Yankees face tremendous pressure as World Series turns to the Bronx

The New York Yankees are successful information of losing their grasp connected a World Series rubric successful beforehand of their location assemblage if the Los Angeles Dodgers get their mode this week.

The bid moves to the Bronx connected Monday night. Game 3 is acceptable for 8:08 p.m. ET astatine Yankee Stadium and tin beryllium seen connected FOX. The Dodgers pb the bid 2-0.

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New York Yankees' Aaron Judge walks backmost to the dugout aft striking retired against the Dodgers during Game 2 of the World Series, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

New York is nether the microscope. Players similar Aaron Judge, Anthony Rizzo, Alex Verdugo and Austin Wells person acold from helped the Yankees get connected the board. Anthony Volpe has an RBI to his sanction but has not recorded a deed either.

Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton person played good but request immoderate help.

"We’ve been done a batch of pugnacious moments passim the year. So I deliberation we’ve been there," Soto said. "We cognize however (to take) a mates punches successful the look and conscionable support battling and support going. We tin spell location and bash our thing."

Rizzo said helium was looking guardant to World Series shot returning to the Bronx and hoped to thin connected the fans to springiness them an other jolt of energy.

"The Bronx is simply a peculiar place. They backmost us. They pump america up. They enactment unit connected different teams," Rizzo said. "When that stadium is rocking, we consciousness it. We request to get that vigor erstwhile we travel successful connected Monday and get it going."

The Dodgers whitethorn beryllium up 2 games but are ailing.

New York Yankees' Juan Soto celebrates successful the dugout aft scoring against the Dodgers during the World Series, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

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Shohei Ohtani is acceptable to beryllium successful the lineup, but helium injured his enarthrosis precocious successful Game 2 trying to bargain 2nd basal successful the seventh inning. He was connected a abstracted formation to New York.

"He’s the champion subordinate successful the game, and to spot him connected the crushed successful pain, it’s not a bully feeling for sure," Dodgers inferior antheral Tommy Edman said Saturday night. "We're hopeful helium recovers quickly."

Freddie Freeman has been the agleam spot for the Dodgers. He deed a walk-off expansive slam successful Game 1 and a solo location tally successful Game 2.

Clarke Schmidt volition beryllium tasked with keeping Los Angeles’ bats astatine bay portion Walker Buehler volition get the motion for Los Angeles.

"Obviously, it’s a imagination travel existent being capable to transportation the archetypal crippled astatine location successful a pivotal game," Schmidt said. "I’m evidently precise excited to get retired there, but I cognize I person a occupation to do. We’re trying to triumph this World Series. I deliberation for me, I’m conscionable trying to spell retired determination and execute and bash my job."

Dodgers, from left, Chris Taylor, Tommy Edman and Mookie Betts observe aft winning Game 2 of the World Series against the New York Yankees, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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The past 2 times New York fell down 2-0 successful the World Series, they rallied to triumph 3 consecutive games. In 1996, they came backmost to bushed the Atlanta Braves. In 2001, they mislaid to the Arizona Diamondbacks successful 7 games.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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