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After an instant classic in Game 1, the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees are back at it Saturday night for Game 2 of the 2024 World Series.
Freddie Freeman hit the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history in the opener for the Dodgers, who took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven Fall Classic. Freeman's historic 10th inning blast capped off a thrilling game at Dodger Stadium that featured a little bit of everything, the first World Series meeting between the two historic franchises since 1981.
“It's just as good as it gets,” Freeman told reporters after the game.
Hoping to even the series, $162 million lefty Carlos Rodon took the mound for the Yankees, while $325 million rookie right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto started Game 2 for the Dodgers in Los Angeles.
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World Series Game 2 is underway at Dodger Stadium
World Series Game 2 times: Dodgers vs. Yankees
Saturday is scheduled for first pitch 8:08 pm ET.
- Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California
- Date: Saturday, October 26
Where to watch Yankees vs. Dodgers: World Series TV Channel
World Series Game 2 Starting Pitchers
- Yankees: Carlos Rodon (16-9, 3.96 ERA) – Signed for $162 million through the 2022-23 offseason, the left-hander has a 4.40 ERA — but a 2.12 FIP — this postseason, striking out 22 in 14 ⅓ innings with just one walk.
- The Dodgers: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (7-2, 3.00 ERA) – The $325 million Japanese import made three starts in the 2024 postseason, posting a 5.11 ERA in 12 ⅓ innings.
Yankees lineup today: World Series Game 2
- Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
- Juan Soto (L) RF
- Aaron Judge (R) C.F
- Giancarlo Stanton (R) DH
- Jazz Chisholm Jr. (L) 3B
- Anthony Rizzo (L) 1b
- Anthony Volpe (R) SS
- Austin Wells (L) c
- Alex Verdugo (L) LF
Today's Dodgers lineup: Game 2
- Shohei Ohtani (L) DH
- Mookie Bates (R) RF
- Teoscar Hernandez (R) LF
- Freddie Freeman (L) 1b
- Tommy Edman (S) cf
- Enrique Hernandez (R) 2b
- Max Muncie (L) 3B
- Will Smith (R) c
- Miguel Rojas (R) SS
World Series Game 2 Locations
Saturday night's Game 2 will be played at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. The World Series heads cross country to Yankee Stadium for Games 3, 4 and 5 – the Dodgers will host Games 6 and 7 if necessary.
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World Series umpire for Game 2
- home plate: Andy Fletcher
- First base: Doug Eddings
- Second base: Mark Ripperger
- Third base: Chad Fairchild
- Left field: Todd Tichenor (Crew Chief)
- right field: Carlos Torres
- Reserve: Mark Carlson
Freddie Freeman's Grand Slam: 'Greatest Baseball Moment I've Ever Seen'
LOS ANGELES – It was Kirk Gibson again.
It was Roy Hobbs in “The Natural.”
It was classic Hollywood.
“This may be,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, “the greatest baseball moment I've ever witnessed.”
Freddie Freeman, who could walk a week ago with his badly sprained ankle, left the team this summer and didn't know if he would return with his 3-year-old son fighting for his life, stepped to the plate Friday night before a screaming crowd of 52,394. ahead, and produced one of the most dramatic events in World Series history.
With one swing of the bat, Freeman created a memory that will never be forgotten in Dodgers lore, a two-out, walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning, leading the Dodgers to a 6–3 victory over the New York Yankees. Game 1 of the World Series.
– Bob Nightingale
Nestor Cortes Reflects on Dropping Game 1 Grand Slam
LOS ANGELES — As Freddie Freeman turned Dodger Stadium into blue heaven Friday night, Nestor Cortes took the long, awkward path that often leads to hell for those on the wrong side of history.
Here's the thing about walk-off home runs, like Freeman's first-of-its-kind game-ending grand slam in Game 1 of the World Series: There's no avoiding the physical act of brutally walking through someone else's party in your own dungeon.
So Cortes threw him out in the top of the 10th after Freeman destroyed the first pitchm Inning, sending it 409 feet into a delirious right field pavilion at Dodger Stadium, turning the New York Yankees' one-run lead into a 6–3 Dodgers victory, Cortes was furious.
And then he got real, immediately sat down and watched a replay of the ill-fated pitch — a fastball that should have been two or three inches higher.
And then he took the view, not caring that his name was forever enshrined in baseball lore, an enduring link with Ralph Branca and Dennis Eckersley and Mariano Rivera and Mitch Williams, pitchers who could have been the best but called it quits at the worst possible time.
– Gabe Lacks
Walker Buehler will start Game 3 for the Dodgers
Before Game 2 on Saturday, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts announced that Walker Buehler would start Game 3 on Monday night at Yankee Stadium.
“We love Walker in big games. The road won't distract him,” Roberts told reporters. “That allows him to potentially be available for a Game 7 as well.”
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