Dodgers on Verge of World Series Sweep After Game 3 Victory Over Yankees

It took fans over 15,000 days to finally witness one of the greatest rivalries in baseball history at the World Series. However, it looks like it could take just five total days for the Los Angeles Dodgers to hoist up the championship against what seemed to be a very dangerous team of the New York Yankees.

In the third game of the series, the Dodgers decided against one of Dave Roberts' famous bullpen games so that Walker Buehler could take the mound against Clarke Schmidt of the Yankees. Both men came into this postseason feeling the same amount of stress as the other and this game was the motivational turnaround they needed to amp up their already visible domination that they have dished out since things started picking up for LA against the San Diego Padres in the NLDS.

Schmidt of the Yankees would open up the game for Yankees Stadium by walking Shohei Ohtani before Freddie Freeman came up. He would knock two runs in to take the lead against the Bronx Bombers who were already putting their head down for a very long night.

Freeman would make history with his home run, his fifth in five straight games in the World Series. He knocked the ball into the stands to add to the score and continue to prove why he is the favorite to win World Series MVP with the way he has dominated so far. LA got Freeman back for the Fall Classic and have not seen him take his foot off the gas since he was brought back into the lineup.

In the top of the third inning, the duo of Mookie Betts and Tommy Edman plated another run for the Boys in Blue who had no struggles at all in making sure they had guys on base. They capitalized on each moment thanks to disastrous defense played by the Yankees, who were being robbed left and right by the Dodgers of potential game-tying runs and deep bombs into the stands for the Bronx fans.

The performance Buehler had against such a dangerous lineup was a huge relief for Dodgers fans, hoping LA would keep a huge lead on the Bronx Bombers. They would certainly keep it when Buehler had his days off, but he still pitched like they needed him to in a big game with huge results out of it. Buehler would pitch for five innings where he allowed two hits, struck out five batters, and walked two of them with no runs allowed throughout his entire outing.

Towards the end of the game, Alex Verdugo of the Yankees tried to bring his team some life when he hit a huge two-run bomb in the bottom of the ninth to knock the lead down by 2.

However, a hit to second base from Gleyber Torres off a pitch from Michael Kopech would result in an out at first base to end the game for the Yankees, bringing them one more game away from being swept at the World Series for the fourth time in their organization. (1922 New York Giants, 1963 Dodgers, and the 1976 Cincinnati Reds.)

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