World Series live updates: Dodgers rally thanks to lousy Yankees defense


Grand slams are fun, aren’t they? The momentum in this 2024 World Series has been dictated by a pair of them. Freddie Freeman’s walk-off in Game 1 set the tone for what would become a 3-0 series lead for the Dodgers, and Anthony Volpe’s Game 4 grand slam helped the Yankees avoid a sweep, but can New York keep riding that wave?

That’s the question the Yankees and Gerrit Cole have to answer on Wednesday in Game 5. The New York ace (1-0, 2.82 ERA, 22 1/3 IP, 16 K, 6 BB) was lights-out in Game 1, when he allowed just four hits and one run in six innings. Another stellar night from Cole could help the Yankees send the series back to Los Angeles. Jack Flaherty got the ball for L.A. in this one but exited early after surrendering four runs while getting just four outs.

A Dodgers win in Game 5 would deliver an eighth World Series title for the franchise, while a Yankees win — which would come without the two fans who were banned after Game 4’s incident with Mookie Betts — would mean a Game 6 on Friday in Los Angeles.

  • Time: 8:08 p.m. ET

  • Location: Yankee Stadium | New York

  • TV Channel: Fox

  • Streaming: Fox Sports App, Fubo

Live52 updates

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    The inning mercifully ends for Gerrit Cole and the Yankees. He entered the fifth with a no-hitter going on 49 pitches. Then: single, reach on error, reach on error, strikeout, strikeout, single, single, double, walk, groundout.

    A torturous inning ties the game and Yankee Stadium is stunned right now.

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    Catastrophe in the Bronx

    OUT. OF. NOWHERE. This ball game is tied.

    Sloppy, sloppy baseball from the Yankees here in the 5th inning has completely changed the trajectory of this game and, potentially, the series. The Yanks gave the Dodgers three free outs — one on a dropped fly ball to Aaron Judge, one on a poor throw from Anthony Volpe and one on a miscommunication between Gerrit Cole and Anthony Rizzo.

    Defense and baserunning have been the Yankees’ bugaboos all year, and it should be zero surprise that has come back to bite them here. What a disaster for Cole and the Yanks.

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    Gerrit Cole’s 84th pitch just walked Max Muncy, and Tommy Kahnle is warming.

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    Dodgers 5, Yankees 5

    WE HAVE A TIE GAME.

    Teoscar Hernandez hits a two-run double and this is an absolute disaster for the Yankees. Practice your defense, kids.

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    Yankees 5, Dodgers 3

    It wasn’t a grand slam, but Freddie Freeman makes the Yankees pay for their mistakes with a two-run single. The Dodgers have life.

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    Yankees 5, Dodgers 1

    What? Mookie Betts hits an easy grounder to first and … Gerrit Cole doesn’t cover first. Betts beats Anthony Rizzo to first base easily, and that’s a run for the Dodgers, who now have Freddie Freeman up with the bases loaded.

    Remember that picture of Cole as a kid with his Yankees sign? That’s when he should have learned that play.

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    Shohei Ohtani strikes out with three ugly swings on four pitches. He’s 2-for-18 in the World Series and is still not looking right.

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    Gavin Lux strikes out on a 99 mph fastball. One down for the Yankees, with the top of the Dodgers order coming up.

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    And another defensive misplay by the Yankees. Will Smith hits a grounder to short, and Anthony Volpe bounces the throw to third.

    Bases loaded, no outs for the Dodgers. Hard to understate how important this is for them.

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    Aaron Judge had an easy catch off the bat of Tommy Edman but lost it. The Dodgers now have two on and no outs — their first real life of the game so far.

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    The Dodgers have a hit! Kiké Hernández laces a line drive to right field, and there won’t be another Don Larsen tonight.

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    Kopech throws a scoreless fourth, but even that was dicey at times (Aaron Judge came a few feet short of his second homer). To the fifth we go, with Gerrit Cole still hitless.

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    The Dodgers deploy one of their top arms in Michael Kopech for the fourth inning. Again, with a day off for their best arms yesterday and a day off tomorrow, they’re probably going to stick with their pregame plan unless this thing gets extra silly.

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    Judge showing off

    Following a leadoff walk from Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman smashed a curveball from Gerrit Cole to deep left-center field, but Aaron Judge ranged back and made a leaping catch before crashing into the wall, robbing Freeman of extra bases and giving the soon-to-be AL MVP a signature defensive moment to go with his big home run earlier in the game.

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    The Dodgers offense hasn’t been its dominant self this series, and it’s now looking pretty barren.

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    Max Muncy flies out to end the inning, and Gerrit Cole is hitless through four on 49 pitches. How good this start ends up being might be the only drama left tonight.

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    Freddie Freeman nearly had a seventh straight World Series game with a homer, but it was just short enough for Aaron Judge to make a great jumping catch.

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    Brasier gets through the third with no further trouble, but the hole keeps getting bigger for the Dodgers.

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    Stanton still locked in

    Ryan Brasier entered for the 3rd inning and was immediately greeted by Giancarlo Stanton with a rocket out to right field for Stanton’s SEVENTH homer this postseason.

    It’s a franchise record for home runs by a Yankee in a single postseason.

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    Yankees 5, Dodgers 0

    Ryan Brasier takes over for the Dodgers in the third inning, and Giancarlo Stanton welcomes him with a first-pitch homer to right, narrated on the Fox broadcast by Aaron Boone.

    Los Angeles fans can probably start preparing for Friday.





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