World Series, Game 3: New York Yankees in big hole against LA Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani
The Yankees have rallied from two games down before, most recently in 1996 against the Atlanta Braves
In the opening two games of their first World Series appearance since 2009, the New York Yankees were close to at least leaving the West Coast with a split and possibly two wins.
Instead, the Los Angeles Dodgers were productive enough and even with Shohei Ohtani off to a quiet start and sustaining a partially dislocated left shoulder, the best team during the regular season is halfway to a title.
While Ohtani is slated to play and attempt to help the Dodgers inch closer to their eighth title, the Yankees hope returning home can help them in getting back into the series when the Fall Classic shifts to Yankee Stadium on Monday.
After the Dodgers won games started by Jack Flaherty and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Walker Buehler got the nod for Game 3. Following losses in games started by Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodon, Clarke Schmidt gets the ball for New York in a match-up of former first-round picks.
The Dodgers are attempting to win their first title in a 162-game season since beating the Oakland Athletics in five games in 1988. Like that series, Los Angeles won the opening two games at home and the Dodgers are seeking a three games to none lead for the first time since 1963 when they swept the Yankees.
Los Angeles held serve by earning a 6-3 victory in the opener and following it up with a 4-2 win in Game 2 on Saturday. Freddie Freeman hit the game-ending grand slam with two outs in the 10th inning off Nestor Cortes in the opener, and homered again Saturday before Alex Vesia needed one pitch to escape a bases-loaded jam after the Yankees scored their second run.
