Dodgers vs. Yankees World Series Game 4: Los Angeles up 2-1 as Freeman does it again

Gavin Lux doubled to lead off the top of the second for the Dodgers, but two batters later Tommy Edman lined out to short, and Lux was doubled off at second.

Luis Gil gets out of the inning with no damage done. Los Angeles still leads 2-0.

Juan Soto and Aaron Judge both walked, but the Yankees couldn’t take advantage, as Jazz Chisholm and Giancarlo Stanton both grounded out to end the inning.

The bottom of the order is due up for the Dodgers to start the second inning.

Bizarre first out in the bottom of the first.

Gleyber Torres fouled out to right field, where Mookie Betts had to reach into the stands to make the catch. But a Yankees fan literally tried to rip the ball out of Betts’s glove after he made the grab.

Familiar situation for the Yankees, who trail 2-0 heading into the bottom of the first after a home run from Freddie Freeman — exactly where they were in Game 3.

Let’s see if New York can cut into the Dodgers’ lead.

For the fourth straight game, Freddie Freeman has hit a home run.

This time it’s a two-run shot that also brought home Mookie Betts, who singled one at bat earlier. How is Freeman doing this? He’s homered in every game of the World Series!

He also homered in the last two games of the 2021 when he was on the Atlanta Braves, making it six straight for him.

...And Shohei Ohtani popped out to very shallow center in the game’s first at bat.

Ben Casparius, a righthanded rookie reliever, will be the first pitcher on the mound for the Dodgers tonight.

Casparius was called up by Los Angeles at the end of August and appeared in three regular season games.

Former Yankees outfield Paul O'Neill struggled in his ceremonial first pitch, sailing one way over the head of AJ Burnett, a pitcher on the 2009 World Series team.

O'Neill gestured for a do-over but then bounced the ball short of Burnett.

List of World Series sweeps in history

There have been 21 sweeps in World Series history, but none since 2012. The first one happened way back in 1907, and four have occurred since the turn of the century. Here’s the full list:

1907: Chicago Cubs 4, Detroit Tigers 0 (one game was a tie, so the series went five games)

1914: Boston Braves 4, Philadelphia Athletics 0

Dan Patrick and Kevin Millar unpack Aaron Judge and Freddie Freeman’s performances as the World Series with the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers continues.

Yankees fans need no reminder that the Boston Red Sox in 2004 are the only team in MLB history to come back after losing the first three games in a best-of-seven series.

They did it against the Yankees in the ALCS en route to their first World Series title in 86 years. The only other team to force a Game 7 was the 2020 Houston Astros who then lost to the Tamp Bay Rays.

The Yankees make a couple changes in the do-or-die game. The team swaps Giancarlo Stanton and Jazz Chisolm and bring back Austin Wells at catcher after giving Jose Trevino the start last night.

Grammy-winning singer Ashanti will sing the national anthem before Game 4.

The West Coast versus East Coast rivalry extends far beyond baseball this week. Ted Chen reports for the NBC Los Angeles.

Luis Gil stepped in earlier this season when Gerrit Cole started the season on the IL and pitched as well as anyone in the American League. He finished the season with a 15-7 record with a 3.50 ERA and a WHIP of 1.193. Most concerningly though for the Yankees is that he led the AL with 77 walks, which may be problematic for a patient Dodgers lineup.

Former Yankees outfielder Paul O'Neill, who was a member of four championship teams during their 1990s dynasty, will return to the Bronx tonight to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. He follows ex-teammate Derek Jeter who took the mound last night.

The Los Angeles Dodgers will play for the sweep at Yankee Stadium up 3-0 in the best-of-seven World Series. Game 4 of the World Series will be played on Tuesday at 8:08 p.m. ET on Fox.

In a pressure-packed World Series game in hostile territory in the Bronx, most pitchers would wilt like a flower that’s been cutoff from water. But Walker Buehler isn’t most pitchers. 

When it comes to big games in the playoffs, Buehler turns into a maestro of October, and his dominance on the mound is his Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. Buehler delivered yet another gem of a performance on Saturday to give the Dodgers a commanding 3-0 lead in the World Series and put his team on the edge of their eighth championship in franchise history. 

For most of the night, the sellout crowd at Yankee Stadium sat awestruck at how easily Buehler mowed down the best offense in baseball. Dodgers’ manager Dave Roberts was one of them.

“Walker was fantastic,” said Roberts. “His stuff was as good as it’s been all year. This is as confident as I’ve ever seen him.”

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Former Yankees star Nick Swisher and Dodgers’ fan-favorite Andre Ethier stop by "TODAY" to share their thoughts on the upcoming game three of the MLB World Series between the rival franchises. 

Told he had tied a World Series record by homering in five straight games, Freddie Freeman grinned.

“Let’s hopefully make it six,” he said.

Freeman put Los Angeles ahead 15 pitches into the game with a two-run homer off Clarke Schmidt, and the Dodgers beat the Yankees 4-2 last night to take a 3-0 World Series lead.

He matched the mark set when George Springer homered in Games 4 through 7 in 2017 as the Houston Astros beat the Dodgers for the title, then hit another in the 2019 opener against Washington.

Freeman homered in Atlanta’s last two games against Houston in the 2021 World Series, and he has connected in all three games of this one. He became the third player to homer in the first three games of a World Series after Hank Bauer in 1958 and Barry Bonds in 2002.