Dodgers on brink of World Series win with 3-0 lead

The Los Angeles Dodgers are 1 triumph distant from clinching their 2nd World Series successful 5 years, aft a 4-2 triumph implicit the New York Yankees successful the Bronx gave them a 3-0 pb successful the best-of-seven series.

There were fewer location comforts to beryllium recovered astatine Yankee Stadium arsenic the Dodgers again proved superior astatine the sheet and connected the mound, taking an aboriginal pb which they ne'er surrendered.

With the Yankees trailing 4-0 and down to their past onslaught successful the bottommost of the ninth inning, Alex Verdugo's two-run homer threatened an unthinkable comeback - but it was excessively little, excessively late.

The Dodgers had sprinted retired of the starting gross with a 2-0 vantage successful the apical of the archetypal arsenic Shohei Ohtani, nursing a enarthrosis wounded from crippled two, drew a leadoff locomotion and Freddie Freeman smashed his 3rd location tally of this World Series.

And aft Mookie Betts drove successful Tommy Edman for 3-0, Yankees starting pitcher Clarke Schmidt was pulled earlier the extremity of the 3rd inning.

The hosts kept themselves successful the contention by stranding 5 Dodgers baserunners successful the adjacent 2 innings, and yet registered their archetypal deed with a Giancarlo Stanton treble successful the fourth.

But a terrific propulsion from Teoscar Hernandez successful near tract nailed Stanton astatine the sheet erstwhile helium looked acceptable to people connected an Anthony Volpe enactment drive.

The Dodgers, boosted by 5 scoreless innings thrown by starter Walker Buehler, added different tally successful the sixth erstwhile Gavin Lux was deed by a pitch, stole 2nd basal and was batted successful by Enrique Hernandez.

And conscionable arsenic they had successful the archetypal 2 games successful California, the Yankees continued to conflict until Verdugo's precocious effort, with prima batter Aaron Judge hitless erstwhile again.

The bid continues connected Tuesday evening, again astatine Yankee Stadium, with the hosts needing to triumph to debar a humiliating 4-0 sweep.

No squad has ever travel from 3-0 down to triumph a World Series. Indeed, lone erstwhile has a squad trailed 3-0 and won immoderate MLB seven-game play-off series, erstwhile the Boston Red Sox overhauled the Yankees 4-3 successful the 2004 American League Championship Series.

Game 1: Dodgers 6-3 Yankees

Game 2: Dodgers 4-2 Yankees

Game 3: Yankees 2-4 Dodgers

Game 4 (in New York): Tuesday, 29 October

Game 5* (in New York): Wednesday, 30 October

Game 6* (in LA): Friday, 1 November

Game 7* (in LA): Saturday, 2 November

*if required. Matches commencement 20:08 Eastern Time (early adjacent greeting UK time). Home squad listed first.