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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  Wed, October 30, 2024 at 7:50 PM MDT

  Catastrophe in the Bronx

  OUT. OF. NOWHERE. This ball game is tied.

  Sloppy, sloppy baseball from the Yankees here in the 5th inning has completely changed the trajectory of this game and, potentially, the series. The Yanks gave the Dodgers three free outs — one on a dropped fly ball to Aaron Judge, one on a poor throw from Anthony Volpe and one on a miscommunication between Gerrit Cole and Anthony Rizzo.

  Defense and baserunning have been the Yankees’ bugaboos all year, and it should be zero surprise that has come back to bite them here. What a disaster for Cole and the Yanks.

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  Wed, October 30, 2024 at 7:50 PM MDT

  Gerrit Cole’s 84th pitch just walked Max Muncy, and Tommy Kahnle is warming.

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  Wed, October 30, 2024 at 7:47 PM MDT

  Dodgers 5, Yankees 5

  WE HAVE A TIE GAME.

  Teoscar Hernandez hits a two-run double and this is an absolute disaster for the Yankees. Practice your defense, kids.

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  Wed, October 30, 2024 at 7:44 PM MDT

  Yankees 5, Dodgers 3

  It wasn’t a grand slam, but Freddie Freeman makes the Yankees pay for their mistakes with a two-run single. The Dodgers have life.

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  Wed, October 30, 2024 at 7:42 PM MDT

  Yankees 5, Dodgers 1

  What? Mookie Betts hits an easy grounder to first and … Gerrit Cole doesn’t cover first. Betts beats Anthony Rizzo to first base easily, and that’s a run for the Dodgers, who now have Freddie Freeman up with the bases loaded.

  Remember that picture of Cole as a kid with his Yankees sign? That’s when he should have learned that play.

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  Wed, October 30, 2024 at 7:40 PM MDT

  Shohei Ohtani strikes out with three ugly swings on four pitches. He’s 2-for-18 in the World Series and is still not looking right.

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  Wed, October 30, 2024 at 7:39 PM MDT

  Gavin Lux strikes out on a 99 mph fastball. One down for the Yankees, with the top of the Dodgers order coming up.

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  Wed, October 30, 2024 at 7:37 PM MDT

  And another defensive misplay by the Yankees. Will Smith hits a grounder to short, and Anthony Volpe bounces the throw to third.

  Bases loaded, no outs for the Dodgers. Hard to understate how important this is for them.

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  Wed, October 30, 2024 at 7:34 PM MDT

  Aaron Judge had an easy catch off the bat of Tommy Edman but lost it. The Dodgers now have two on and no outs — their first real life of the game so far.

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  Wed, October 30, 2024 at 7:32 PM MDT

  The Dodgers have a hit! Kiké Hernández laces a line drive to right field, and there won’t be another Don Larsen tonight.

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  Wed, October 30, 2024 at 7:28 PM MDT

  Kopech throws a scoreless fourth, but even that was dicey at times (Aaron Judge came a few feet short of his second homer). To the fifth we go, with Gerrit Cole still hitless.

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  Wed, October 30, 2024 at 7:21 PM MDT

  The Dodgers deploy one of their top arms in Michael Kopech for the fourth inning. Again, with a day off for their best arms yesterday and a day off tomorrow, they’re probably going to stick with their pregame plan unless this thing gets extra silly.

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  Wed, October 30, 2024 at 7:20 PM MDT

  Judge showing off

  Following a leadoff walk from Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman smashed a curveball from Gerrit Cole to deep left-center field, but Aaron Judge ranged back and made a leaping catch before crashing into the wall, robbing Freeman of extra bases and giving the soon-to-be AL MVP a signature defensive moment to go with his big home run earlier in the game.

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  Wed, October 30, 2024 at 7:18 PM MDT

  The Dodgers offense hasn’t been its dominant self this series, and it’s now looking pretty barren.

  Max Muncy is now 0-for-14 in the World Series with nine strikeouts.

  The Dodgers are 0-for-their-last-27 since Shohei Ohtani’s single in the fifth inning of Game 4.

  It’s been all Yankees.

  — Noah Camras (@noahcamras) October 31, 2024

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  Wed, October 30, 2024 at 7:17 PM MDT

  Max Muncy flies out to end the inning, and Gerrit Cole is hitless through four on 49 pitches. How good this start ends up being might be the only drama left tonight.

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  Wed, October 30, 2024 at 7:14 PM MDT

  Freddie Freeman nearly had a seventh straight World Series game with a homer, but it was just short enough for Aaron Judge to make a great jumping catch.

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  Wed, October 30, 2024 at 7:08 PM MDT

  Brasier gets through the third with no further trouble, but the hole keeps getting bigger for the Dodgers.

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  Wed, October 30, 2024 at 7:06 PM MDT

  Stanton still locked in

  Ryan Brasier entered for the 3rd inning and was immediately greeted by Giancarlo Stanton with a rocket out to right field for Stanton’s SEVENTH homer this postseason.

  It’s a franchise record for home runs by a Yankee in a single postseason.

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  Wed, October 30, 2024 at 7:04 PM MDT

  Yankees 5, Dodgers 0

  Ryan Brasier takes over for the Dodgers in the third inning, and Giancarlo Stanton welcomes him with a first-pitch homer to right, narrated on the Fox broadcast by Aaron Boone.

  Los Angeles fans can probably start preparing for Friday.

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  Wed, October 30, 2024 at 7:03 PM MDT

  Gerrit Cole is cruising

  A 2-out walk to Gavin Lux to turn the lineup over prompted a brief moment of concern for the Yankees, as Shohei Ohtani strode to the plate for the Dodgers, but Gerrit Cole is in full command right now.

  He quickly retired Ohtani with an excellent changeup on which Ohtani flew out softly to left field. Cole has not allowed a hit through his first three innings of work.