Yankees vs. Dodgers Game 2 score, live updates: Los Angeles looking to take 2-0 series lead after Freddie Freeman’s epic game-winner

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  Sun, October 27, 2024 at 2:28 AM GMT+1

  Rodón’s final line: 3 1/3 innings, 6 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 3 HR, 63 pitches. Just a bad matchup for a solid pitcher.

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  Sun, October 27, 2024 at 2:27 AM GMT+1

  Rodón strikes out Muncy and that will do it for him. Jake Cousins, who took the loss last night after allowing a hit and a walk in three batters, is taking over.

  The Yankees bullpen now has 5 2/3 innings to cover, which probably isn’t what Aaron Boone was envisioning tonight.

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  Sun, October 27, 2024 at 2:25 AM GMT+1

  The Yankees are indeed keeping Rodón in for the fourth inning. Maybe not a surprise with the back half of the lineup due up, but you could also see them pulling him after the left-handed Max Muncy.

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  Sun, October 27, 2024 at 2:23 AM GMT+1

  Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws a scoreless fourth inning, and just as significantly, needs only 10 pitches to do it. He has thrown 62, and the Dodgers would certainly like it if he can go longer than his usual, say, five innings.

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  Sun, October 27, 2024 at 2:20 AM GMT+1

  Homers getting to Rodón

  Even when Carlos Rodón’s stuff looks sharp and is in the zone, he is especially prone to fly balls — a dangerous weakness against a team such as the Dodgers that has so many hitters capable of hitting the ball airborne with authority.

  Rodón’s hardest pitch of the night — a 98 mph, 1-0 heater to Teoscar Hernandez — was torched to center for a homer before Freddie Freeman followed by winning a six-pitch battle that ended with another homer to put L.A. up 4-1.

  Aaron Boone will have some tough decisions to make soon regarding which bullpen arms he chooses to deploy if he hopes to keep this game close.

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  Sun, October 27, 2024 at 2:16 AM GMT+1

  Freddie Freeman is the second player to have multiple home runs and a triple over the first two games of a World Series.
  The other was Babe Ruth in the 1923 World Series. pic.twitter.com/6f5E2x4CyS

  — OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) October 27, 2024

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  Sun, October 27, 2024 at 2:16 AM GMT+1

  Carlos Rodón gets out of the inning, and we’ll see if they send him back out there to face the bottom of the Dodgers lineup before reaching the third time through the order. He’s at 59 pitches through three.

  Big problem for him here: He usually relies on his changeup against right-handed batters such as Edman and Hernández, but the Dodgers had the best wOBA in baseball against offspeed pitches during the regular season.

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  Sun, October 27, 2024 at 2:13 AM GMT+1

  Jake Cousins warming for the Yankees

  — Erik Boland (@eboland11) October 27, 2024

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  Sun, October 27, 2024 at 2:12 AM GMT+1

  And now a double from Tommy Edman. The Dodgers have Carlos Rodón on the ropes.

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  Sun, October 27, 2024 at 2:11 AM GMT+1

  Dodgers 4, Yankees 1

  Freddie Freeman entered the World Series without an extra-base hit this postseason. He now has two homers and a triple in a game and a half after going back-to-back with Hernández. Absolutely huge for the Dodgers.

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  Sun, October 27, 2024 at 2:09 AM GMT+1

  Dodgers 3, Yankees 1

  Teoscar Hernández responds. Rodón threw a 98 mph fastball high, and the 2024 Home Run Derby champ smashed it to right. We’re seeing a little more power than in Game 1.

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  Sun, October 27, 2024 at 2:05 AM GMT+1

  “We’re going to run him as far as we can take him” — Dave Roberts on Yoshinobu Yamamoto, before admitting the game could come down to the bullpens.

  “You can argue he’s one of the top 1 or 2 hitters in the game.”

  Dave Roberts talks about Juan Soto’s home run, and how long Yoshinobu Yamamoto might go into this game pic.twitter.com/jbOwtaXN47

  — FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 27, 2024

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  Sun, October 27, 2024 at 2:04 AM GMT+1

  Soto wins second battle with Yamamoto

  Juan Soto vs. Yoshinobu Yamamoto was one of the more intriguing matchups heading into Game 2, considering Soto was not in the lineup when Yamamoto was excellent against the Yankees in the Bronx back in June.

  Yamamoto got Soto to ground out in the first inning, but it took 7 pitches to do so, so Soto got early looks at Yamamoto’s fastball, curveball and splitter. Another lengthy battle ensued in the 3rd inning, and this time, Soto took the 6th pitch from Yamamoto — a 95 mph heater down and in — way out to right field to tie the game.

  Breaking news: This Soto fella is pretty good at hitting.

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  Sun, October 27, 2024 at 2:04 AM GMT+1
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  Sun, October 27, 2024 at 2:00 AM GMT+1

  That was a straight-up missed target for Yamamoto against Soto. Yamamoto’s command hasn’t been great today, but his stuff was good enough to keep him out of trouble, until …

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  Sun, October 27, 2024 at 2:59 AM GMT+2

  Aaron Judge flies out to end the inning, and we’re tied heading into the bottom of the third. Yamamoto’s at 52 pitches.

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  Sun, October 27, 2024 at 2:57 AM GMT+2

  Yankees 1, Dodgers 1

  Juan Soto. After taking a ball with two strikes and fouling another off, he blasts an inside-corner fastball into the right-field stands.

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  Sun, October 27, 2024 at 2:51 AM GMT+2

  Tommy Edman is 10 for 15 off lefties this postseason.

  — Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) October 27, 2024

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  Sun, October 27, 2024 at 2:50 AM GMT+2

  Carlos Rodón gets out of the inning without further damage, with a really nice play on a swinging bunt from Will Smith to end the inning. The Yankees lineup now has a little work to do.

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  Sun, October 27, 2024 at 2:46 AM GMT+2

  Edman again!

  What a trade-deadline acquisition Tommy Edman has turned out to be for the Dodgers.

  Remember he came to L.A. along with Michael Kopech in the three-way swap with the White Sox and Cardinals.