A sweep might have been less painful — and perhaps less embarrassing. The Yankees appeared ready to send this World Series back to Los Angeles before a devastating fifth inning derailed their season, culminating in a 7-6 loss in Game 5 on Wednesday night.
The Yankees got off to a strong start against the Dodgers, with back-to-back home runs by Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm, giving Cole an early 3-0 lead. That lead expanded to 5-0 by the fifth inning, but it was a moment the Yankees would regret all offseason. The Yankees allowed the Dodgers to score five runs, fueled by errors from Aaron Judge and Anthony Volpe, and a miscommunication between Cole and Anthony Rizzo.
The Yankees managed to regain the lead in the sixth inning with a sacrifice fly by Giancarlo Stanton. However, the Dodgers responded in the eighth with two sacrifice flies of their own by Gavin Lux and Mookie Betts, with a catcher’s interference call against Austin Wells while Shohei Ohtani was at the plate.
Walker Buehler secured his first big-league save with a scoreless ninth inning.
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