NY Yankees vs LA Dodgers live score, updates, lineups for World Series Game 5

NEW YORK – On the field before World Series Game 5, the sight of Dodgers manager Dave Roberts chatting with Joe Torre brought to mind…well, you know.

“There's one comeback, and that's all there needs to be,’’ said Roberts, a reference to his Forever Red Sox team of 2004, which charged from down 0-3 against the Yankees to win the pennant.

Roberts, you’ll recall, played a pivotal role with a key stolen base late in Game 4…and the rest is history.

Tonight, the Yankees are seeking to become the first World Series team to ever win two games after trailing 0-3. That would send it back to Los Angeles for a Game 6 on Friday night.

One thought as 2009 World Series MVP Hideki Matsui gets set to throw out tonight’s first pitch; perhaps Aaron Judge found something with his Game 4 at-bats, capped by a sharp RBI single.

“(He’s) always one pitch away from getting as hot as anyone's ever seen,’’ said Yankees manager Aaron Boone.

And here we go…

Cole appears to be one batter away from exiting as he faces Enrique Hernandez with runners at first and second...

...and he gets a grounder to Volpe to end one of the most insane momentum-turning innings in recent pinstriped postseason memory.

The game is tied, the Dodgers haven't won anything yet, but, wow, did the Yankees just hand the Dodgers five free runs or what?

Lefty Alex Vesia now pitching in the fifth for L.A. to face Stanton, Rizzo and Volpe.

How else can you describe this never-ending fifth inning of horrors for the Yanks?

Teoscar Hernandez has tied the game with a two-run double. This crowd is stunned. The Yankees on the field are stunned.

Three errors (counting Cole's miscue) and it's 5-5, and Cole's pitch count has soared to the point where Tommy Kahnle is warming up quickly.

Bases loaded, none out in the fifth after two errors. This is Cole's biggest challenge of the game...

...and he responds right away, striking out Lux on a 99-mph fastball and Ohtani swinging over a big curveball for strike three.

And now Cole makes an error, failing to cover first base on a Mookie Betts grounder to Rizzo at first. One run in.

Brings up the dangerous Freeman. Isn't he due for a homer? Feels like it - he's had four in the first four games.

But he settles for a soft, two-run single to center. What an absolute disaster of an inning; Cole should've been out of it, and his brain cramp is as much to blame as the Judge and Volpe errors.

Tommy Edman's soft liner was just dropped by Aaron Judge in center, and now it's first and second to start the fifth for L.A. ...

...and it's another error, loading the bases with Dodgers as Volpe bounces a throw to Jazz at third, missing an easy force play on Enrique Hernandez.

This is suddenly a big Dodger chance, with Lux batting and Ohtani on deck.

The ace is at a comfortable 48 pitches entering the fifth, with a 5-0 lead and the Dodgers are still hitless as 6-7-8 bat here...

...and now Enrique Hernandez leads off with a line single to right. This is a better version of Cole than Game 1, when he lasted 88 pitches and yielded some hard contact despite giving up just one run in six innings.

Two on again for Judge in the fourth, facing Michael Kopech. And the "M-V-P'' chants are back...

...and the captain just gets under one, skying out to deep left, but causing the crowd to roar again.

The "M-V-P'' chants started again for Aaron Judge, who makes a sensational running catch in center field, slamming off the wall at the 399-foot sign to rob - who else? - Freddie Freeman of a potential RBI double in the fourth.

Giancarlo plants one in the right field seats off Ryan Brasier, leading off the third. It's the seventh homer by Stanton this postseason, increasing the Yanks lead to 5-0.

Stanton has been regularly the first Yankee to come out for early BP this postseason, hitting off the high velocity pitch machine. That routine continued this afternoon.

The Yankees ace was a strike away from starting 9-for-9, but lost Lux on a full-count walk. That brought up Ohtani, with an off-balance swing on an 0-2 changeup resulting in a fly out to left.

Ohtani is now 1 for his last 13 (single) and still looks a bit compromised by that left shoulder issue. Yanks up 4-0.

And a chance to really break this one open early, vs. the lefty Banda. Allowing Judge to find some rhythm might be the worst consequence of the Dodgers' bullpen Game 4...

...and Judge walks to load the bases for Jazz, who grounds out to end the second inning. It's 4-0, Yanks.

Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty did not have it tonight, and Dave Roberts is already into his bullpen with one out in the second inning, trailing 4-0.

Flaherty lasted nine batters, retired only four, and it's lefty Anthony Banda on now. Roberts had saved his best relievers for work today, following the Game 4 bullpen game.

With a travel day tomorrow, Roberts can still use his leverage guys and have them ready for Game 6. Right now, they're just trying to stop the bleeding before it gets out of hand.

Big cheers again for Anthony Volpe, who leads off the Yankee second with a double and moves to third on Austin Wells' right-side groundout. Infield in now for L.A., trying to prevent the Yanks from going up 4-0 with Verdugo up.

We've been here before (last night's eighth inning), when second baseman Gavin Lux's wide throw failed to catch Volpe at the plate...

...and now Verdugo lines one over Lux's leaping attempt. Base hit, 4-0, and Jack Flaherty is done.

And now Jazz Chisholm Jr. launches one over the right field wall - a no doubt homer, complete with an exaggerated bat flip - for a 3-0 lead off Flaherty. First inning, and there's warmup action in the L.A. bullpen.

Yankees could not have scripted a better start to Game 5, and this crowd is still standing as Giancarlo Stanton bats. It's the fifth time in Yankees history they've recorded back-to-back homers in a World Series game.

You thought Aaron Judge might have relaxed a bit in Game 4, and maybe got some of his timing back at the plate...

...and now he has just launched Jack Flaherty's first delivery over the right field wall for a two-run homer. It's Judge's first World Series home run, coming after a Juan Soto walk.

It's a 1-2-3 inning for Gerrit Cole, with Ohtani going after the first pitch and flying out to center. And this crowd is pretty electric already, pretty much since Cole stepped out of the dugout to warm up.

They’re not breaking up a winning combination.

After an 11-4 win on Tuesday night, the Yankees are rolling out the same lineup for tonight's World Series Game 5 against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Yankee Stadium.

Manager Aaron Boone returned Giancarlo Stanton to the No. 5 spot for Game 4, elevating lefty-hitting Jazz Chisholm Jr. to cleanup for a better left-right balance throughout.

Boone wanted that dynamic in place for Tuesday night’s bullpen game by the Dodgers, and he’s sticking with it against Dodgers’ right-handed starter Jack Flaherty in Game 5.

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In the World Series opener at Dodger Stadium, started by Flaherty, Boone had Stanton at No. 4 and Chisholm Jr. at No. 5.

Stanton’s two-run homer off Flaherty ended the right-hander’s night in the sixth inning, the only runs scored off him in the Dodgers’ eventual 6-3, 10-inning win.

In Game 4, the Yankees' biggest success came from the bottom of the order, with a grand slam by Anthony Volpe, a solo homer by Austin Wells, and a double by Volpe that started a five-run inning − including a three-run homer by Gleyber Torres and an RBI single by Aaron Judge, his first RBI of this World Series.

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Follow here for our live analysis throughout tonight's Game 5

SP: Gerrit Cole, RHP

Date: Wednesday, Oct. 30

Time: 8:08 p.m.

Location: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY

TV: FOX

Game 1

Friday, Oct. 25

Dodgers 6, Yankees 3

Game 2

Saturday, Oct. 26

Dodgers 4, Yankees 2

Game 3

Monday, Oct. 28

Dodgers 4, Yankees 2

Game 4

Tuesday, Oct. 29

Yankees 11, Dodgers 4

Game 5

Wednesday, Oct. 30

Dodgers at Yankees, 8:08 p.m., FOX

Game 6 (if necessary)

Friday, Nov. 1

Yankees at Dodgers, 8:08 p.m., FOX

Game 7 (if necessary)

Saturday, Nov. 2

Yankees at Dodgers, 8:08 p.m., FOX

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