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The Yankees emphatically refused to go gentle into that good night. They’re not dead yet, and neither is the 2024 baseball season — I’m Levi Weaver, here with Ken Rosenthal. Welcome to The Windup!
About Last Night: New York avoids sweep in Game 4
Yankees 11, Dodgers 4: The first inning last night looked like it was going to follow the same script as the first three games. Freddie Freeman hit another home run (he now holds the record alone, with home runs in six straight World Series games), and the Dodgers had yet another early lead.
It got even uglier in the bottom half of the inning when a fan attempted to wrench a foul ball from Mookie Betts’ glove. Not the Yankees’ fault, of course. But the vibes were just … bad all around.
But in the bottom of the fourth, as the Dodgers turned to Daniel Hudson to hold a lead in a bullpen game, the tide shifted. Anthony Volpe — the hometown kid who grew up dreaming of playing for the Yankees — brought the Bronx faithful to their feet with a grand slam. At 5-2, it was the Yankees’ first lead in the series since the other grand slam, Freeman’s Game 1 walk-off. (Now it’s time for
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