The Los Angeles Dodgers took care of business at home in the first two games of the 2024 World Series, and now the New York Yankees will try to stay in the series and avoid a 3-0 hole in Game 3. The middle three games of the series — if the Yankees extend the series to five or more — are at Yankee Stadium, where New York had the worst home record (44-37) of any of the six division winners in Major League Baseball this season.
Shohei Ohtani, who suffered a separated shoulder while stealing second base in the seventh inning of Game 2, is in the lineup for Game 3. Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton is the 2024 postseason leader in home runs, with six in 11 games. For the Dodgers, it has been a Freddie Freeman show in the World Series thus far, as he has gone 3-for-9 with two home runs — including that epic, game-winning grand slam in Game 1 — to go along with five RBI.
Walker Buehler (0-1, 6.00 ERA, 9.0 IP, 6 K, 3 BB in 2024 postseason) is on the mound for the Dodgers against Clarke Schmidt (0-0, 3.86 ERA, 9.1 IP, 6 K, 3 BB) for the Yankees in Game 3.
How to watch Dodgers vs. Yankees World Series Game 3 (LAD leads 2-0)
Time: 8:08 p.m. ET
Location: Yankee Stadium | New York
TV Channel: Fox
Streaming: Fubo, Fox Sports App
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Clarke Schmidt pitches 1-2-3 second
After giving up a two-run homer to Freddie Freeman in the first inning, Clarke Schmidt pitched a clean top of the second with strikeouts of Gavin Lux and Kiké Hernández. Dodgers lead, 2-0 in the middle of the second.
Aaron Judge strikes out again
Make that seven strikeouts in 10 at-bats for Aaron Judge in the World Series. After a cold start in Los Angeles in Games 1 and 2, Judge just struck out swinging with one out and a man on first in the bottom of the first inning.
Walker Buehler got him with a cutter on a full count, then induced an inning-ending ground ball from Giancarlo Stanton. Dodgers lead, 2-0 after one inning.
MVP Freddie?
If there was any doubt that the Dodgers’ slugging ways would sustain through the off-day and cross-country travel, Freddie Freeman put that to rest in a hurry with a 2-run HR in the top of the 1st to give L.A. the early lead.
Freeman now has a homer in each of the first three World Series games (and in five World Series games in a row dating to Games 5 and 6 of the 2021 World Series) and is the runaway favorite for World Series MVP should the Dodgers go on to claim the title.
Walker Buehler’s on the mound for the Dodgers, staked with a 2-0 lead.
Clarke Schmidt strikes out Max Muncy on three pitches to end the inning, but damage was already done. The Dodgers strike first for a 2-0 lead in the top of the first.
Freddie Freeman does it again
If the Dodgers win this, Freddie Freeman’s looking looking like a lock for MVP. He just hit his third home run in three World Series games to score Shohei Ohtani from first and give the Dodgers an early 2-0 lead.
He launched a 1-0 cutter into the right-field bleachers to suck the air out of Yankee Stadium.
Ohtani’s holding his jersey collar with his left hand as he takes a lead off first base. Don’t expect to see any steal attempts tonight or likely for the rest of the series.
Shohei walks on 4 pitches
We’ll have to wait to see how Shohei Ohtani’s swing looks with his injured shoulder. He walks on four pitches to lead off the game.
Clarke Schmidt is on the mound, and Shohei Ohtani’s taking swings in the on-deck circle. It’s almost time for Game 3.
Still waiting on that first pitch.
We’re moments away from first pitch. Fat Joe is hyping the crowd before Clarke Schmidt takes the mound for the top of the first. We’re well past the scheduled 8:08 p.m. ET start time.
Jeter delivers a strike, because of course he does.
Derek Jeter’s throwing out the first pitch. That should get the Bronx appropriately hyped for Game 3.
Shohei Ohtani took the field holding his left arm gingerly during pregame introductions. He wore something over his uniform and under his jacket over his injured left shoulder as he ran onto the field.
Some folks are speculating that it’s a sling, but this isn’t how you wear a sling:
Can Aaron Judge snap cold streak?
All eyes are on Aaron Judge tonight. The presumptive AL MVP is batting .150 in the postseason and is 0-for 10 in the playoffs with runners in scoring position. He combined for six strikeouts in Games 1 and 2 of the World Series in Los Angeles as the Yankees dug an 0-2 hole.
For the Dodgers, a massive sigh of relief with their Game 3 lineup card. Shohei Ohtani will not miss a game after dislocating his left shoulder while sliding during an attempted steal in Game 2. He’ll take his normal place at the top of the Dodgers order.
Yankees make change at catcher
Here’s the Yankees’ lineup for Game 3, with the most notable move coming at catcher. Jose Trevino will start behind the plate and bat seventh in the lineup in place of regular starter Austin Wells. Wells went a combined 1-for-8 in Games 1 and 2 and is batting .098 in the postseason.
