Dodgers vs. Yankees score, live updates: New York looking for more World Series magic in Game 5 as Los Angeles tries to win the title

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  Thu, October 31, 2024 at 1:58 AM GMT+1

  The Dodgers have their first baserunner against Gerrit Cole, with a walk by No. 9 hitter Gavin Lux.

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  Thu, October 31, 2024 at 1:53 AM GMT+1

  Let’s have some fun with hindsight. There might be some criticism toward the Dodgers for going with a bullpen game when they had a chance to end this thing last night. That would be misguided (they really didn’t have any options, and Landon Knack, effectively their No. 4 starter, threw four innings anyway).

  The mistake might have been in the arms they decided to use, as they could have replaced Daniel Hudson before Anthony Volpe’s game-turning grand slam. They didn’t use a high-leverage arm in a game they trailed by only one run in the sixth, and that might be something to regret if this series keeps going the way it has.

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  Thu, October 31, 2024 at 1:50 AM GMT+1

  Chisholm grounds out to first on a very close play, and it remains four runs for the Yankees through two.

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  Thu, October 31, 2024 at 1:49 AM GMT+1

  And Banda walks Judge. It’ll be Jazz Chisholm Jr. with the bases loaded and two outs. This Yankees team looks very different.

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  Thu, October 31, 2024 at 1:47 AM GMT+1

  Anthony Banda walks Juan Soto (again), and here comes Aaron Judge (again), with a man on second after Alex Verdugo reached second on a wild pitch. Nothing is going the Dodgers’ way so far.

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  Thu, October 31, 2024 at 1:45 AM GMT+1

  Short night for Flaherty

  Jack Flaherty’s night is done, dusted, over. The Dodgers starter, who looked so fabulous in Game 1 of this World Series, heads to the showers having allowed four runs while recording just four outs.

  His fastball velocity wasn’t down — which is what happened in his poor NLCS Game 5 start — but the command was all over the place. Los Angeles will have to come back from down 4 runs and piece together 23 more outs from their bullpen if they want to pop bottles tonight.

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  Thu, October 31, 2024 at 1:40 AM GMT+1

  Yankees 4, Dodgers 0

  Alex Verdugo drives in Anthony Volpe, and it’s all Yankees so far tonight. Anthony Banda is coming in for Jack Flaherty after 1 1/3 innings.

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  Thu, October 31, 2024 at 1:38 AM GMT+1

  Aaron Judge is alive

  That sound you just heard was Yankee Stadium exhaling and exalting; Aaron Judge has homered in the World Series.

  The Yankees captain had been mired in a brutal slump, entering Game 4 with just 2 hits (a single and a double) in 15 Fall Classic at-bats. But the man who cranked 58 big flies this regular season took the first pitch he saw from Dodgers hurler Jack Flaherty — a 94 mph fastball right down Broadway — and put it in the right-field seats.

  The Yankees still have a daunting task ahead of them, but getting Judge hot again would make it a lot more manageable.

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  Thu, October 31, 2024 at 1:37 AM GMT+1

  Game 4 hero Anthony Volpe leads off with a double off Jack Flaherty, who once again is not looking sharp in Game 5 after shutting down a New York team in Game 1 of a series.

• Thu, October 31, 2024 at 1:34 AM GMT+1

  Per @ESPNStatsInfo: This is the first time since Game 5 of the 1977 World Series against the Dodgers that the Yankees hit back-to-back HR’s in the World Series.

  — Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) October 31, 2024

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  Thu, October 31, 2024 at 1:33 AM GMT+1

  And another 1-2-3 inning for Cole, who is at 19 pitches through two innings. An ideal start for the Yankees.

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  Thu, October 31, 2024 at 1:33 AM GMT+1

  Jazz finally heating up?

  Jazz Chisholm Jr. had just 1 RBI this postseason before that solo homer to go back-to-back with Aaron Judge and send the Yankee Stadium crowd into a frenzy. That was his HR way back in Game 2 of the ALDS against Kansas City.

  Jazz has started to hit balls harder over the past few games, but it would be huge for New York if he can heat up more substantially as this series progresses, especially if he remains in the cleanup spot.

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  Thu, October 31, 2024 at 1:26 AM GMT+1

  Jack Flaherty gets out of the inning with plenty of damage done. The Dodgers’ offense can score three runs in eight innings, but it’s going to be an uphill battle against Cole and the Yankees’ bullpen.

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  Thu, October 31, 2024 at 1:25 AM GMT+1

  Jack Flaherty could have located the two home run balls better.

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  Thu, October 31, 2024 at 1:24 AM GMT+1

  The question now is if anything has changed with the Dodgers’ pitching plans. They were set up to deploy nearly all their late-inning arms behind Jack Flaherty to help close this thing out, and they might still do so with a (very long) day off tomorrow should they not come back.

  Anthony Banda is currently warming in the bullpen.

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  Thu, October 31, 2024 at 1:22 AM GMT+1

  So in conclusion, yes, Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm Jr. punished a Juan Soto walk.

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  Thu, October 31, 2024 at 1:22 AM GMT+1

  Yankees 3, Dodgers 0

  Jazz Chisholm Jr. goes back-to-back with Judge, and Yankee Stadium is officially rocking. With Gerrit Cole on the mound, New York is probably feeling pretty good about becoming the first team to force a Game 6 after falling behind 3-0 in the World Series.

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  Thu, October 31, 2024 at 1:20 AM GMT+1

  Yankees 2, Dodgers 0

  In the midst of a five-run eighth inning last night, Aaron Judge hit a solid line-drive single. It was his best contact of the series. Until his next at-bat.

  Judge smashes a 403-foot homer off Jack Flaherty to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead, and the Yankees’ MVP might have finally found his postseason swing.

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  Thu, October 31, 2024 at 1:18 AM GMT+1

  Juan Soto draws his fifth walk of the series. Now we see if Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm Jr. can actually punish one of them.

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  Thu, October 31, 2024 at 1:13 AM GMT+1

  That’s a seven-pitch 1-2-3 first inning for Gerrit Cole, ending with an easy fly ball off the bat of Freddie Freeman. We’ll call that a good start.