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Los Angeles Dodgers Green new york Yankees take 4-2 lead in World Series, 2-0, but suffer injuries Japani supper star shohei ohtani,
The Dodgers completed the weekend double on home soil before visiting New York as the Yankees were unable to score more than one run with the bases loaded in the ninth inning.
Ohtani, who is a favorite to be named National League MVP after hitting 54 home runs in his first season with the Dodgers, is a strong contender. Los Angeles AngelsLeft the game after injuring his left hand while sliding into second base in the seventh inning.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he suffered a partially dislocated left shoulder.
Freddie Freeman hits a home run for the second consecutive night, a day after becoming the first man to hit a walk-off grand slam to end the first game in the World Series.
They have appeared in four consecutive World Series games dating back to Atlanta’s last two wins over Houston in 2021.
Tommy Edman and Teoscar Hernandez also hit home runs as the Dodgers took a 4–1 lead in the third inning, with Juan Soto responding with a home run of his own.
Soto’s home run was the only hit allowed by Dodgers’ starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Yankees’ only hit until the ninth inning.
Soto eventually ended that run and cut the deficit when Giancarlo Stanton added another single off the third base bag.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. singled and Anthony Rizzo was hit by a pitch to load the bases with one out, but the Yankees were unable to force in any more runs.
The best-of-seven series heads to Yankee Stadium with Game 3 on Monday night.