Yankees stay alive in World Series after Game 4 victory over the Dodgers

The New York Yankees beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 to keep the World Series going, at least for another game.

The Yankees won 11 to 4, combining Anthony Volpe's third-inning grand slam with five runs in the eighth inning to cut their deficit to three games to one.

Game 5 will be played at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday. The game will air live on Fox 11 starting at 5:08 p.m.

All 24 previous teams that have taken a 3-0 World Series lead have gone on to win the Series. Teams with a 3-0 Series lead have won the World Series in Game 4 21 times with the three exceptions being the Baltimore Orioles in 1970 against the Cincinnati Reds; the Yankees in 1937 against the New York Giants; and Philadelphia Athletics in 1910 against the Chicago Cubs.   

All three teams went on to win the World Series in Game 5.   

The Dodgers took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on Freddie Freeman's home run, his fourth of the series.  It was the sixth consecutive Series game Freeman has homered, dating back to the 2021 Series with the Atlanta Braves, breaking the record that had been set by George Springer of the Houston Astros in 2019.

Freeman also became the first player to hit a home run in each of the first four games of a World Series, according to Sarah Langs, a Major League Baseball researcher.

Volpe's grand slam gave the Yankees a 5-2 lead.   

The Dodgers pulled within one, 5-4, in the fifth. Will Smith led off with a home run. Tommy Edman followed with a walk, prompting New York manager Aaron Boone to replace starter Luis Gil with reliever Tim Hill, who gave up a single to the first batter he faced, Shohei Ohtani.

Edman moved to third when Mookie Betts grounded into a force out and scored when Freeman grounded into a force out. Freeman was initially called out at first, but the Dodgers successfully challenged the call.   

However, the Dodgers did not score again.   

Austin Wells homered leading off the Yankees' sixth. Gleyber Torres hit a three-run homer in the eighth. Juan Soto followed with a double and scored on Aaron Judge's single.

Daniel Hudson (0-1), the second of four Dodger pitchers in the bullpen game, was charged with the loss, allowing four runs and two hits in one inning with one strikeout and one walk.

Clay Holmes, the third of six Yankee pitchers, was credited with the victory, pitching 1 1/3 hitless innings, striking out two.