LOS ANGELES — On a balmy night on the finish of Might, there have been whispers of final October within the air at Dodger Stadium.
The Yankees had been again at Chavez Ravine, this time with unfinished enterprise. However the Dodgers had the final phrase and reminded their foes simply why they’re the defending champions.
The opening act of a star-studded World Collection rematch didn’t disappoint, with the Dodgers rallying from an early deficit to beat the Yankees, 8-5, on Friday night time.
The primary inning set the tone for a giant night when Aaron Decide and Shohei Ohtani each went deep, changing into the primary pair of reigning MVPs to homer within the opening body of the identical sport. Ohtani’s solo shot tied the sport at a run apiece, however Tony Gonsolin went on to serve up three extra homers within the subsequent two innings to place L.A. down by three after the third.
However Ohtani wasn’t completed. He led off the sixth with a towering blast — a turning level in opposition to Yankees starter Max Fried, who had not allowed greater than two earned runs in his first 11 begins.
Ohtani’s MLB-leading twenty second homer of the season was the primary of 5 straight Dodgers hits that inning, chasing Fried from the sport. Andy Pages tied it up with an RBI single, and Michael Conforto walked with the bases loaded to herald the go-ahead run. All 4 runs that scored that inning had been charged to Fried.
No walk-off heroics had been wanted from reigning World Collection MVP Freddie Freeman, however he reprised his standout Fall Traditional efficiency properly by racking up three hits, together with an RBI double within the Dodgers’ sixth-inning rally.
