NY Yankees vs LA Dodgers live score, postgame updates from World Series Game 4

NEW YORK – That crazy dream of an unprecedented World Series comeback cleared its first hurdle on Tuesday night.

Anthony Volpe’s third-inning grand slam gave the Yankees their first lead since Game 1, on the way to an 11-4 victory in Game 4 against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Yankee Stadium.

Facing elimination, the Yankees survived yet another homer by Freddie Freeman – his fourth in four games – and advanced to a Game 5 back at Yankee Stadium.

This time, they’ll hand the ball to ace Gerrit Cole, hoping to get the Series back to Dodger Stadium for Games 6 and 7.

While the Dodgers’ bullpen game eventually backfired, the Yankees received brilliant relief work from Clay Holmes, Mark Leiter Jr., and Luke Weaver until the Yanks broke it open.

Volpe’s hustling double and speed on the bases started a five-run eighth, capped by a three-run homer by Gleyber Torres and Aaron Judge’s first World Series RBI, a sharp single to left.

First RBI of the World Series for Judge, with a sharp single to left to score Soto (double). Now, Tim Mayza is warming, so the Yanks won't have to use Kahnle to start the ninth. Honeywell wearing it now for L.A. ...

...the Yankees have batted around. Now, it's starting to rain at the Stadium.

And here is Gleyber Torres with a three-run homer off Honeywell to bust this thing wide open. It's 10-4, and it looks like Weaver won't have to get all seven outs now.

Tommy Kahnle is warming up, he'll face 6-7-8 in the Dodger order. Gerrit Cole on full rest in Game 5 vs. Jack Flaherty.

It's Volpe again, with a sharp, hustling double, and he moves to third on the front end of a double steal vs. Brent Honeywell...

...and now the Yankee steal a run, with the Dodgers infield in. Alex Verdugo has a lengthy at-bat, but his grounder to second base should've resulted in an out at the plate.

Instead, Gavin Lux throws wide of home, Volpe scores to make it 7-4.

It's Weaver vs. Freeman, Teoscar and Muncy as we open the eighth, Yanks clinging to that 6-4 edge, six outs away from winning their first game of this World Series and giving the ball to Gerrit Cole in Game 5...

...and Weaver weaves his way through a tough lane, popping out Freeman, while striking out Teoscar and Muncy. "Luuuuke'' chants abound. Three outs to go.

Knack has been in since the fourth, Judge has been on base three times - walk, hit-by-pitch, error - as we reach the last of the seventh, 6-4 Yanks...

...and Judge gets under another what appeared to be another damage pitch, flying out to center on a loopy curveball.

With two out, Stanton lashes one into Teoscar Hernandez's glove in left, and we go to the eighth.

The Yanks will be asking a lot here from Luke Weaver, but he's already delivered - striking out Mookie Betts with a runner at second to end the Dodger seventh.

Protecting a 6-4 lead, Weaver appears charged to get a seven-out save. Make it six now.

To face the Dodgers' 8-9-1 (Ohtani), protecting a 6-4 Yanks lead with Luke Weaver warming up...

...and Leiter Jr. whiffs Ohtani on a sharp, 3-2 splitter with a runner at second. Two out and here's Weaver for a seven-out save.

Benched in Game 3, Austin Wells lugged a .093 postseason batting average into Game 4.

He just added a no-doubt solo home run to his line today, after a second-inning double. That shot to right, here in the sixth off Landon Knack, gives the Yanks a 6-4 lead.

For as long as this World Series goes, you can bet Wells won't be on the bench again.

Clay Holmes tosses a quick sixth, retiring all four Dodgers he faced, to protect a 5-4 Yanks lead.

Aaron Boone used seven relievers in Game 3, but none threw more than 17 pitches. Luke Weaver threw just six pitches, and you'd figure he's good for at least two innings tonight.

Stanton up now with runners at first and second, Yanks up 5-4 in the fifth.

Tommy Edman has looked shaky at shortstop this Series, and his error on a Judge grounder precedes a walk to Jazz, with Landon Knack in his second inning for L.A. ...

...and that's a big strikeout vs. Stanton. Rizzo flies out. Now big cheers for Volpe, who flies out. A missed chance for the Yanks.

Hill was a hair away from getting Freddie Freeman to hit into an inning-ending double play, but Freeman - playing on a bad ankle - beats the relay and a run scores.

The "out'' call was made on the field, but it was overturned on a replay challenge. It's 5-4, Yanks, and here's Clay Holmes...and he gets Teoscar to fly out.

That hustle, getting the Dodgers a big run, is just another reason to give Freeman the WS MVP now.

Tommy Edman walks, and Gil is finished in the fifth, with none out and the Yanks leading 5-3. Hill will also get Betts and Freeman after Ohtani.

In Game 3 vs. Ohtani, the lefty Hill got him to foul out leading off the seventh. Ohtani is 0-for-5 with a walk and a HBP since his shoulder injury...

...and now he singles off Hill. Here's Mookie with the tying runs on first and second.

Clay Holmes has begun warming up as the fifth inning begins...and Will Smith has just led off with a homer to right, it's 5-3 Yanks.

Now, Tim Hill is warming up, and you know he's pitching to Ohtani, who is on deck right now. Gil approaching 70 pitches.

First by Rizzo, who falls into the net in foul ground to snare Teoscar Hernandez's pop up, then by Anthony Volpe - following up his homer with a terrific snare of Enrique Hernandez's grounder to his left.

What had been an inning-ending DP call on the field was overturned, but Gil gets out of it. Yanks 5, L.A. 2, last of the fourth. New pitcher for the Dodgers: Landon Knack, RHP.

And just when the Yanks were on the verge of messing up a big chance, with Rizzo popping out with the bases loaded, Anthony Volpe has hit a grand slam.

That two out shot is Volpe's first postseason homer, it reignites the crowd and gives the Yanks their first lead - 5-2 - since the 10th inning of Game 1.

Crowd is still chanting "Vol-pe'' as he arrives at shortstop in the top of the fourth. What a huge hit for the Yanks at a desperate hour.

Daniel Hudson comes up and in on Giancarlo, who couldn't hold up his swing, and it's a strike instead of bases loaded as the pitch contacts Stanton's hand...

...and now it's bases loaded as Jazz steals second and Stanton walks. One out. Here's Rizzo, Yanks down by a run.

Judge was drilled in the right hand by new Dodger pitcher Daniel Hudson with one out in the third. He's escorted to first by an athletic trainer and Aaron Boone...

...and now he's on third base after Jazz Chisholm's single off the right field wall. Yanks finally have something going, and here's Giancarlo.

You'll recall Freeman lashed a 2-1 slider into the right field seats last time up.

This time, he flies softly to left as Gil completes a 1-2-3 third inning, retiring Ohtani, Betts and Freeman. Still 2-1, L.A.

Here in the NYY second, Anthony Volpe (walk) steals second base and winds up on third on Austin Wells' double off the center field wall, thinking the ball might be caught.

Questionable-to-bad baserunning has dogged the Yankees all year (and in years past) and instead of being halfway to third, Volpe was near the second base bag.

Now, he scores on an Alex Verdugo groundout. Dodgers leading 2-1 entering the third, and Gil still pitching for the Yanks, but he's clearly on a short rope.

It's a leadoff double for Gavin Lux to start the Dodger second inning. One advantage for the Dodgers in this Series has been the heaviness of their lineup from top to bottom...

...but with Mark Leiter Jr. warming, the Yanks catch a break here as No. 9 hitter Tommy Edman's hot liner is turned into a double play by Rizzo.

And now he's batting with runners in scoring position, two out. Jazz Chisholm Jr. (groundout) isn't the ideal cleanup hitter, but Boone went for a balanced lineup with L.A. making it a bullpen game...

...and Giancarlo grounds out to end the inning. Yanks strand two. Dodgers take a 2-0 lead into the second.

Judge draws a walk after Juan Soto's one-out walk here in the first, and the Dodgers' opener - Ben Casparius - is already committing baseball's cardinal sin of free passes with a two-run lead in the first.

Hope the two guys in the right field seats near the foul line enjoyed their half inning at the World Series, and at these prices.

Fan interference was called (probably twice) as one guy grabs Mookie Betts' glove and opens it and the other holds Betts' wrist as he catches Gleyber Torres' leadoff foul fly in the bottom of the first.

The World Series MVP just blasted a two-run shot into the right field seats, as he did in last night's first inning.

This time, Freeman followed Mookie Betts' one-out double. There was a base open. Too early for an intentional walk?

Anyway, Freeman has now homered in all four World Series games - a record six straight counting his two in the 2021 World Series with Atlanta.

Not the way the Yanks wanted this one to start in the Bronx, where the power is out again.

Aaron Boone has tinkered with his lineup a bit, but probably not how Yankees Universe envisioned.

Going into a potential-elimination World Series Game 4 against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night, the Yankees’ manager has slid Giancarlo Stanton out of the cleanup spot.

Stanton is batting fifth, with lefty-hitting Jazz Chisholm Jr. moved up to No. 4, after the slumping Aaron Judge – just 1-for-12 in the Series, with a single and seven strikeouts.

Lefty-hitting Austin Wells is back in the lineup at catcher, instead of Jose Trevino, with the Dodgers planning a bullpen game to clinch a world championship at Yankee Stadium.

"I was going to do it (in Game 3),'' Boone said of sliding Stanton down one spot. "But with (Game 4) being a bullpen day, I just wanted to create as much balance as I could.

"And this is more in line with, kind of, the lineup I've had all year,'' said Boone. "We're rolling with what got us here.''

Ben Casparius will take the ball first for Los Angeles, with fellow right-hander Brent Honeywell expected to see the bulk of innings.

Stanton’s presence in the No. 5 spot allows the Yankees to alternate right-handed and left-handed hitters through Wells in the No. 8 spot.

As for considering any other lineup changes, Boone said he thought about moving Judge up to the leadoff spot, "but then I'm moving Gleyber (Torres) out of there (and he's) been our catalyst this whole postseason.

"At the end of the day, it's Aaron Judge, and his greatness I trust is going to show up'' in the No. 3 spot, said Boone.

But Stanton has been the Yankees’ most dangerous postseason hitter, batting .298 with six homers and 14 RBI. Chisholm Jr. is batting .170 this postseason (8-for-47) with one homer and one RBI.

Stanton had batted cleanup in the Yankees' previous four postseason games and five of their last six.

Follow here for our live analysis throughout Game 4:

Date: Tuesday, Oct. 29

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

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

Game 5 (if necessary)

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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