In three games of the World Series against the Dodgers, Aaron Judge is now 1-for-12 with seven strikeouts after an 0-for-3 in Monday's loss. The Yankees' slugger is batting .140 in the postseason.
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Freeman powers LA Dodgers over punchless Yankees to brink of World Series sweep
The Los Angeles Dodgers are one win from a surprising World Series sweep of the New York Yankees – and a second title in five years – after Freddie Freeman’s historic power streak continued to reduce a hotly anticipated showdown featuring baseball’s two most storied franchises to one-way traffic. The Dodgers first baseman tied George Springer’s all-time record of homering in five straight World Series games in Monday night’s Game 3 with a two-run drive into the right-field stands in the first inning, kick-starting a 4-2 victory that opened a commanding three-games-to-none lead in the best-of-seven tie. “When you come into a road park, you want to try to strike early and quiet the crowd, and we were able to do that in the first inning,” Freeman said.
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