t get Doc hater comments. I gave him credit for using his good relievers in whatever game that was against the Padres that turned things around. I’m giving him credit today. If the Yankees beat the Dodgers in games when Doc gives them the dodgers best then you tip your cap to the Yankees and say you beat us against our best.
WTF!! Where did that come from!!!!!????
Vesia walking the tightrope there, not good for my BP!
LA down to four relievers left in the pen, Hudson, Honeywell, Knack and Casparius.
Another poor umpire performance. Two balls to Judge were strikes.
Need to replace Graterol on the roster, bring back Mariachi Joe. If nothing else, his appearances are very entertaining.
Did no one ever tell Muncy with a 3-2 count and 2 outs, you have to protect the plate? Terrible at bat in a clutch situation. Looking for a walk instead of trying to do some damage< inexcusable.
So much for the strategy of giving the good relievers an extra day off to make them more effective today and giving away yesterday‘s game. 2 runs in 5.2 innings today and maybe more importantly, not giving enough length to close it out. Again when you’re able to go for the kill (yesterday) you go for the kill. And again, I’m not giving up on this game.
One thing I will say, there is absolutely no quit in this team.
I’ll be impressed if Doc uses Buehler in the ninth to close it out, whether or not it works. Treinen might be out of gas.
Three more outs!!!
Dodgers are World Champs!!!! WAH-HOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
YES👍
What a win!!!
Treinen answered the call but so pleased for Beuhler!
Doc’played a blinder!
Never in doubt lol
Guys, You are all wonderful. All is right with the world now.